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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Israel Rescinds Beatle Ban

Portion below; whole thing (via Angry Arab Newservice) here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/goodbye-hello-mccartney-to-rock-israel-43-years-after-ban-870854.html

McCartney, 66, and his fellow Beatles were banned from performing in Israel in 1965 when the country's then education minister, David Zarzevski, thought that a show by the band would threaten the morals of the nation's youth.

But this year, Israel's ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, apologised during a trip to the Fab Four's home city of Liverpool for the "misunderstanding".

He sent letters to McCartney, his fellow surviving Beatle Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison, writing: "There is no doubt that it was a great missed opportunity to prevent people like you, who shaped the minds of the generation, to come to Israel and perform."

So THAT'S what happened to Israel -- they had no Beatles to shape their minds. A shame.

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