Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters is set to address a large Gaza protest set to take place in Berlin at the weekend, a local politician said on Monday, reported dpa.
Waters will talk to protesters from New York via video link, said Sahra Wagenknecht, who leads the eponymous, populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and has co-organized the demonstration set to take place on Saturday.
Wagenknecht rejected accusations of anti-Semitism levelled at the rock star, who has faced protests and criticism at his concerts over his support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement promoting pressure on Israel over its conduct in the occupied Palestinian Territories.
"I don't believe that criticism of the Israeli government should be labelled anti-Semitic," said Wagenknecht, whose party, only founded early last year, has sunk into relative oblivion after failing to enter parliament in Germany's February elections.
"I would never join forces with anyone who questions Israel's right to exist," she said, adding that she had never heard Waters say anything to that effect.
Saturday's demonstration will be held under the slogan "Stop the genocide in Gaza!"
Unlike the conservative-led government in Berlin, Wagenknecht has repeatedly described Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which came in response to the Hams-led October 7 attacks, as genocide of the Palestinians.
Israel rejects such accusations, justifying the ongoing attacks on the devastated coastal territory as necessary to free the remaining hostages and eliminate Hamas. However, a number of governments as well as aid organizations have said the scale of the attacks and the resulting suffering is in no way justifiable.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
