British rock guitar legend Eric Clapton said, “Israel is running the world, Israel is running the show,” during a recent interview.
The 79-year-old musician was interviewed by YouTuber David Spuria about the recent campus protests in the US against Israel.
Clapton criticized the Senate hearings in which university presidents were asked about antisemitism on campus.
“I was so enthused about what was going on at Columbia [University] and elsewhere. And then what I couldn’t believe, because it freaked me out, were the Senate hearings, which were like the Nuremberg trials, you know?” he said.
“The Senate committee chairman asked pointed questions to presidents of universities, saying, ‘I just want to hear yes or no,” he said.
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“Don’t talk to me about context. Yes or no, are you promoting antisemitism on your campus?’ And I thought, what is this, the Spanish Inquisition? And it is!”
“It’s AIPAC, it’s the lobby. Israel is running the show. Israel is running the world.”
Calptoon added:
“We’re doing a thing now on this tour that I wrote originally as a tribute to Jeff Beck [who died in 2023]. I performed it at a tribute concert and then I didn’t play it anymore.”
“But for this tour I’m doing it under a different guise.”
“It’s the same tune, but I devoted it to the situation in Gaza,” he said.
“It’s called ‘Blue Dust’ because that’s what’s probably going to be left there.”
“And I play a guitar that’s painted like the Palestinian flag.”
Late last year, Clapton released a song called “Voice of a Child,” which featured a video showing the destruction in Gaza.
Clapton also questioned the West’s support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, saying Putin “always tells you what he intends to do, and he tells the truth. So he gives you plenty of warning.”
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