While the Labour politician had been dismissed for sharing an article promoting that conspiratorial claim, British rock star Roger Waters of Pink Floyd had made similar allegations in a far more direct and disturbing manner, but has been left untouched. While Peake admitted to her mistake, however, Long Bailey refused to delete the tweet or answer calls from her party leader until she was fired from the shadow cabinet. The Independent has released a similar clarification quickly afterwards. Later on that day, Peake tweeted that she had been "inaccurate in my assumption of American police training and its sources,” adding that "I find racism and anti Semitism abhorrent and I in no way wished, nor intended, to add fodder to any views of the contrary." Allegations of Jewish involvement in different wrong-doings worldwide and the trope of Jewish world power are the foundations of modern day anti Semitism. One does not need to be a genius to understand both the absurdity and the danger in these kinds of claims, linking the Jewish state to crimes committed thousands of miles away. The Independent article also quoted the Israeli police denying Peake's claim, saying: "There is no tactic or protocol that calls to put pressure on the neck or airway." Both Peake and the Independent (the paper that published the said interview) had claimed in the beginning that this theory was based on an Amnesty International report, but Amnesty has denied the claim and said that they had never reported that Israeli security forces had taught the technique used by American during the killing of George Floyd.
In the article, Peake discussed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and claimed that "The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd's neck was learnt from seminars with Israeli secret services." On 25 June, Sir Keir Starmer, the newly elected leader of the UK Labour party, has sacked his Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Rebecca Long Bailey, saying she rewteeted an interview with British actor and Labour supporter Maxine-Peake in which she promoted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. The accusations grew after balloons in the shape of a pig adorned in the Star of David were released at Waters concerts in 2013 - though he countered that several political and religious symbols had been used.Īs a BDS supporter, Rogers has declined to perform in Israel, with he and Brian Eno recently criticizing Nick Cave for playing two shows in Tel Aviv.JRoger Waters’ anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory topic: Her call to boycott the singer was accompanied by a petition signed by over 1,300 people, according to the newspaper.Īccusations of anti-Semitism have plagued Waters for years after he became a prominent supporter of BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions), a non-violent movement to oppose Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. "I do not want to resign myself to the new hatred of Jews here, I'm sick of it," said Malca Goldstein-Wolf in an interview with newspaper Bild.
In the latest instance, a citizen of Cologne wrote to the general director of regional public broadcaster WDR requesting they revoke their support for Waters' "Us + Them" concert, to be held on June 11, 2018. Accusations of anti-Semitism have hounded former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters for years.
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