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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hotels in Argentina and Uruguay have reportedly turned down reservations for Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters over anti-Semitism allegations leveled against the British singer over his pro-Palestinian views.
Waters was scheduled to stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, ahead of concerts scheduled for Nov. 21 and 22 as part of his “This is Not a Drill” tour, but reservations fell through because hotels reported missing of availability, said the Argentine. . » reported the newspaper Página 12.
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Hotels in Montevideo, in neighboring Uruguay, also refused to host him, but gave a reason, according to a report by Página 12 on Wednesday quoted Waters.
The singer said that, because of this, he is still in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he directed a few days ago.
“I had dinner on the 16th with José Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, who is a friend of mine. And I can’t pass Array. because Israel’s foyer and whatever it’s called has canceled me,” Waters told Página 12.
The president of Uruguay’s Israelite Central Committee, Roby Schindler, sent a letter to the Sofitel hotel urging it to host Waters, reported Página 12.
Waters “takes advantage of his fame as an artist to lie and spew his hatred towards Israel and all Jews,” Schindler said, according to Page 12. “By receiving it, you will spread, even if it is not necessary, the hatred that this man exudes,” Schindler added.
Waters has been dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism for years, as well as complaints from the US government this year. The State Department said Waters had “a long history of using anti-Semitic tropes to denigrate Jewish people. ”
In statements to Página 12, he vehemently denied it. They do it because I am dedicated to human rights and I speak blatantly about the genocide of the Palestinian people,” Waters said.
In a recent interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald, Waters said that the wonderful attack perpetrated by Hamas militants in Israel on October 7 “was exaggerated by the fact that the Israelis made up stories about the beheading of babies. “
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