Waters joined a large crowd which gathered outside UN headquarters in New York for the anniversary of the vote on Thursday, calling for an arms embargo against Israel and action to halt the "genocide" of Palestinians. There, he told RT that the conduct of Israel in Gaza was "criminally insane. Genocide is just ultimately the worst crime that any of us have ever dreamt of, and they are doing it in front of our eyes." West Jerusalem launched its military operation in Gaza in October 2023 in response to a deadly assault on southern Israel in which Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages. Over 65,000 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 166,000 others injured in the enclave, according to local health authorities.