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blake 3:17
21st March 2013, 00:11
This is massive. This is the most artistically influential AND commercially successful to back BDS.


Boycotting Israel is the "way to go," says Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters
David Cronin The Electronic Intifada Brussels 18 March 2013

Roger Waters is the most famous rock star to have publicly supported the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.

A founder of Pink Floyd a British rock group which has sold more than 250 million albums Waters decided to become active in the international Palestinian solidarity movement following a trip to the West Bank in 2006. Shocked by the oppression that he witnessed, Waters spray-painted the words we dont need no thought control a line from one of his biggest hits on Israels wall.


Full article with interview here: http://electronicintifada.net/content/boycotting-israel-way-go-says-pink-floyd-legend-roger-waters/12287

Rolling Stone article here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-waters-calls-for-boycott-of-israel-20130320