Pink's conversion into a fascist dictator is just the last, hallucinatory step in his descent into hell, which will be over only when his inner judge orders him to "tear down the wall".
The self-imposed isolation is represented by a metaphorical wall. The Wall is a rock opera that explores abandoment and isolation and uses strong symbolism and imaginery to tell the story of Pink, a character Roger Waters modelled on himself. "For this most recent tour, the pig appears to have numerous symbols, including a hammer, dollar signs, and sickle and a small Star of David," Gutnick explained. The song is written from the point of view of the anti-hero who imagines himself turning into a Nazi dictator. The pig floated over the crowd during the song Run Like Hell. "We believe there's no anti-Semitic intent here in the use of the Star of David symbol." "This is the same thing he's been doing for years," said Todd Gutnick, director of media relations. "Waters crossed the line and gave expression to an anti-Semitic message, beyond all his messages of anti-militancy."īut the Anti-Defamation League said that the pig was not new and in context was not anti-Semitic. "That was the only religious-national symbol which appeared among other symbols for fascism, dictatorship and oppression of people,"Alon Onfus Asif told daily Yediot Ahronot.
Israelis in Belgium were reportedly shocked at the sight of the Star of David on the blowup pig. The stunt, performed at a show in Belgium, angered other Jewish organisations including the Simon Wiesenthal Centre who called Waters - a well-known activist in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel - "an open hater of Jews". The Jewish watchdog Anti-Defamation League has defended British rock star Roger Waters, a critic of Israel, after he released a pig-shaped balloon decorated with a Star of David over his stage performance of The Wall. “The Jewish lobby is extraordinary powerful here and particularly in the industry that I work in, the music industry and in rock ‘n’ roll, as they say,” Waters stated.The inflatable pig floats above the audience during the Roger Waters' performance of The Wall in Belgium In a call to the public to join the BDS movement, Waters explained that the main deterrence for many Americans interested in the movement is the backlash anticipated from Jews in the United States. Speaking to CounterPunch, Waters also slammed US policies toward the Palestinians, and attributed them to the “Israeli propaganda machine,” whose messages effectively trickled into the mainstream media. “It’s artistic exuberance and crossing the lines of whatever, but he’s not an anti-Semite.” He uses symbolism, and that’s one issue,” Foxman said.
In comments to AP late last month, Foxman had defended Waters against accusations of anti-Semitism. “His shows deliver messages, breaking down wall, etc.
Waters would have avoided using the Star of David, we believe there is no anti-Semitic intent here,” an ADL spokesman said. However, the Anti-Defamation League said then that Waters has a long history of using these symbols in his concerts. “We continue to talk about the respect for every religion and every human being, yet we keep falling into these shameful situations.” “… D id they also have the right to draw the Star of David on the back of a pig and not be reported?” the article asked. An op-ed in the Vatican newspaper at the time blasted “unrestrained anti-Semitism” at the music festival in Belgium where Waters displayed the inflatable balloon.
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