Roger Waters, one of the founders of the English rock band Pink Floyd, is now inflaming people with his view on affairs in the Middle East after the scandalous statements about the war in Ukraine. The controversial British rock musician accused Israel of “exaggerating” the Islamist Hamas attack and “making up stories.”
In an interview with American journalist Glenn Greenwald on System Update, Waters claimed that many of the victims of the attack were Israeli soldiers. “This is not a war crime.”
In the worst massacre in Israel’s history, more than 1,400 people, including many women, children and young people, were killed on October 7 and in the days that followed.
His first reaction when he heard about the attack was to “wait and see what happened.” The musician said he then wondered why the Israelis did not see the attack coming. “That’s very strange.” Waters sidestepped Greenwald’s question about whether Hamas’s devastating attack was justified. ‘We don’t know what they did. But was resistance to the occupation justified? Yes!”
Accusations of anti-Semitism
The 80-year-old, who has been accused of anti-Semitism several times in the past, added that he was against all war crimes. However, he expressed doubts that this had even happened in Israel. “There may have been isolated incidents,” Waters said. “Of course” he condemns the killing and kidnapping of civilians. “But the whole thing was blown out of proportion by the Israelis, who made up stories about the beheading of babies.”
Atrocities committed by Hamas
In the weeks following the massacre, video recordings and images were published, including footage from the terrorists’ body cameras. Paramedics in particular reported horrifically mutilated bodies they found in towns along the Gaza Strip, including small children. A compilation of video footage was shown to journalists and diplomats to illustrate the extent of the atrocities committed by Hamas.
Source: Krone
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