Jonathan Cook, journalist
Roger Waters reminding us why so few leadings figures in the arts, politics and the media dare speak out about what is really going on Israel and Palestine.
“My industry has been particularly recalcitrant in even raising a voice [against Israel]. There’s me and Elvis Costello, Brian Eno, Manic Street Preachers, one or two others, but there’s nobody in the United States where I live. I’ve talked to a lot of them, and they are scared s***less."
Walters: 'I have been accused of being a Nazi and an anti-Semite' Getty Images