Thom Yorkeleader of Radiohead and The Smilehe has launched an extensive statement on social networks with his vision of the war conflict in Gaza and what we ask the artists.
Since, in October last year, during a concert in Melbourne (Australia) Thom Yorke faced with a spectator who shouted in support of Palestine and left the stage, there have been many followers who have pressed him on social networks to be positioned regarding what is happening in Gaza.
Finally, after many months of conflict, Yorke has launched an extensive statement in which he exposes his perspective. Among everything written we can read comments like “Last year, when a guy shouted me from the dark, while I was going to start playing the guitar to sing the last song alone in front of nine thousand people in Melbourne, I did not seem the most indicated moment to talk about the humanitarian catastrophe that was unleashed in gaza. The rest of the concerts ahead. that the international community should exert all possible pressure to stop. As for Hamas, he says that: “Why did Hamas choose the truly horrendous acts of October 7? The answer seems obvious, and I think Hamas also chooses to hide in the suffering of his people, in an equally cynical way for his own purposes.”
A part of its statement talks about the pressure on social networks and the way in which people use them in the face of such complicated issues. “Witch hucer on social networks (which are nothing new) on both sides that press artists and who want that week to make statements and position Desire to ‘do something’ when we witness such terrible suffering on our phones daily. And this death stop, so that we can collectively recover our humanity and dignity and our ability to achieve understanding … that one day soon this darkness has passed. “
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