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The record company BMG cancels the contract with Roger Waters following his anti-Semitic remarks.
According to a report in "Variety", the German company - considered one of the largest in the world - will say goodbye to Waters, the founder of Pink Floyd, due to his controversial statements towards Israel, Ukraine and the United States.
The company signed a deal with the musician in 2016 and was due to release a re-recorded version of Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon last year, but new CEO Thomas Kosfeld canceled the deal after taking up his new role on July 1, 2023. The album Will eventually be released via UK label Cooking Vinyl.
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Since October 7, Waters, who is considered one of the most prominent anti-Zionist voices in the world, has been justifying the massacre carried out by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Envelope and claimed that the terrorist organization "did not slaughter the heads of babies".
In an interview with American journalist Glenn Greenwald, Waters said: "My first reaction to the attack was, 'Let's wait and see what happened. The second thought was, 'How the hell did the Israelis not know this was going to happen?! The Israeli army didn't hear the explosions at the bases when Hamas blew up the border fence?! There's something strange about that."
When asked by the interviewer if it is possible to justify the massacre by Hamas, Waters replied: "We don't know exactly what they did. Is it justified to resist the occupation? Yes, but it's the Geneva Convention. Morally they have to resist the occupation that started in 1967. This their duty."
Regarding the killing of the Israeli citizens, Waters said: "Of course I'm not in favor of it, but it was blown out of proportion, the Israelis made up stories about beheading babies."
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