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Waters to Neil Young: Cancel Israel show, don't turn your back on Palestine
Ami Friedman
Published: 12.07.14, 19:23
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1. Well done roger...........
john ,   nyc   (07.12.14)
2. If only Waters realized that Palestinians are Jews not Arabs
Eric ,   Tel Aviv & NYC   (07.12.14)
Until 1960 the term Palestinian meant a Jew born in the area covered by the British Mandate Palestine. Only later did the Arabs who moved in between 1948 and 67 start using the term to describe themselves. Rodger needs to understand that Jews lived in what he thinks of as the "West Bank" for 3500 years, until Jordan ethnically cleansed the area.
3. Waters is wrong
Mark Asrtov ,   Beverly Hills   (07.12.14)
Waters is twisted and his hatred for Jews is clear as day. His facts are completely wrong The Jews are the "indigenous" people. For the most part arabs came to Israel during the time that the British were in control and called the place "Palestine" at that time even the Jews there were called "Palestinian" The Jerusalem post newspaper was called the "PALESTINIAN POST" And if want to argue that there have always been arabs there, well there have ALWAYS BEEN JEWS IN Israel too. In Pekiin, Safed, Hevron, Jerusalem and other towns. In fact those arabs in Israel that have a tradition that their families have been there for many generatiosn show in DNA tests that they were Jews a some point. The tests are being done in Haddasah Hospital.
4. Poor Waters
(07.12.14)
Like Balaam, he tries to curse but blesses. He justifies Arab and Leftist attacks on the Jews because the Jews are colonists and the Arabs are indigenous. In fact, the Koran teaches that the Jews are indigenous to Israel. The PLO Charter refuses to accept the existence of Jews as a nation, but admits that the "Palestinians" are not natives of Israel either. So in reality, Waters justifies the existence of Israel for the indigenous Jews, and demands an end to the colonist Arabs.
5. Waters muddies himself - what a blatant racist
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (07.12.14)
Waters comes across as a closet Islamofascist. Did he convert to jidadism? Next thing you know we'll see videos of him slicing off the heads of infidels.
6. Waters is a sad sorry loser who should
Talula ,   Israel   (07.12.14)
Just f**k off into obscurity. No one is listening. Jerk!
7. nothing but pity for this brain diseased sad man.
ralph   (07.12.14)
8. they should both retire to GAZA.
DOV ,   USA   (07.12.14)
9. Young understands that Waters is a liar. Young is NOT a fool
(07.12.14)
10. There is no hope for waters..
Beary White ,   Norway   (07.12.14)
..he is brain dead, and lost in Islamic PR. Forget him, bury his music and burn his pictures, he even mocked the jews in The Wall"..
11. waters
david cohen ,   china   (07.12.14)
your time is up. your anti semitism ensures you an excruciating time in hell. hell on earth and hell in heaven. your hatred has blinded you.
12. LETTER TO ROGER WATERS:
tTEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (07.12.14)
Dear Mr .Waters , please get a life ,alternatively just drop dead.
13. LETTER TO ROGER WATERS:
tTEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (07.12.14)
GO SUCK A FISHERMANS FRIEND.
14. GO SUCK A FISHERMAN'S FRIEND
tTEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (07.12.14)
15. SUCH AN ANAL CHARACTER
tTEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (07.12.14)
16. Waters: a Jew-hating acid-head
World observer ,   World   (07.12.14)
17. waters wrote:"Israel is . . .largely settled from Europe"
Moshe ,   Usa   (07.12.14)
Well, what really happened was: Israeli Jews were expelled by romuns. But, several Jews returned to the area shortly afterward as the romun empire started to fall. The area was taken over by the turks, but europion Jews returned to Israel during the pogroms that were put on us by christion nations. And in the 1600's through the present time, Jews returned to Israel. Jews began to buy land & resettle the area. Jews drained the swamps & 1/4 died of malaria. Jews also died because arobs murdered them, even then. arobs began to move into the area to enjoy the rising economy that the Jews created. The labor party which later became the political party of the Knesset, ran Jewish employment, raised wages & taxed Jews in order to modernize the roads, bring hospitals to life & provide police & civilian services to the area. arobs made no contribution to the growing robust economy that resulted in the modern nation that Israel is. There was never any paleshtine nation ever. After the defeat of the Jews, romuns refered to Israel as phylistia-assyria after the Philistines who were expelled by King David & after the assyrian nation to the north which is now called syria. And they did this to insult us Jews as if they were saying that there never was an Israel. arobs were never in this area to a greater measure than were us Jews. Per Solomon Grayzel' book: the History of the Jews, every year but in one year, from the late 1700's to the early 1900's population records showed more Jews than arobs lived in Israel than arobs except in one year did arobs surpass the Jewish population. more colonial apartheid regime. Israel does not "seek to confine the native people of the land, neither in exile nor in second class status. Waters is just an antisemite who does not want to research the matter. And even if he doesn't know the history of the Jews, he is familiar enough with the Shoah to understand that we need a nation of our own, but he is a heartless, callous clod.
18. Fuck both of them
Aaron ,   Tel Aviv   (07.12.14)
Israel doesn't need any more geriatric musicians coming stay at home in your wheelchairs and collect your royalty checks.
19. Waters,
Alex ,   New York, US   (07.13.14)
You're a washed up musician that should relax in the retirement home and not get involved in politics for which you're not smart enough.
20. Comfortably dumb
Ezra ,   USA   (07.12.14)
Stupid moron plays bass in a rock band. He's not qualified to comment about Israel or any other conflict where he plays a side-line quarter back with a bank account. Pink Floyd was fun in the 70's, but that's history. Give us a rest and retire.
21. not all performers are blind
alsky ,   Toronto   (07.12.14)
to Pallywood !
22. Roger WAters should be target long before any "Paletinaian"
k ,   US   (07.12.14)
he is the real enemy, these "westerners" who are giving the Palestinians and the Muslims the reason to hate the Israelis and go after them, he is the #1 enemy of the Jews if you are going to ask me
23. Stones, McCartney, John
Ron ,   oc us   (07.12.14)
All the above told the has been Roger Waters to go to hell. I suspect Neil Young will as well.
24. Always the prick
JY ,   Hashmo, Israel   (07.12.14)
Once a prick, always the prick. Who asked his opinion anyway? Maybe he should make himself useful as a (un)human shield with his brothers.
25. Dear Roger Waters,
(07.12.14)
You must have gotten poisoned by a very dangerous substance if you resort to any and every trick in your anti-Semitic book just to demonize Israel and Jews all over the world. Your passing to the ugly side of Jew-haters will finally consume you so much that nothing and no one will be able to save your soul. May Lord restore your judgement
26. The filth took our money then preached hate
Gracey ,   Israel   (07.13.14)
He's an evil two-faced pig.
27. Guess who played recently in Turkey
Logic ,   Israel   (07.12.14)
Turkey has the most numbers of journalists in prison, has an Islamist leadership, cracks down on protesters, and supports terrorists in Syria-Iraq.
28. Rodger waters
jeremy ,   hula valley kibbutz   (07.12.14)
I guess Rodger Waters supports Hamas and the fighting here. Just shows you how out of touch with reality this guy is.
29. Roger Waters, a British musician?
tiki ,   belgium   (07.12.14)
No, a British devil in disguise!
30. Who? What? Why should .....
Gideon Reader   (07.12.14)
...I care? These are elderly marginally well known musicians, I presume. Not my kind of music I believe. Anyone actually go to see these people?
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