Pink Floyd's former frontman Roger Waters said yesterday he'll take to the stage the minute Israel tears down its West Bank separation wall, just as he did in Berlin two decades ago when another wall came down.
Visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in the shadows of the towering concrete structure, the British rocker who co-wrote the iconic 1970s album The Wall said he hopes "this awful thing" is destroyed soon.
Waters, 65, said the West Bank wall has been on his mind since he first saw it up close in what he described as an eye-opening visit in 2006, following a concert in Israel. "People who haven't actually seen this, what's going on here, can't imagine the impression that it has on you, the sick, kind of churning feeling that you get in your very heart when you see this, how depressing it is," Waters said.
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In the article the repulsive Mark Regev says something about security...I always believe what the repulsive Regev says!!
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Can you believe my sound card is kaput? I'm wondering if I replace it or buy a new computer altogether, this one is getting senile anyway!
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From what I could understand David Gilmour expressed the same position and would see worthy the reformayion of Pink Floyd for only such an event (A concert when the wall goes down!)
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