Pink Floyd founder called for respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters has called to "save the planet" by applying all provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 against the background of military actions in the Gaza Strip. He said this on December 28 in a video message published on the X network (formerly Twitter).

To the video message, Waters attached a link to his article on the platform site Substack, in which he speculates on the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for peace.

"I thought that when our leaders signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948 in Paris, enshrining it 30 articles into law, they were all going to abide by it, but I was wrong," he wrote.

Waters also accused Western countries of racism and ignoring the opportunity to make the world a better place.

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The old rules don't work anymore

Earlier, on November 21, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Ministry head Yoav Galant. The decision was made because Netanyahu and Galant "continue criminal acts" and should be aware of the existence of the warrants for the benefit of the victims and their families.

Netanyahu's office on Nov. 21, commenting on the issuance of the warrant, accused the ICC of isolating the country and "facilitating terrorist acts" against the Jewish state.

In turn, Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp noted that the Netherlands is ready to arrest Netanyahu if he arrives in the country. At the same time, the leader of the party "Union of Sarah Wagenknecht - for reason and justice" Sarah Wagenknecht called the warrant a slap in the face to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock.

On Nov. 14, lawyer Burak Bekiroğlu reported that Turkey has prepared a lawsuit at the ICC against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of genocide in the Gaza Strip. Turkey believes that any international outcry or pressure from the court will slow down the violence against infants, women, children and all civilians subjected to genocide.

The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel, as well as invading border areas in the south and taking hostages. On the same day, Israel began retaliatory strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinians seek to return the borders between the two countries to the lines that existed before the 1967 Six-Day War. Palestine wants to establish its own state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and make East Jerusalem its capital. Israel refuses to accept the conditions.