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140-557: "Nobody Home" was written late into the development of The Wall after an argument between the band and Roger Waters . David Gilmour said that the song "came along when we were well into the thing [ The Wall ] and he’d [Waters] gone off in a sulk the night before and came in the next day with something fantastic." In the song, the character Pink describes his lonely life of isolation behind his self-created mental wall. He has no one to talk to, and all he has are his possessions. The song describes what Roger Waters says he experienced during

280-582: A Supreme Muslim Council (SMC), or Supreme Muslim Sharia Council, on 20 December 1921. The SMC was to have authority over all the Muslim Waqfs (religious endowments) and Sharia (religious law) Courts in Palestine. The members of the council were to be elected by an electoral college and appointed Hajj Amīn as president of the council with the powers of employment over all Muslim officials throughout Palestine. The Anglo American committee termed it

420-620: A "bad, negative time", and that he regretted his part in the negativity: "Why should I have imposed my feeling about the work and what it was worth on the others if they didn't feel the same? I was wrong in attempting to do that." In 2013, Waters said he regretted the lawsuit and had failed to appreciate that the Pink Floyd name had commercial value independent of the band members. In 1984, Waters released his first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking , which dealt with Waters's feelings about monogamy and family life versus "the call of

560-416: A "diversionary tactic" by conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism. In a 2017 interview with Omar Barghouti , Waters again likened Israel's public diplomacy to Nazi Germany: "The thing about propaganda – again, it's not hard to go back to Goebbels or the 1930s. You understand the tactic is to tell the big lie as often as possible over and over and over and over again. And people believe it." In 2017,

700-569: A "handler" dressed as a butcher, and a full 360-degree quadraphonic sound system. Mason joined Waters for the Dark Side of the Moon set and the encores on some 2006 performances. In March 2007, the Waters song " Hello (I Love You) " featured in the science fiction film The Last Mimzy . Waters released it as a single, on CD and via download, and described it as "a song that captures the themes of

840-640: A 2015 Foreign Affairs article that "based on hundreds of manuscripts, Islamic court records, books, magazines, and newspapers from the Ottoman period (1516–1918), it seems that the first Arab to use the term 'Palestinian' was Farid Georges Kassab, a Beirut -based Orthodox Christian ." He explained further that Kassab’s 1909 book Palestine, Hellenism, and Clericalism noted in passing that "the Orthodox Palestinian Ottomans call themselves Arabs, and are in fact Arabs", despite describing

980-715: A Palestinian nationality emerged slowly in the Palestinian refugee diaspora. In 1950 Yasser Arafat founded Ittihad Talabat Filastin . After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , most of the Husseini clan relocated to Jordan and the Gulf States . Many family heads that remained in the Old City and the northern neighborhoods of East Jerusalem fled due to hostility with the Jordanian government, which controlled that part of

1120-464: A Soviet marching band, and a pair of helicopters from the US 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron . Designed by Mark Fisher, the wall was 25 metres tall and 170 metres long and was built across the set, and Scarfe's inflatable puppets were recreated on an enlarged scale. Many rock icons received invitations to the show, though Gilmour, Mason, and Wright did not. Waters released a double album of

1260-546: A conflation of antisemitism with anti-Zionism . Waters was born on 6 September 1943, the younger of two boys, to Mary (née Whyte; 1913–2009) and Eric Fletcher Waters (1914–1944), in Great Bookham , Surrey . His father, the son of a coal miner and Labour Party activist, was a schoolteacher, a devout Christian, and a Communist Party member. In the early years of the Second World War , Waters's father

1400-624: A continuous piece of music which was played as an accompaniment to a large light and fireworks display over Grand Harbour in Valletta . In July 2004, Waters released two new tracks online: "To Kill the Child", inspired by the 2003 invasion of Iraq , and "Leaving Beirut", an anti-war song inspired by his travels in the Middle East as a teenager. In July 2005, Waters reunited with Mason, Wright, and Gilmour for their final performance together at

1540-658: A couple of weeks ago in the Sphere in Las Vegas, singing about the Stars of David, was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life." In July 2024, Waters engaged in heated debate with Piers Morgan on Piers Morgan Uncensored , arguing that there was no evidence of sexual assault by the Palestinian organisation Hamas , that Israel targeted its own citizens in false flag operations, and that Palestinians had

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1680-464: A highly regarded member of the high school's cricket and rugby teams. Waters was unhappy at school, saying: "I hated every second of it, apart from games. The regime at school was a very oppressive one ... The same kids who are susceptible to bullying by other kids are also susceptible to bullying by the teachers." Waters met future Pink Floyd members Nick Mason and Richard Wright in London, at

1820-473: A legal battle with the band regarding their continued use of the name and material. In December 1985, Waters issued a statement to EMI and CBS invoking the "Leaving Member" clause in his contract. In October 1986, he initiated High Court proceedings to formally dissolve the Pink Floyd partnership. In his submission to the High Court he called Pink Floyd a "spent force creatively". Gilmour and Mason opposed

1960-668: A memoir during the pandemic. In December 2022, he released an EP, The Lockdown Sessions , comprising six new versions of songs from his solo career and Pink Floyd. Waters continued to quarrel with Gilmour. In 2021, Waters wrote publicly of their disputes over Pink Floyd reissues and credits, accusing Gilmour of distorting the truth, and complained that Gilmour would not allow him to use Pink Floyd's website and social media channels. Rolling Stone noted that Waters and Gilmour had "hit yet another low point in their relationship". Early in 2023, Waters gave an interview in which he criticised Pink Floyd's 2022 track " Hey, Hey, Rise Up! ", which

2100-575: A part-time tutor at the Regent Street Polytechnic. Waters, Mason and Wright first played music together in late 1963, in a band formed by vocalist Keith Noble and bassist Clive Metcalfe. They usually called themselves Sigma 6, but also used the name the Meggadeaths. Waters played rhythm guitar, Mason played drums, Wright played any keyboard he could arrange to use, and Noble's sister Sheilagh provided occasional vocals. In

2240-521: A powerful political machine. The Hajj Amin rarely delegated authority, consequently most of the council's executive work was carried out by Hajj Amīn. Nepotism and favoritism played a central part to Hajj Amīn's tenure as president of the SMC, Amīn al-Tamīmī was appointed as acting president when the Hajj Amīn was abroad, The secretaries appointed were ‘Abdallah Shafĩq and Muhammad al’Afĩfĩ and from 1928 to 1930

2380-633: A projected nation of Palestine, an alternative of inclusion in a Greater Syria , an Arab national project, as well as to Islam . He writes that, "local patriotism could not yet be described as nation-state nationalism." Israeli historian Haim Gerber, a professor of Islamic History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem , traces Arab nationalism back to a 17th-century religious leader, Mufti Khayr al-Din al-Ramli (1585–1671) who lived in Ramla . He claims that Khayr al-Din al-Ramli's religious edicts ( fatwa , plural fatawa ), collected into final form in 1670 under

2520-708: A reaction to foreign predominance and the growth of foreign immigration, particularly Zionist . The Egyptian occupation of Palestine in the 1830s resulted in the destruction of Acre and thus, the political importance of Nablus increased. The Ottomans wrested back control of Palestine from the Egyptians in 1840–41. As a result, the Abd al-Hadi clan, who originated in Arrabah in the Sahl Arraba region in northern Samaria , rose to prominence. Loyal allies of Jezzar Pasha and

2660-687: A right to "fight back against the oppressor". During the UK general election that month , Waters criticised the Labour leader, Keir Starmer , for his stance on the Israel–Hamas war and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip , and performed a pro-Palestine concert in London with Cat Stevens and Lowkey . On 25 February 2023, the German city of Frankfurt cancelled one of Waters's scheduled shows, calling him one of

2800-555: A separate state, with an Arab majority. To further that objective, they demanded an elected assembly. In 1919, in response to Palestinian Arab fears of the inclusion of the Balfour declaration to process the secret society al-Kaff al-Sawada’ (the Black-hand, its name soon changed to al-Fida’iyya , The Self-Sacrificers) was founded, it later played an important role in clandestine anti-British and anti-Zionist activities. The society

2940-692: A serious rift, with long-term consequences for al-Husayni and Palestinian nationalism. According to Sir Louis Bols , great pressure was brought to bear on the military administration from Zionist leaders and officials such as David Yellin, to have the Mayor of Jerusalem, Mousa Kazzim al-Husayni, dismissed, given his presence in the Nabi Musa riots of the previous March. Colonel Storrs , the Military Governor of Jerusalem, removed him without further inquiry, replacing him with Raghib. This, according to

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3080-606: A sign Pink Floyd biographer Mark Blake believes is "a testament to his mellower old age or twenty years of dedicated psychotherapy". Ça Ira reached number 5 on the Billboard Classical Music Chart in the United States. In June 2006, Waters began the two-year Dark Side of the Moon Live world tour. The first half of the show featured both Pink Floyd songs and Waters's solo material;

3220-408: A silver spoon on a chain. Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains" are said to have been written specifically about Floyd's pianist Richard Wright , who was allegedly struggling with cocaine addiction at the time. with: Personnel per Fitch and Mahon. Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded

3360-417: A soundtrack for Roy Battersby 's documentary The Body . Waters said he wanted to "drag [Pink Floyd] kicking and screaming back from the borders of space, from the whimsy that Syd was into, to my concerns, which were much more political and philosophical". He became a dominant songwriter and the band's principal lyricist, sharing lead vocals with Gilmour and sometimes Wright. Throughout the late 1970s, he

3500-597: A subconscious realm", rating it four out of five. Waters toured the album with Clapton, a new band, and new material; the shows included a selection of Pink Floyd songs. Waters débuted his tour in Stockholm on 16 June 1984. The tour drew poor ticket sales and some performances at larger venues were cancelled; Waters estimated that he lost £400,000 on the tour. In March 1985, played a tour of smaller venues in North America in 1985. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

3640-642: Is a prominent supporter of Palestine in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . He has called for the removal of the Israeli West Bank Barrier , supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, and describes Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid . Some of his comments, such as his likening of Israel to Nazi Germany , and elements of his live shows, drew accusations of antisemitism , which Waters dismissed as

3780-411: Is the national movement of the Palestinian people that espouses self-determination and sovereignty over the region of Palestine . Originally formed in the early 20th century in opposition to Zionism , Palestinian nationalism later internationalized and attached itself to other ideologies; it has thus rejected the occupation of the Palestinian territories by the government of Israel since

3920-480: The 1967 Six-Day War . Palestinian nationalists often draw upon broader political traditions in their ideology , such as Arab socialism and ethnic nationalism in the context of Muslim religious nationalism . Related beliefs have shaped the government of Palestine and continue to do so. In the broader context of the Arab–Israeli conflict in the 21st century, Palestinian nationalist aims have included an end to

4060-866: The Beacon Theatre to sing " Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ". Waters was one of the ten highest-grossing concert acts of the decade. In January 2020, Waters announced a new arena tour, This Is Not a Drill , that would tour North America and finish one month before the 2020 presidential election . The tour was rescheduled to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The concerts were held from July to October 2022, and expanded with dates in Europe from March to June 2023. In 2021, Waters said he had begun writing

4200-582: The Black Hand gang in 1935. Izz ad-Din died in a shootout against the British forces. He has been popularised in Palestinian nationalist folklore for his fight against Zionism . The Great revolt of 1936–1939 was an uprising by Palestinian Arabs in the British Mandate of Palestine in protest against mass Jewish immigration. Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni , a leader of the revolt, was a member of

4340-625: The Cambridgeshire High School for Boys (now Hills Road Sixth Form College ) with Syd Barrett . The future Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour lived nearby on Mill Road and attended the Perse School . At 15, Waters was chairman of the Cambridge Youth Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (YCND), having designed its publicity poster and participated in its organisation. He was a keen sportsman and

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4480-667: The Cassino War Cemetery . On 18 February 2014, Waters unveiled a monument to his father and other war casualties in Aprilia, Italy and was made an honorary citizen of Anzio. Following her husband's death, Mary Waters, also a teacher, moved with her two sons to Cambridge and raised them there. Waters's earliest memory is of the V-J Day celebrations. Waters attended Morley Memorial Junior School in Cambridge and then

4620-795: The Ottoman Empire . This solidified a cooperative relationship with the returning Ottoman authority. The family took part in fighting the Qaisi family in an alliance with a rural lord of the Jerusalem area Mustafa Abu Ghosh , who clashed with the tribe frequently. The feuds gradually occurred in the city between the clan and the Khalidis that led the Qaisis however these conflicts dealt with city positions and not Qaisi-Yamani rivalry. The Husaynis later led resistance and propaganda movements against

4760-547: The Palestine Arab Party who had served as its Secretary-General and had become editor-in-chief of the party's paper Al-Liwa’ as well as of other newspapers, including Al-Jami’a Al-Islamiyya . In 1938, Abd al-Qadir was exiled and in 1939 fled to Iraq where he took part in the Rashid Ali al-Gaylani coup . Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari , who had started his career as a devoted follower of Hajj Amin, broke with

4900-657: The Syrian Orphanage ; and the American James Wells. In his 1997 book, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness , historian Rashid Khalidi notes that the archaeological strata that denote the history of Palestine—encompassing the Biblical, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, Fatimid, Crusader, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman periods—form part of the identity of the modern-day Palestinian people, as they have come to understand it over

5040-630: The U2 singer Bono for dedicating a live performance of " Pride (In the Name of Love) " to those killed in the 2023 Nova music festival massacre . Bono changed the lyrics of the song, which was written about Martin Luther King , from "Free at last/They took your life" to "Stars of David/They took your life". Waters said it was "so disgusting and degrading when you stand up for the Zionist entity. What he did

5180-567: The UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Later in 2005, he reunited with Pink Floyd for the Live 8 global awareness event, their only appearance with Waters since 1981. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999. He performed The Dark Side of the Moon for his world tour of 2006–2008 , and The Wall Live , his tour of 2010–2013, was the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist at the time . Waters incorporates political themes in his work and

5320-476: The Wall concept and the inflatable Animals pig. Pink Floyd released three studio albums without him: A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), The Division Bell (1994) and The Endless River (2014). According to a 1999 interview with Gilmour, Waters declined an invitation to perform The Dark Side of the Moon with Pink Floyd at Earls Court , London. In 2005, Waters said the period of his departure had been

5460-569: The Young Turks who controlled the Ottoman Empire and more so against the British Mandate government and early Zionist immigration. Jamal al-Husayni was the founder and chairman of the Palestine Arab Party (PAP) in 1935. Emil Ghoury was elected as General Secretary, a post he held until the end of the British Mandate in 1948. In 1948, after Jordan had occupied Jerusalem, King Abdullah of Jordan removed Hajj Amīn al-Husayni from

5600-426: The interwar period in response to Zionist immigration and settlement." However, this does not make Palestinian identity any less legitimate: "The fact that Palestinian nationalism developed later than Zionism and indeed in response to it does not in any way diminish the legitimacy of Palestinian nationalism or make it less valid than Zionism. All nationalisms arise in opposition to some "other." Why else would there be

5740-467: The refugee status of individuals separated from their native lands during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight , advocates stating that a " right of return " exists either to the occupied territories or to both those areas plus places within Israel itself. Nationalists have additionally worked to advance specific causes in terms of current residents' lives such as freedom of assembly , labor rights ,

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5880-541: The right to health care , and the right to travel . Divisions between nationalists frequently stir up tense standoffs over particular ideological goals, an example being the gulf between Islamist Palestinians favoring a more authoritarian state compared to centrist and secular Palestinians supporting democratic self-determination . Palestinians favoring nonviolent resistance also frequently clash with those who advocate for and engage in political violence both inside and outside Israel . Zachary J. Foster argued in

6020-657: The "most widely known antisemites" and citing his support for BDS, the imagery at his shows and his talks with Hamas. The move was supported by the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Frankfurt Jewish Community. Waters hired a German law firm to challenge the concert cancellation, and released a statement denying the accusations and stating that the cancellation could have "serious, far-reaching consequences for artists and activists all over

6160-486: The 2005 Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, Pink Floyd's only appearance with Waters since their final performance of The Wall at Earls Court London 24 years earlier. They played a 23-minute set consisting of " Speak to Me / Breathe "/" Breathe (Reprise) ", " Money ", " Wish You Were Here ", and " Comfortably Numb ". Waters told the Associated Press that while the experience of playing with Pink Floyd again

6300-642: The 2016 documentary The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States about the methods used by Israel to shape American public opinion. In 2013, Rabbi Abraham Cooper , the associate dean of the Jewish human rights organisation the Simon Wiesenthal Center , accused Waters of antisemitism for including a giant pig balloon bearing a Star of David in his concerts. Waters responded that it

6440-719: The Arab states in the June 1967 Six-Day War , brought the West Bank , East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip under Israeli military control. Yasser Arafat, claimed the Battle of Karameh (May 1968) as a victory (in Arabic , "karameh" means "dignity") and quickly became a Palestinian national hero; portrayed as one who dared to confront Israel. Masses of young Arabs joined the ranks of his group Fatah. Under pressure, Ahmad Shukeiri resigned from

6580-402: The Arabic speakers of Palestine as Palestinians throughout the rest of the book." The Palestinian Arab Christian Falastin newspaper had addressed its readers as Palestinians since its inception in 1911 during the Ottoman period. Foster later revised his view in a 2016 piece published in Palestine Square , arguing that already in 1898 Khalil Beidas used the term "Palestinian" to describe

6720-508: The Battle of Karameh there was a subsequent increase in the PLO's strength. In 1974 the PLO called for an independent state in the territory of Mandate Palestine . The group used guerilla tactics to attack Israel from their bases in Jordan , Lebanon , and Syria , as well as from within the Gaza Strip and West Bank. In 1988, the PLO officially endorsed a two-state solution, with Israel and Palestine living side by side contingent on specific terms such as making East Jerusalem capital of

6860-406: The British Mandate period. The dominance of the A’ayan had been encouraged and utilised during the Ottoman period and later, by the British during the Mandate period, to act as intermediaries between the authority and the people to administer the local affairs of Palestine. The al-Husayni family were a major force in rebelling against Muhammad Ali who governed Egypt and Palestine in defiance of

7000-471: The British to establish a "native government," making no further mention of "Southern Syria." The collapse of the Ottoman Empire was accompanied by an increasing sense of Arab identity in the Empire's Arab provinces, most notably Syria , considered to include both northern Palestine and Lebanon . This development is often seen as connected to the wider reformist trend known as al-Nahda ("awakening", sometimes called "the Arab renaissance "), which in

7140-406: The Government was declared to cover the whole of the former Mandatory Palestine , its effective jurisdiction was limited to the Gaza Strip . The Prime Minister of the Gaza-seated administration was named Ahmed Hilmi Pasha , and the President was named Hajj Amin al-Husseini , former chairman of the Arab Higher Committee . The All-Palestine Government however lacked any significant authority and

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7280-425: The Jewish National Fund in July 1930 despite nationalist opposition to such land sales. Tarab ‘Abd al Hadi feminist and activist was the wife of Awni ‘Abd al Hadi, Abd al-Hadi Palace built by Mahmud ‘Abd al Hadi in Nablus stands testament to the power and prestige of the family. Other A’ayan were the Khalidi family, al-Dajjani family, and the al-Shanti family. The views of the A’ayan and their allies largely shaped

7420-401: The Jewish community and the Palestinian Arab community, as the latter had been substantially disarmed. Al-Qadir moved to Egypt in 1946, but secretly returned to Palestine to lead the Army of the Holy War (AHW) in January 1948, and was killed during hand-to-hand fighting against Haganah ; where AHW captured Qastal Hill on the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem road, on 8 April 1948. al-Qadir's death

7560-404: The Life We Really Want? (2017). In 2005, he released Ça Ira , an opera translated from Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gils' libretto about the French Revolution . In 1990, Waters staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin , with an attendance of 450,000. As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and

7700-606: The Life We Really Want? , on 2 June 2017. It was produced by the Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich . Godrich was a fan of Waters's work with Pink Floyd, but was critical of his solo work and encouraged him to make a concise album showcasing his lyrics. Waters returned to North America in 2017 with the Us + Them Tour , performing Pink Floyd and solo material. On 26 October 2018, Sony Classical Masterworks released an adaptation of Igor Stravinsky's theatrical work The Soldier's Tale narrated by Waters. On 18 April 2019, Waters joined Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets on stage at

7840-503: The Moon is one of the most successful rock albums ever. It spent 736 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 chart—until July 1988—and sold over 40 million copies worldwide. As of 2005, it continued to sell over 8,000 copies a week. According to the Pink Floyd biographer Glenn Povey, Dark Side of the Moon is the world's second-bestselling album and the United States' 21st-bestselling album. In 2006, asked if he felt his goals for Dark Side had been accomplished, Waters said his wife wept

7980-405: The Moon Redux , spoke on topics such as Julian Assange and read from his unpublished memoir. Waters is a vocal supporter of Palestine in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . He is a member of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), a campaign for an international boycott of Israel . Waters first saw the Israeli West Bank barrier in 2006, at the request of Palestinian supporters, when he

8120-406: The Ottoman Empire "had not reached significant proportions before the outbreak of World War I." Daniel Pipes asserts that "No 'Palestinian Arab people' existed at the start of 1920 but by December it took shape in a form recognizably similar to today's." Pipes argues that with the carving of the British Mandate of Palestine out of Greater Syria , the Arabs of the new Mandate were forced to make

8260-490: The PLO leadership and in July 1969, Fatah joined and soon controlled the PLO. The fierce Palestinian guerrilla fighting and the Jordanian Artillery bombardment forced the IDF withdrawal and gave the Palestinian Arabs an important morale boost. Israel was calling their army the indomitable army but this was the first chance for Arabs to claim victory after defeat in 1948, 1953, and 1967. After the battle, Fatah began to engage in communal projects to achieve popular affiliation. After

8400-490: The Palestinian Arab community. The Nashashibi family was led by Raghib Nashashibi , who was appointed as Mayor of Jerusalem in 1920. Raghib was an influential political figure throughout the British Mandate period, and helped form the National Defence Party in 1934. He also served as a minister in the Jordanian government, governor of the West Bank, member of the Jordanian Senate, and the first military governor in Palestine. The Tuqan family, originally from northern Syria,

8540-455: The Palestinian state and giving Palestinians the right of return to land occupied by Palestinians prior to the 1948 and 1967 wars with Israel. The First Intifada (1987–1993) would prove another watershed in Palestinian nationalism, as it brought the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza to the forefront of the struggle. The Unified National Leadership of the Uprising (UNLU; Arabic al-Qiyada al Muwhhada ) mobilised grassroots support for

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8680-416: The Palin report, 'had a profound effect on his co-religionists, definitely confirming the conviction they had already formed from other evidence that the Civil Administration was the mere puppet of the Zionist Organization.' The High Commissioner of Palestine , Herbert Samuel , as a counterbalance the Nashashibis gaining the position of Mayor of Jerusalem, pardoned Hajj Amīn and Aref al-Aref and established

8820-414: The Regent Street Polytechnic (later the University of Westminster ) School of Architecture. Waters enrolled there in 1962, after a series of aptitude tests indicated he was well suited to that field. He had initially considered a career in mechanical engineering. By September 1963, Waters and Mason had lost interest in their studies and moved into the lower flat of Stanhope Gardens, owned by Mike Leonard,

8960-461: The Tuqans, they gained the governorship of Jabal Nablus and other sanjaqs . In 1887 the Mutassariflik (Mutasarrifate) of Jerusalem was constituted as part of an Ottoman government policy dividing the vilayet of Greater Syria into smaller administrative units. The administration of the mutasarrifate took on a distinctly local appearance. Michelle Compos records that "Later, after the founding of Tel Aviv in 1909, conflicts over land grew in

9100-593: The United States was because "the Jewish lobby is extraordinary powerful here and particularly in the industry that I work in, the music industry". Following the remarks, the Anti-Defamation League charged that Waters's remarks were antisemitic. The American rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded to Waters in the New York Observer : "That you would have the audacity to compare Jews to monsters who murdered them shows you have no decency, you have no heart, you have no soul." Speaking in New York afterwards, Waters said supporters of Israel often attack critics as antisemitic as

9240-456: The Wall (Part Two) ". In September 2010, Waters began the Wall Live tour, an updated version of the original Pink Floyd tour, featuring a complete performance of The Wall . At the O2 Arena in London on 12 May 2011, Gilmour and Mason again performed with Waters on "Comfortably Numb", and "Outside the Wall". For the first half of 2012, the tour topped worldwide concert ticket sales, having sold more than 1.4 million tickets globally. By 2013,

9380-477: The Wall Live had become the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist . Waters performed at the Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden on 12 December 2012. On 24 July 2015, he headlined the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island , accompanied by the band My Morning Jacket and two singers from the group Lucius . Waters performed at the Desert Trip festival in October 2016. Waters released his first solo album in nearly 25 years, Is This

9520-446: The ability to tune into radio waves in his head. Billy learns to communicate with a radio DJ, and eventually to control the world's computers. Angry at the state of the world in which he lives, he simulates a nuclear attack. Waters followed the release with a tour. In November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, and in July 1990 Waters staged one of the largest and most elaborate rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin , on

9660-473: The application and announced their intention to continue as Pink Floyd. Waters said he had been forced to resign like Barrett had been years earlier, and decided to leave Pink Floyd based on legal considerations, saying: "If I hadn't, the financial repercussions would have wiped me out completely." Waters did not want the band to use the name Pink Floyd without him. He said later: "I would be distressed if Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr made records and went on

9800-528: The arrival of the British a number of Muslim-Christian Associations were established in all the major towns. In 1919 they joined together to hold the first Palestine Arab Congress in Jerusalem. Its main platforms were a call for representative government and opposition to the Balfour Declaration . The Faisal-Weizmann Agreement led the Palestinian Arab population to reject the Syrian-Arab-Nationalist movement led by Faisal (in which many previously placed their hopes) and instead to agitate for Palestine to become

9940-422: The band and creative arguments about the album, Gilmour's name "disappeared" from the production credits, though he retained his pay. Rolling Stone gave the album five stars, with Kurt Loder describing it as "a superlative achievement" and "art rock's crowning masterpiece". Loder viewed the work as "essentially a Roger Waters solo album". Amidst creative differences, Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began

10080-744: The band used the names Leonard's Lodgers, Spectrum Five, and eventually, the Tea Set. In late 1965, the Tea Set had changed their name to the Pink Floyd Sound, later the Pink Floyd Blues Band and, by early 1966, Pink Floyd. By early 1966, Barrett was Pink Floyd's frontman, guitarist, and songwriter. He wrote or co-wrote all but one track of their debut LP The Piper at the Gates of Dawn , released in August 1967. Waters contributed

10220-416: The band's 1977 tour, the band's first major stadium tour. Additionally, the song contains some references to founding Pink Floyd member, Syd Barrett . The song was written after an argument between Gilmour, Waters, and co-producer Bob Ezrin during the production of The Wall in which Gilmour and Ezrin challenged Waters to come up with one more song for the album. Waters then wrote "Nobody Home" and returned to

10360-534: The best they could of their situation, and therefore began to define themselves as Palestinian . Benny Morris concurs, suggesting that the emergence of the Palestinian national identity can be traced through the successive postwar Palestine Arab Congresses . The First Congress , held in January 1919, resolved that "We see Palestine as part of Arab Syria," while the third , meeting in December 1920, called upon

10500-523: The boundaries it had during the British Mandate . The original PLO Charter (issued on 28 May 1964 ) stated that "Palestine with its boundaries that existed at the time of the British mandate is an integral regional unit" and sought to "prohibit... the existence and activity" of Zionism. The charter also called for a right of return and self-determination for Palestinians. Defeat suffered by

10640-674: The city; King Abdullah 's assassin was a member of an underground Palestinian organization led by Daoud al-Husayni . The Fatah movement, which espoused a Palestinian nationalist ideology in which Palestinians would be liberated by the actions of Palestinian Arabs, was founded in 1954 by members of the Palestinian diaspora —principally professionals working in the Gulf States who had been refugees in Gaza and had gone on to study in Cairo or Beirut . The founders included Yasser Arafat who

10780-640: The direction of explicit national rivalry." Zionist ambitions were increasingly identified as a threat by Palestinian leaders, while cases of purchase of lands by Zionist settlers and the subsequent eviction of Palestinian peasants aggravated the issue. The programmes of four Palestinian nationalist societies jamyyat al-Ikha’ wal-‘Afaf (Brotherhood and Purity), al-jam’iyya al-Khayriyya al-Islamiyya (Islamic Charitable Society), Shirkat al-Iqtissad al-Falastini al-Arabi (lit. Arab Palestinian Economic Association) and Shirkat al-Tijara al-Wataniyya al-Iqtisadiyya (lit. National Economic Trade Association) were reported in

10920-580: The divergent political stances of Palestinian Arabs at the time. In 1918, as the Palestinian Arab national movements gained strength in Jerusalem, Jaffa , Haifa , Acre and Nablus , Aref al-Aref joined Hajj Amīn, his brother Fakhri Al Husseini, Ishaaq Darweesh, Ibrahim Darweesh, Jamal al-Husayni , Kamel Al Budeiri , and Sheikh Hassan Abu Al-So’oud in establishing the Arab Club. Following

11060-430: The early 1980s, they had become one of the most acclaimed and commercially successful groups in popular music. Amid creative differences, Waters left in 1985 and began a legal dispute over the use of the band's name and material. They settled out of court in 1987. Waters's solo work includes the studio albums The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) , Amused to Death (1992) , and Is This

11200-590: The early years the band performed during private functions and rehearsed in a tearoom in the basement of Regent Street Polytechnic. When Metcalfe and Noble left to form their own group in September 1963, the remaining members asked Barrett and the guitarist Bob Klose to join. Waters switched to the bass. By January 1964, the group became known as the Abdabs, or the Screaming Abdabs. During late 1964,

11340-536: The first time he played it for her: "You then hear it with fresh ears when you play it for somebody else. And at that point I thought to myself, 'Wow, this is a pretty complete piece of work,' and I had every confidence that people would respond to it. Waters's thematic ideas became the impetus for the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979) — written largely by Waters — and The Final Cut (1983), written entirely by him. The cost of war and

11480-512: The heart and soul of the album musically and spiritually". In a press release, Waters wrote: "Dave, Rick, Nick, and I were so young when we made [the original], and when you look at the world around us, clearly the message hasn't stuck. That's why I started to consider what the wisdom of an 80 year old could bring to a reimagined version." In October, Waters held two concerts at the London Palladium , where he performed The Dark Side of

11620-553: The influential Husayni family in the early 1940s. The British estimated the strength of the al-Najjada paramilitary scout movement, led by Al-Hawari, at 8,000 prior to 1947. The Nashashibis broke with the Arab High Committee and Hajj Amīn shortly after the contents of the Palestine Royal Commission report were released on 7 July 1937, announcing a territorial partition plan. The split in

11760-471: The last century, but derides the efforts of some Palestinian nationalists to attempt to "anachronistically" read back into history a nationalist consciousness that is in fact "relatively modern." Khalidi stresses that Palestinian identity has never been an exclusive one, with "Arabism, religion, and local loyalties" playing an important role. He argues that the modern national identity of Palestinians has its roots in nationalist discourses that emerged among

11900-619: The late 19th century brought about a redefinition of Arab cultural and political identities with the unifying feature of Arabic . Under the Ottomans, Palestine's Arab population mostly saw themselves as Ottoman subjects. In the 1830s however, Palestine was occupied by the Egyptian vassal of the Ottomans, Muhammad Ali and his son Ibrahim Pasha . The Palestinian Arab revolt was precipitated by popular resistance against heavy demands for conscripts, as peasants were well aware that conscription

12040-525: The libretto in English in 1989, and said about the composition: "I've always been a big fan of Beethoven's choral music, Berlioz and Borodin  ... This is unashamedly romantic and resides in that early 19th-century tradition, because that's where my tastes lie in classical and choral music." Waters appeared on television to discuss the opera, but the interviews often focused on his relationship with Pink Floyd, something Waters would "take in stride",

12180-506: The loss of his father became a recurring theme, from " Corporal Clegg " ( A Saucerful of Secrets , 1968) and " Free Four " ( Obscured by Clouds , 1972) to " Us and Them " from The Dark Side of the Moon , " When the Tigers Broke Free ", first used in the feature film The Wall (1982), later included with " The Fletcher Memorial Home " on The Final Cut , an album dedicated to his father. The theme and composition of The Wall

12320-528: The movie, the clash between humanity's best and worst instincts, and how a child's innocence can win the day". He performed at California's Coachella Festival in April 2008 and was to be among the headlining artists at Live Earth 2008 in Mumbai, India, in December 2008, but the concert was cancelled following the 26 November terrorist attacks in Mumbai. In April 2008, Waters discussed a possible new album with

12460-439: The name al-Fatawa al-Khayriyah , attest to territorial awareness: "These fatawa are a contemporary record of the time, and also give a complex view of agrarian relations." The 1670 collection mentions the concepts Filastin , biladuna (our country), al-Sham (Syria), Misr ( Egypt ), and diyar ( country ), in senses that appear to go beyond objective geography. Gerber describes this as "embryonic territorial awareness, though

12600-531: The need to specify who you are? And all nationalisms are defined by what they oppose." Bernard Lewis argues it was not as a Palestinian nation that the Palestinian Arabs of the Ottoman Empire objected to Zionists, since the very concept of such a nation was unknown to the Arabs of the area at the time and did not come into being until later. Even the concept of Arab nationalism in the Arab provinces of

12740-448: The newspaper Filastin in June 1914 by letter from R. Abu al-Sal’ud. The four societies has similarities in function and ideals; the promotion of patriotism, educational aspirations and support for national industries. Palestinian Arab A’ayan ("Notables") were a group of urban elites at the apex of the Palestinian socio-economic pyramid where the combination of economic and political power dominated Palestinian Arab politics throughout

12880-464: The original tracks from The Wall , but also songs from Dark Side of the Moon , Wish You Were Here and other Pink Floyd albums, as well as new material. On the night of 1 May 2004, recorded extracts from the opera, including its overture , were played on the occasion of the Welcome Europe celebrations in the accession country of Malta . Gert Hof mixed recorded excerpts from the opera into

13020-589: The peoples of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century which sharpened following the demarcation of modern nation-state boundaries in the Middle East after World War I . He acknowledges that Zionism played a role in shaping this identity, though "it is a serious mistake to suggest that Palestinian identity emerged mainly as a response to Zionism." Khalidi describes the Arab population of British Mandatory Palestine as having "overlapping identities", with some or many expressing loyalties to villages, regions,

13160-622: The performance, which has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In 1990, Waters hired manager Mark Fenwick and left EMI for a worldwide deal with Columbia. He released his third studio album, Amused to Death , in 1992. The record was influenced heavily by the events of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and the Gulf War , and a critique of the notion of war becoming the subject of entertainment, particularly on television. The title

13300-601: The post of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and banned him from entering Jerusalem. The Nashashibi family had particularly strong influence in Palestine during the British Mandate Period from 1920 until 1948. Throughout this period, they competed with the Husaynis, for dominance of the Palestinian Arab political scene. As with other A’ayan their lack of identification with the Palestinian Arab population allowed them to rise as leaders but not as representatives of

13440-617: The principal signers of an open letter called Artists Against Apartheid. Waters has criticised numerous other artists who have performed in Israel. In 2015, Waters published an open letter in Salon criticising the rock band Bon Jovi for performing in Tel Aviv. In 2017, he urged Radiohead to cancel a concert there, signing a letter with 50 others, and was co-signatory on an open letter asking Nick Cave to cancel his. Neither Radiohead nor Cave cancelled their concerts. Waters narrated

13580-470: The protagonist hallucinates himself as a fascist dictator. Israel's Foreign Ministry criticised Waters for his performance. The US Department of State called it "deeply offensive to Jewish people" and accused Waters of having a record of using antisemitic tropes. In the UK, Starmer and the secretary of state, Michael Gove , issued statements condemning him. Pro-Palestine Palestinian nationalism

13720-629: The ranks of the Arab High Committee (this was nothing more than a group of "traditional notables") between rejectionists and pro Partitionists led to Hajj Amin taking control of the AHC and with the support of the Arab League, rejected the plan, however many Palestinians, principally Nashashibi clan and the Arab Palestinian Communist Party , accepted the plan. The revolt of 1936–1939 led to an imbalance of power between

13860-529: The record as a "stunning piece of work", ranking it alongside Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall as one of the best of his career. The song " What God Wants , Pt. 1" reached number 35 in the UK in September 1992 and number 5 on Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US. Amused to Death was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry . Sales of Amused to Death topped out at around one million and there

14000-487: The reference is to social awareness rather than to a political one." Baruch Kimmerling and Joel Migdal consider the 1834 Arab revolt in Palestine as the first formative event of the Palestinian people, whereas Benny Morris attests that the Arabs in Palestine remained part of a larger Pan-Islamist or Pan-Arab national movement. In his book The Israel–Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War , James L. Gelvin states that "Palestinian nationalism emerged during

14140-568: The region's Arab inhabitants in the preface to a book he translated from Russian to Arabic. In the book, Akim Olesnitsky's A Description of the Holy Land , Beidas explained that the summer agricultural work in Palestine began in May with the wheat and barley harvest. After enduring the entire summer with no rain at all—leaving the water cisterns depleted and the rivers and springs dry—"the Palestinian peasant waits impatiently for winter to come, for

14280-467: The road calling themselves the Beatles . If John Lennon 's not in it, it's sacrilegious ... To continue with Gilmour and Mason, getting in a whole bunch of other people to write the material, seems to me an insult to the work that came before." In December 1987, Waters and Pink Floyd reached an agreement. Waters was released from his contractual obligation with O'Rourke, and he retained the copyrights to

14420-425: The rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the songwriter, Syd Barrett , in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1985. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut (1983). By

14560-584: The rock music management company they had all founded, Blackhill Enterprises . Barrett agreed to leave Pink Floyd, and the band "agreed to Blackhill's entitlement in perpetuity" regarding "past activities". Their new manager, Steve O'Rourke , made a formal announcement about the departure of Barrett and the arrival of Gilmour in April 1968. After Barrett's departure in March 1968, Waters began to chart Pink Floyd's artistic direction. In 1970, he composed – in collaboration with Ron Geesin – Music from The Body ,

14700-599: The season's rain to moisten his fossilized fields." Foster explained that this is the first instance in modern history where the term 'Palestinian' or 'Filastini' appears in Arabic. He added, though, that the term Palestinian had already been used decades earlier in Western languages by the 1846–1863 British Consul in Jerusalem, James Finn ; the German Lutheran missionary Johann Ludwig Schneller (1820–1896), founder of

14840-424: The second included a complete performance of The Dark Side of the Moon , the first time in more than three decades that Waters had performed it. The shows ended with an encore from the third side of The Wall . The elaborate staging, by the concert lighting designer Marc Brickman, included laser lights, fog machines, pyrotechnics, psychedelic projections, and inflatable floating puppets (Spaceman and Pig) controlled by

14980-662: The secretary was Hajj Amīn's relative Jamāl al-Husaynī , Sa’d al Dīn al-Khaţīb and later another of the Hajj Amīn's relatives ‘Alī al-Husaynī and ‘Ajaj Nuwayhid , a Druze was an adviser. It was during the British mandate period that politicisation of the Wailing Wall occurred. The disturbances at the Wailing wall in 1928 were repeated in 1929, however the violence in the riots that followed , that left 116 Palestinian Arabs, 133 Jews dead and 339 wounded, were surprising in their intensity. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam established

15120-484: The shows. In June 2002, he completed the tour with a performance in front of 70,000 people at the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts , playing 15 Pink Floyd songs and five songs from his solo catalogue. Miramax announced in 2004 that a production of The Wall was to appear on Broadway with Waters playing a prominent role in the creative direction. Reports stated that the musical contained not only

15260-415: The sleeve art. They embarked on The Wall Tour of Los Angeles, New York, London, and Dortmund. The last Pink Floyd performance of The Wall was on 17 June 1981, at Earls Court London, and this was Pink Floyd's last appearance with Waters until the band's brief reunion at 2 July 2005 Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, 24 years later. In March 1983, the last Pink Floyd album with Waters, The Final Cut ,

15400-445: The song " Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk " (his first sole writing credit) to the album. By late 1967, Barrett's deteriorating mental health and increasingly erratic behaviour rendered him "unable or unwilling" to continue in his capacity as Pink Floyd's songwriter and lead guitarist. In early March 1968, to discuss the band's future, Barrett, Mason, Waters, and Wright met with the band's managers, Peter Jenner and Andrew King , of

15540-531: The studio two days later to present it to the band. It was the last song written for The Wall . On the 30th anniversary of The Wall episode of the US radio show In the Studio with Redbeard , Gilmour revealed that "Nobody Home" was one of his favorite songs from the album. A television playing in the background is frequently heard, including the line, "Surprise! Surprise, Surprise!" from Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. The lyrics "I got nicotine stains on my fingers, I got

15680-583: The subtitle, "There is Hope"), an opera in three acts translated from the late Étienne Roda-Gil 's French libretto based on the historical subject of the French Revolution . Ça Ira was released as a double CD album, featuring baritone Bryn Terfel , soprano Ying Huang and tenor Paul Groves . Set during the early French Revolution, the original libretto was co-written in French by Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine Delahaye. Waters had begun rewriting

15820-544: The technique to learn "how to murder the blacks because they have seen how efficient the Israelis have been at murdering Palestinians in the occupied territories by using those techniques ... The Israelis are proud of it." In January 2024, the BMG music company cancelled a publishing agreement with Waters over his comments on Israel, Ukraine and the United States. In a February 2024 interview with Al Jazeera , Waters criticised

15960-666: The tentative name Heartland . In June 2010, Waters released a cover of " We Shall Overcome ", a protest song rewritten and arranged by Guy Carawan and Pete Seeger . He performed with Gilmour at the Hoping Foundation Benefit Evening in July 2010. The set comprised a cover of the Phil Spector song " To Know Him Is to Love Him ", which was played in early Pink Floyd soundchecks, followed by "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb", and " Another Brick in

16100-650: The uprising. In 1987, The Intifada caught the PLO by surprise, the leadership abroad could only indirectly influence the events. A new local leadership, the UNLU, emerged, comprising many leading Palestinian factions. The disturbances initially spontaneous soon came under local leadership from groups and organizations loyal to the PLO that operated within the Occupied Territories; Fatah, the Popular Front ,

16240-556: The vacant terrain between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate . The show reported an attendance of 200,000, though some estimates are as much as twice that, with approximately one billion television viewers. Leonard Cheshire asked Waters to perform the concert to raise funds for charity. Waters's musicians included Joni Mitchell , Van Morrison , Cyndi Lauper , Bryan Adams , Scorpions , and Sinéad O'Connor . Waters also used an East German symphony orchestra and choir,

16380-499: The wild". The protagonist, Reg, finally chooses love and matrimony over promiscuity. The album features the guitarist Eric Clapton , the jazz saxophonist David Sanborn , and artwork by Gerald Scarfe. Kurt Loder described The Pros And Cons of Hitch Hiking as a "strangely static, faintly hideous record". Rolling Stone rated the album a "rock bottom one star". Years later, Mike DeGagne of AllMusic praised its "ingenious symbolism" and "brilliant use of stream of consciousness within

16520-665: The world". A German court overturned the cancellation, saying the concert should be viewed as a work of art and that it "did not glorify or relativise the crimes of the Nazis or identify with Nazi racist ideology". That May, German police opened a criminal investigation into Waters and the Nazi-style uniform he wore during his Berlin performance for possible incitement . Nazi symbolism is banned in Germany, with exemptions for educational and artistic purposes. Waters has long used similar uniforms for performances of The Wall, in which

16660-507: The writer Ian Halperin produced a documentary, Wish You Weren't Here , accusing Waters of antisemitism and "erecting the very walls that hinder peace in the region and fuel hatred". In 2020, Major League Baseball stopped advertising Waters's This Is Not a Drill concerts after receiving criticism from Jewish advocacy groups. Later that year, Waters said the American Jewish businessman and Republican Party donor Sheldon Adelson

16800-518: The ‘Abd al Hadi family. The Abd al-Hadis were a leading landowning family in the Palestinian districts of Afula , Baysan , Jenin, and Nablus. Awni established the Hizb al-Istiqlal ( Independence Party ) as a branch of the pan-Arab party. Rushdi Abd al-Hadi joined the British administrative service in 1921. Amin Abd al-Hadi joined the SMC in 1929, and Tahsin Abd al-Hadi was mayor of Jenin. Some family members secretly sold their shares of Zirʿin village to

16940-533: Was certified gold in the US. In 1986, Waters contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the animated film When the Wind Blows , based on the book by Raymond Briggs . His band featuring, Paul Carrack , was credited as the Bleeding Heart Band. In 1987, Waters released Radio K.A.O.S. , a concept album based on a mute man named Billy from an impoverished Welsh mining town who has

17080-540: Was a conscientious objector who drove an ambulance during the Blitz . He later changed his stance on pacifism , joined the Territorial Army and was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers as a Second Lieutenant on 11 September 1943. He was killed five months later on 18 February 1944 at Aprilia , during the Battle of Anzio , when Roger was five months old. He is commemorated in Aprilia and at

17220-544: Was a "puppet master" controlling American politics. He said that Adelson believed that "only Jewish people are completely human ... I'm not saying Jewish people believe this. I am saying that he does, and he is pulling the strings." In the same interview, Waters said that the murder of George Floyd was carried out with a technique developed by the Israeli Defence Forces . He said the Americans had studied

17360-730: Was a factor in the loss of morale among his forces, Ghuri, who had no experience of military command was appointed as commander of the AHW. Fawzi al-Qawuqji , at the head of the Arab Liberation Army remained as the only prominent military commander. In September 1948, the All-Palestine Government was proclaimed in Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip, and immediately won the support of Arab League members except Jordan. Though jurisdiction of

17500-471: Was a financial success in the US; though Waters had booked mostly smaller venues, tickets sold so well that many of the concerts were upgraded to larger ones. The tour eventually stretched across the world and spanned three years. A concert film was released on CD and DVD, In the Flesh – Live . During the tour, Waters played two new songs "Flickering Flame" and "Each Small Candle" as the final encore to many of

17640-522: Was aware of the "incendiary and wildly inaccurate" comments and was "taking advice as to his position". Asked by Piers Morgan to respond to the comments, Waters said: "No comment. Oh, shut up ... They're public, and I'm private." For the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon , Waters recorded a new version, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux , released on 6 October 2023. It features spoken-word sections and no guitar solos, to "bring out

17780-431: Was derived from the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman . Patrick Leonard , who worked on A Momentary Lapse of Reason , co-produced the album. Jeff Beck played lead guitar on many of the album's tracks, which were recorded with a cast of musicians at ten different recording studios. It is Waters's most critically acclaimed solo recording, garnering comparison to his work with Pink Floyd. Waters described

17920-717: Was head of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) (1952–1956) in Cairo University , Salah Khalaf , Khalil al-Wazir , Khaled Yashruti was head of the GUPS in Beirut (1958–1962). The Palestine Liberation Organisation was founded by a meeting of 422 Palestinian national figures in Jerusalem in May 1964, following an earlier decision of the Arab League , its goal was the "liberation" of "Palestine" with

18060-583: Was in fact seated in Cairo. In 1959 it was officially merged into the United Arab Republic by the decree of Nasser, crippling any Palestinian hope for self governance. With the establishment in 1948 of the State of Israel , along with the migration of the Palestinian exodus , the common experience of the Palestinian refugee Arabs was mirrored in a fading of Palestinian identity. The institutions of

18200-547: Was influenced by his upbringing in an English society depleted of men after the Second World War. The Wall , written almost entirely by Waters, is largely based on his life story. Having sold over 23 million RIAA certified units in the US as of 2013, is tied for sixth-most certified album of all time in America. Pink Floyd hired Bob Ezrin to co-produce the album and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe to illustrate

18340-646: Was led by Hajj Salih Pasha Tuqan in the early eighteenth century and were the competitors of the Nimr family in the Jabal Nablus (the sub-district of Nablus and Jenin). Members of the Tuqan family held the post of mutasallim (sub-district governor) longer than did any other family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.The rivalry between the Tuqans and Nimr family continued until the 1820s. Awni Abd al-Hadi of

18480-542: Was little more than a death sentence. Starting in May 1834 the rebels took many cities, among them Jerusalem , Hebron and Nablus . In response, Ibrahim Pasha sent in an army, finally defeating the last rebels on 4 August in Hebron. While Arab nationalism , at least in an early form, and Syrian nationalism were the dominant tendencies along with continuing loyalty to the Ottoman state, Palestinian politics were marked by

18620-479: Was no tour in support of the album. Waters would first perform material from it seven years later during his In the Flesh tour . In 1996, Waters was inducted into the US and UK Rock and Roll Halls of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. In 1999, after a 12-year hiatus from touring and a seven-year absence from the music industry, Waters embarked on the In the Flesh tour, performing both solo and Pink Floyd material. The tour

18760-578: Was one of several religious and political symbols in the show and not an attempt to single out Judaism as an evil force. The same year, in an interview in CounterPunch , Waters compared the Israeli treatment of Palestinians to Nazi Germany , saying: "The parallels with what went on in the 1930s in Germany are so crushingly obvious." He said the reason why few celebrities had joined the BDS movement in

18900-503: Was positive, the chances of a bona fide reunion would be "slight" considering his and Gilmour's continuing musical and ideological differences. Though Waters had differing ideas about which songs they should play, he "agreed to roll over for one night only". In November 2005, Pink Floyd were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame by Pete Townshend of the Who . In September 2005, Waters released Ça Ira (pronounced [sa iˈʁa] , French for "it will be fine"; Waters added

19040-403: Was released in support of Ukraine. Shortly afterwards, Polly Samson , the wife of Gilmour and a lyricist for Pink Floyd, wrote on Twitter that Waters was antisemitic and "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac". Gilmour responded to the tweet on Twitter: "Every word demonstrably true." Waters released a statement on Twitter saying he

19180-484: Was released. It was subtitled: "A requiem for the post-war dream by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd". Waters wrote all the album's lyrics and music. His lyrics were critical of the Conservative Party government of the day and mention Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by name. At the time Gilmour did not have any new material, so he asked Waters to delay the recording until he could write some songs, but Waters refused. According to Mason, after power struggles within

19320-424: Was run by the al-Dajjani and al-Shanti families, with Ibrahim Hammani in charge of training and ‘Isa al-Sifri developed a secret code for correspondence. The society was initially based in Jaffa but moved its headquarters to Nablus , the Jerusalem branch was run by Mahmud Aziz al-Khalidi . After the April riots an event took place that turned the traditional rivalry between the Husayni and Nashashibi clans into

19460-408: Was scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv . He subsequently moved a Tel Aviv concert to Neve Shalom and called for the barrier's removal: "The wall is an appalling edifice to behold. It is policed by young Israeli soldiers who treated me, a casual observer from another world, with disdainful aggression." He has repeatedly described Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid . In 2023, he was one of

19600-445: Was the band's dominant creative figure until his departure in 1985. He wrote most of the lyrics to the five Pink Floyd albums preceding his departure, starting with The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and ending with The Final Cut (1983), while exerting progressively more creative control. Every Waters studio album from The Dark Side of the Moon onwards has been a concept album . With lyrics entirely by Waters, The Dark Side of

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