Roger Waters Says Hamas Attack Was “Totally Thrown Out Of All Proportion’

Roger Waters suggested that he’s not going to rule out the possibility that Hamas attack on Oct. 7 on Israel might have been a “false flag operation” during an interview with Glenn Greenwald. The Pink Floyd Co-founder has been accused of antisemitism after claiming Hamas’s bombing was “thrown out of all proportion.”

During the conversation, Waters discussed the attack, where Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 people, many unarmed civilians, and took hundreds of hostages. His initial reaction to October 7 was “let’s wait and see what happened,” before going on to ask: “How the hell did the Israelis not know this was going to happen?”

When asked whether the attack was justified, Waters said: “We don’t know what they did do. Was it justified for them to resist the occupation? Yeah. They’re absolutely legally and morally bound to resist the occupation since 1967.”

Questioned on the targeting of Israeli civilians, Waters said: “Of course I don’t condone that, but the thing was totally thrown out of all proportion by the Israelis making up stories about beheading babies. What we do know is, whether it was a false flag operation or not … and whatever story we’re going to get to…it’s always hard to tell what actually happened”.

A spokesman for Campaign Against Antisemitism, where in September released a documentary on Waters and allegations of anti-Semitism told The Telegraph: “Surprise surprise. Roger Waters casts doubt on the Hamas massacre of Jews. This is the same man who, as we revealed in our recent documentary, wanted to emblazon ‘dirty k–e’ on a pig, referred to ‘Jew food’, called his agent a ‘f—–g Jew’ and did an impression of a Holocaust victim,” the spokesman said.

Waters deemed the documentary an “unapologetic piece of propaganda.” In May, Waters appeared on stage in Berlin wearing an outfit that closely resembled a Nazi uniform. The musician has insisted he is not antisemitic and said the performance was “quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice and bigotry in all its forms.”