Roger Waters Concert In Chile Continues Even Though There Is A Rejection From The Jewish Entity Because Of Antisemitism Issues

Roger Waters (Instagram @rogerwaters)

JAKARTA - Roger Waters' concert in Chile on November 25 and 26 continued despite attempts to block the concert on antisemitism charges.

Former Pink Floyd bassist, who repeatedly insists that he is not an antisemitist, appears at the Estadio Monumental at Santiago as part of This Is Not A Drill Tour.

However, Chile's Jewish Entity Representative Committee is seeking to stop the concert, citing what they describe as the "historic incitement of antisemitist hatred" Waters.

However, as reported by Cooperativa, the petition was rejected by the Santiago Court of Appeals, which ruled that "no mention of facts can constitute a violation of constitutional guarantees".

In response to efforts to block the concert, a group of more than 60 Chilean artists wrote a letter to the country's Court of Appeal, asking them to allow the show to resume.

The move, beyond its rhetoric, seeks to censor first criticism of child killings, bombings of refugee camps, hospitals, the killing of UN officials, and other crimes committed by the government led by right-wing groups. Benjamin Netanyahu," they wrote.

In April, Waters won a lawsuit to hold a concert in Frankfurt after it was initially canceled due to antisemitism claims.

He was scheduled to play at a public-owned Festhalle on May 28, but the Frankfurt City Council canceled the show because of the musician's views on Israel. They later described it as one of the most famous antisemites in the world.

However, the court said that although the display used "symbolism that was clearly based on the National Socialist regime", the non-poweredness that was said to have been exacerbated by the Festhalle election as the venue for the event due to its historical background, the concert should have been seen as a work of art and there was not enough reason to justify the ban on Waters from performing.

The most important thing, according to the court, is that the musician's performance "does not glorify or revitalize Nazi crimes or identify himself with Nazi racist ideology", and there is also no evidence that Waters uses propaganda material in its show.

Previously, Waters questioned the'suspicious' attack carried out by Hamas on October 7. He said it could be a black goat operation.

The co-founder of Pink Floyd has again faced anti-Semitics charges for claiming the massacre that killed 1,400 Israelis last month was "out of proportion" and questioned the origin of the attack.

In an interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald, Waters expressed his doubts about the death toll and Hamas' role in the attack.

When asked if the attack "can be justified", he said: "We don't know what they [Hamas] did" during the invasion.

"Is it justified for them to reject the occupation?" he said. But once again, that's what you say, it's the Geneva Convention. They are absolutely, legally and morally bound to reject the occupation since 1967.

Rogers added, although he "condemned" war crimes "if" it was done, he believed the massacre "was carried out excessively by Israel composing a story about the deletion of the baby's head."

After repeatedly being asked to condemn the attack, Waters said there may have been several cases of civilians killed.

He continued by citing an article from The Grayzone which was accused of spreading misinformation claimed probably the first 400 people [to be killed] were Israeli military personnel, and this not a war crime.