Pink Floyd star Roger Waters is to move his concert to an Israeli “peace village”. The new venue is Neve Shalom\/Wahat al Salam, a community dedicated to the peaceful co-existence of different faiths and races. <\/p>\n
Waters was initially due to play Hayarkon Park outside Tel Aviv in June, but changed his plans after discussions with Palestinian artists and campaigners, as well as Israeli refuseniks, who called on Waters to make a political stand against the occupation of Palestine.<\/p>\n
Roger Waters said: “The suffering endured by the Palestinian people during the Israeli occupation of the last 40 years is unimaginable to us living in the west and I support them in their struggle to be free. I have moved the concert to Neve Shalom\/Wahat al Salam as a gesture of solidarity with those voices of reason, both Palestinian and Israeli, that seek a non-violent route to a just peace”.<\/p>\n
“A few weeks ago I revisited Martin Scorsese’s film of the last concert of The Band and was moved to write some lines which seem appropriate here”.<\/p>\n
The Last Waltz<\/strong><\/p>\n I just want that thing No sandal soles I just want that thing Then dash the glass into the fire And then across the great divide I just want that thing (from my e-mail) Pink Floyd star Roger Waters is to move his concert to an Israeli “peace village”. The new venue is Neve Shalom\/Wahat al Salam, a community dedicated to the peaceful co-existence of different faiths and races. Waters was … Continue reading
\nWhen voices join in harmony
\nAnd in that fleeting moment,
\nMeaning coalesces on the ear,
\nAll dark, dissolving, clouds the alleyways no more
\nAnd fresh bread scent of home pervades the air<\/p>\n
\nIn dust of broken homes
\nNor callused toes peep bloody from the garment hem,
\nAnd all the big parades
\nAnd shock and awe
\nAnd swagger on the carrier decks and medals
\nJangle helpless in the face of what is fair<\/p>\n
\nWhen friends draw in, some living some begone,
\nSome brittle, none forgotten
\nAll beloved everyone.<\/p>\n
\nThen well up unashamed my heart
\nBeyond the reach of fear
\nOf faith, blind, bigoted and drear<\/p>\n
\nRise men and women unafraid
\nTo dash in loss their bracelets at the wall,
\nAnd hearing them
\nHope holds me in its thrall.<\/p>\n
\nWhen empathy prevails
\nWhen man evolves beyond the crass
\nAnd reason comes of age
\nWhen dogma, cant, and witchcraft
\nAll are banished to the past
\nWhen voices join in harmony at last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"