Overview
- On Billy Corgan’s The Magnificent Others podcast, David Draiman said Roger Waters’ stance felt like a “massive betrayal” to Jews everywhere and added he would “punch him” if they met.
- Waters answered with an open letter on X on April 16, calling Draiman a “psychotic racist Nazi pig” and framing his own activism as support for Palestinians facing what he called a genocide.
- In the same post, Waters claimed Draiman writes messages on bombs before Israeli strikes, an allegation reported in coverage that has not been independently verified.
- Draiman replied on X that he was open to dialogue despite deep disagreements and called Waters’ response “disappointing, but predictable.”
- The exchange extends a years‑long dispute that includes Draiman’s prior accusations of antisemitism in 2019 and 2024, Waters’ denials, and a February 2025 preliminary High Court ruling that Waters defamed journalist John Ware.