Israel’s actions in Gaza are “criminally insane,” the Pink Floyd co-founder has told RT
The US, UK and other Western nations that continue to supply weapons to West Jerusalem are equally responsible for the Israeli “genocide” in Gaza, Roger Waters, British rock legend and co-founder of the band Pink Floyd, has said.
In September of last year, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution that called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and for all states to take effective action against violations of international law by West Jerusalem. However, attacks continue; the IDF launched an operation to take control of Gaza City earlier this month.
Waters joined a large crowd which gathered outside UN headquarters in New York for the anniversary of the vote on Thursday, calling for an arms embargo against Israel and action to halt the “genocide” of Palestinians.
There, he told RT that the conduct of Israel in Gaza was “criminally insane. Genocide is just ultimately the worst crime that any of us have ever dreamt of, and they are doing it in front of our eyes.”
“And it is not just the Israelis, it is [British Prime minister] Keir Starmer, the UK government, the American [government], the French, the Germans,” he stressed.
The musician insisted that “we must free Palestine, the country, from the river to the sea and we have to do it now. It will be too late.”
A UN commission of inquiry reported on Tuesday that Israel is “responsible for genocide in Gaza,” citing killings, serious physical and mental harm, the deliberate imposition of life-threatening conditions, and measures aimed at preventing births.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected the report as “fake,” accusing its authors of being “proxies” of the Palestinian armed group Hamas and calling for the “immediate abolition” of the panel.
West Jerusalem launched its military operation in Gaza in October 2023 in response to a deadly assault on southern Israel in which Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages. Over 65,000 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 166,000 others injured in the enclave, according to local health authorities.
