Pink Floyd Musician Banned from U of Penn Campus Due to Antisemitic Views

PENNSYLVANIA (VINnews) — Roger Waters, a member of the “Pink Floyd” band, was banned from speaking at the University of Pennsylvania in person, after protests against his vicious anti-Semitism.

The 80-year-old performer was scheduled to appear at a panel discussion for the “Palestine Writes Literature Festival” this past weekend. But prior to the event, Waters posted a video on Instagram saying he’d been told he would instead appear via Zoom.

“I was supposed to be taking part in a panel in a couple hours time this afternoon, but I’ve been told I’m not allowed into the Irving Arena because they made arrangements for me to attend the panel via Zoom,” Waters said.

“And the fact that I came here all the way to be present, because I care deeply about the issues that are being discussed, apparently cuts no ice with campus police or whoever it is.”

An article in the university’s newspaper said that several Jewish students and community members wrote to school administrators condemning anti-Semitism of speakers at the events.

In a letter, senior Eyal Yakoby wrote the speakers’ presence on campus creates a “hostile” environment for Jewish students ahead of Yom Kippur.

Pro-Israel activists also descended on the campus, the article states, parking jumbotron trucks and posting videos on TikTok of some of the speakers’ past anti-Semitic remarks.

Waters claimed that the ruckus was intended to distract from the real purpose of the event.

“If they can get you thinking and talking about anti-Semitism, then you won’t be thinking about the fact that Palestinians have no human rights in the occupied territories,” Waters said.

At a Berlin concert, Waters, who is pro-Palestinian, fired an imitation machine gun while dressed in a Nazi-inspired long black coat with a red armband. He also displayed Nazi imagery. In addition, Waters tragically defamed Holocaust victim Anne Frank.