![]() ![]() Fifty years for a people with no civil rights. Fifty years living under military occupation. Today is the 50th anniversary of the occupation of Palestine by Israel. I have made every effort to engage with you personally, and would still like to have the conversation. In Thom’s interview with Andy Greene of Rolling Stone, in referring to Ken Loach and me, he says, “It’s deeply distressing that they choose to, rather than engage with us personally, throw shit at us in public.” So silence prevailed for three weeks until March 4th when I sent a long heartfelt entreaty to Thom asking him again to talk. I was reaching out to see if we could have the conversation that you talk about in your reply. My letter wasn’t meant to be confrontational. He had misinterpreted my attempt to start a conversation as a threat. On February 12th, hoping to start a dialogue, I sent an email expressing my concern about Radiohead crossing the BDS picket line to perform in Israel. It needs a reply as it doesn’t tell the whole story. ![]() I read Thom Yorke’s interview in Rolling Stone. “Fifty years living under military occupation. “I have made every effort to engage with personally, and would still like to have the conversation,” Waters wrote, adding that today, June 5th, is “the 50 th anniversary of the occupation of Palestine by Israel.” However, in a statement to Rolling Stone, Waters counters that he made several attempts to “start a dialogue” with Yorke about the Israel shows prior to the April 23rd petition, but the Radiohead singer “misinterpreted my attempt to start a conversation as a threat” and angrily responded to Waters before cutting off communication. “It’s deeply distressing that they choose to, rather than engage with us personally, throw shit at us in public,” the singer said. Yorke finally broke his silence on the call to boycott Israel in his recent Rolling Stone interview, where he criticized the petitioners’ approach. In April, over 50 prominent figures, including Waters, Thurston Moore, Desmond Tutu and filmmaker Ken Loach, signed a petition urging Radiohead to cancel their Israel performance next month as part of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement that began in 2005. Roger Waters has responded to Thom Yorke‘s remarks concerning Radiohead‘s upcoming Israel concerts and the BDS movement, claiming that Yorke’s version “doesn’t tell the whole story.”
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