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Banned rocker gives Zoom speech at 'Palestine Writes' fest

(JNS) — Controversial musician Roger Waters wound up speaking as part of the “Palestine Writes” literary festival via Zoom after he was banned from the University of Pennsylvania.

Waters released an Instagram video of him being driven to the campus, where he was no longer allowed to speak. In it, he is shown holding the student newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian, and complaining about an article describing him as an antisemite.

Others who have known Waters longer and more deeply are making the same charge—that the co-founder of the English rock band Pink Floyd hates Jews. A new 37-minute docum...

 

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