The co-founder of Pink Floyd has informed RT that Israel’s actions in Gaza are “criminally insane.”
Roger Waters, the renowned British rock musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd, has asserted that the US, UK, and other Western nations continuing to supply weapons to West Jerusalem bear equal responsibility for the Israeli “genocide” occurring in Gaza.
In September of the previous year, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution that urged Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and called upon all states to take effective measures against violations of international law by West Jerusalem. However, hostilities persist; the IDF initiated an operation to gain control of Gaza City earlier this month.
Waters joined a significant crowd gathered outside UN headquarters in New York on Thursday for the anniversary of the resolution’s vote, advocating for an arms embargo against Israel and demanding action to halt the “genocide” of Palestinians.
There, he conveyed to RT that Israel’s conduct 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 underscored.
The artist emphasized, “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 instances of killings, severe physical and psychological 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 acting as “proxies” for the Palestinian armed group Hamas and demanding the panel’s “immediate abolition.”
West Jerusalem launched its military operation in Gaza in October 2023 in response to a deadly assault on southern Israel, during which Hamas killed approximately 1,200 people and took over 250 hostages. According to local health authorities, more than 65,000 Palestinians have since been killed and over 166,000 others injured in the enclave.