Radiohead hit back at Israel boycott calls as 'divisive'

Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: By Afp Published: 15:43 BST 2 June 2017 | Updated: 15:43 BST 2 June 2017 Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke performs in Austin Texas in October 2016 Radiohead hit back Friday at a campaign urging the band to scrap a show in Israel calling the boycott campaign divisive patronizing and "an extraordinary waste of energy." The experimental rock icons are scheduled to close a tour on July 19 in Tel Aviv but artists including Roger Waters have urged Radiohead to heed Palestinian activists' calls to shun Israel. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke responded that the campaign sowed divisions that fueled right-wing leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May. "All of this creates divisive energy. You're not bringing people together. You're not encouraging dialogue or a sense of understanding" Yorke told Rolling Stone magazine. "It's such an extraordinary waste of energy. Energy that could be used in a more positive way" he said. The petitioners -- who also include Nobel Prize-winning anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu novelist Alice Walker and Thurston Moore of alternative rock pioneers
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