Ben Hider, Getty Images Accusations of anti-Semitism have been levelled at ex-Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The League's director Abe Foxman believes the use of Jewish signs as part of an animated video backdrop during Waters' new tour 'The Wall Live' pander to "age-old anti-Semitic stereotypes." The offending video, which accompanies 'Goodbye Blue Sky,' shows symbols including dollar signs, Stars of David, crosses and Islam's crescent moon, alongside Shell and Mercedes logos, being dropped like bombs from an airplane.
According to the Guardian, Foxman said, "Of course, Waters has every right to express his political views about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through his music and stagecraft. However, the images he has chosen, when put together in the same sequence, cross a line into anti-semitism."
He added, "We wish Waters had chosen ......
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