In a recent press conference, Nick Cave explained his decision to play concerts in Tel Aviv, Israel, despite pressure to cancel the shows from various artists. He stated that he “loves Israel,” noting that musicians performing there all “have to go through a sort of public humiliation from Roger Waters and co.” He referred to the concert as “a principled stand against anyone who tries to censor and silence musicians.” Now, in a new press statement, Brian Eno, Roger Waters, and other voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement have responded to Cave’s remarks.

Waters writes, “Nick thinks this is about censorship of his music? What? Nick, with all due respect, your music is irrelevant to this issue, so is mine, so is Brian Eno’s so is Beethoven’s, this isn’t about music, it’s about human rights.” He continues, “We hurl our glasses into the fire of your arrogant unconcern, and smash our bracelets on the rock of your implacable indifference.” Eno comments, “It’s nothing to do with ‘silencing’ artists—a charge I find rather grating when used in a context where a few million people are permanently and grotesquely silenced.”

Read the full statement here.