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Your recent statements about Israel and advocacy for BDS have garnered significant condemnation, with some going as far as to label you an anti-Semite. The following is the text of the open letter to Mr. “They should be bringing people together, not dividing them.New York, NY, Aug… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued an open letter to Roger Waters, a founding member of Pink Floyd, strongly criticizing his outrageous July 25 letter to the Rock and Roll community which endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and called on fellow musicians to join him in refusing to perform in Israel.ĪDL pointed out that Water’s views on Israel are colored by offensive and dangerous undercurrents of anti-Jewish sentiment. “A municipality is using taxpayer money to show a widely rejected ‘documentary’ narrated by a notorious anti-Semite that peddles anti-Semitic canards,” he said. Halber told the JTA that the decision was a “leadership failure.” “The plan developed included participation of representatives with diverse viewpoints who we hoped would share their perspectives and insights regarding issues and how they are portrayed by the film.” “The decision was made to proceed with the screening after consideration of the best way to do so while also allowing for a facilitated discussion and dialogue,” she said in an email. “That is hardly the basis for a respectful and productive dialogue.”ĭonna Wright, a spokeswoman for Takoma Park, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the panel offered the opportunity to hear “diverse viewpoints” on the topic. “We were given less than two days to respond to your invitation, which asks us to sit on a panel with two organizations explicitly opposed to the very existence of the State of Israel and the right of the Jewish people to self-determination,” said Ronald Halber, the JCRC’s executive director, and Meredith Weisel, its director of Maryland community relations, in a letter sent Thursday to the Takoma Park municipality. Instead, Takoma Park this week invited a JCRC official to appear on a panel at the screening with officials from two anti-Zionist groups, Jewish Voice for Peace and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Officials there said it was their impression that the municipality would consider the topic of Israel only after more deliberation and with more input from the Jewish community, and that the film would not be screened at all. Officials of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington were furious that it is back on the schedule.
ROGER WATERS ANTI SEMITE MOVIE
The movie was to have been screened last month as part of a cultural festival. It is narrated by Waters, the Pink Floyd rocker who has long led calls to boycott Israel. government, and pro-Israel lobbying groups have engaged in a decades-long propaganda campaign to shape American media coverage of Israel and its occupation of Palestinian lands.”
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A blurb promoting the movie describes it as “a captivating documentary that reveals how the Israeli government, U.S.
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The municipality of Takoma Park will screen “Occupation of the American Mind” on July 23. WASHINGTON ( JTA) - After canceling an earlier screening of an anti-Israel film following complaints by Washington-area Jewish officials, a Maryland suburb will now screen the movie narrated by Roger Waters later this month.