Weeks ago Pink Floyd's firebrand bassist and lyricist Roger Waters was featured on Democracy Now! (sorry Amy, the Floyd are best known for Dark Side of the Moon, not The Wall) addressed the Gaza Freedom March and the opposition it encountered. Waters was obviously perplexed at the Egyptian government's opposition to a peaceful demonstration of people from around the world uniting for a just cause, while addressing the squalor and dire straights that Palestinians find themselves in the Gaza Strip which the western world would not tolerate in its own backyard.
Waters is well known for his support of the Palestinian cause and criticisms of the Israeli government's and military's actions, particularly the building of a giant barrier or wall, which Israel contends is for security purposes.
Waters also narrated a recent documentary on Israel's security barrier entitled Walled Horizons:
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