MLB will not schedule any more promotions of Roger Waters
Source: Associated Press
MLB will not schedule any more promotions of Roger Waters
February 8, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball will not schedule any more advertising on its platforms promoting music artist Roger Waters.
The leadership of the Jewish advocacy organization Bnai Brith International sent a letter to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred last month criticizing the sports involvement in ticket sales for Waters This is Not a Drill tour. MLB.com was among the organizations sponsoring ticket presales.
Bnai Brith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin said Waters views on Jews and Israel far exceed the boundaries of civil discourse.
Waters has supported the boycott, divestment, sanctions movement known as BDS that presents itself as a nonviolent campaign for Palestinian rights and does not endorse a specific solution to the conflict with Israel. Israeli authorities say the movements true aim is to delegitimize the nation and eventually wipe it off the map.
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