SiriusXM radio host Howard Stern once against blasted Roger Waters, saying he "comes off like an antisemite." Photo: www.greginhollywood.com.

SiriusXM radio host Howard Stern once against blasted Roger Waters, saying he “comes off like an antisemite.” Photo: www.greginhollywood.com.

On his Sirius XM satellite radio show last week, Howard Stern once again blasted Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters for his stance against Israel, Rolling Stone magazine reported.

“For some reason, it’s become very important to Roger to tell artists where to perform,” Stern said Nov. 3 on The Howard Stern Show. “There’s so many countries with histories of abuse and slavery, but he’s very focused on Israel. To me, he comes off like an antisemite.”

Stern noted that defending Israel “isn’t fashionable,” but urged his listeners to not be “fooled” by Rogers and his anti-Israel sentiments. He said: “It is a tremendous distraction for Arab leaders to say, ‘Let’s get the Jews, let’s get Israel, it’s all their fault.’ As long as their poor people are focused on Israel they don’t wake up and realize who is stealing their money. Their lives aren’t getting any better from all this crap.”

Things turned sour between Stern and Waters after the radio host found out that the former Pink Floyd bassist is not only a strong Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) proponent, and pressures musicians not to perform in Israel. In October, during a radio broadcast, Stern slammed Waters for his stance against Israel saying, “What is with Roger Waters and the Jews? Israel has a tiny little country and it bugs the sh*t out of Roger Waters.”

Waters responded by calling Stern an “a**hole” in an interview with Rolling Stone this month, claiming his opinions have nothing to do with Israelis, Jews or Judaism, and that he would “never dream of attacking them.”

Last week on his show, Stern announced he would not respond to Waters with similar name-calling. “I’m not going to call him an a**hole,” Stern said. “It’s what he believes. I just think he’s wrong.”

Stern’s comments drew praise from Jewish actress Mayim Bialik. On Sunday, she tweeted, “@HowardStern, lets discuss our shared unfashionable views on israel. Name a time. Much respect.”

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Source:: The Algemeiner

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