In an exclusive interview with TRT World in Chile’s capital, Santiago, the co-founder of the iconic music group Pink Floyd, English singer-songwriter Roger Waters spoke extensively about the smear campaign by the Israeli lobbies, which targeted him for speaking out against Israel’s brutality against Palestinians.

Waters is among a growing number of celebrities who are speaking out against the large-scale human rights violations by Israel and its “collective punishment” of Gaza residents in response to the Hamas attacks on October 7.

“…You can’t possibly put yourself in that position, in their position. Those mothers and fathers, those children, those 2.3 million, well a bit less now, people living in Gaza being bombarded by F-16s day and night, week after week after week,” he says.

“One cannot even begin to imagine what it must be like and that it’s (the Israeli assault) being cheered on by the most powerful empire in the world is disgusting beyond all belief.”

Read the full interview here.

Former rock band Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters performs onstage during his tour, at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, US, September 18, 2022. — Reuters
Former rock band Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters performs onstage during his tour, at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, US, September 18, 2022. — Reuters

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