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Defying Boycotts, Jagger, Stones, to Honor Israel’s 65th Birthday.

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb says it's "a huge mistake" for the band.
By: Yori Yanover
Published: February 24th, 2013


Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones presenting Israel's official symbol.

Photo Credit: Yori Yanover based on Kyle Blair/WENN.com image.

Despite a barrage of attacks from British, European and U.S. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) groups, the Rolling Stones will perform their planned concert in Jerusalem on Israel’s Independence Day, Monday, April 15.

“We’ve been slammed and smacked and twittered a lot by the anti-Israeli side,” said Mick Jagger, the band’s leader and most recognizable member since 1963. “All I can say is: anything worth doing is worth overdoing. So we decided to add a concert on Tuesday.”

Needless to say, tickets to both concerts, Monday night in Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem and Tuesday night in Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, have been sold out even as Jagger was speaking.

“This is a huge mistake for the Stones,” declared BDS proponent Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb. “They stand to lose a lot of money as a result of showing solidarity with Zionism, because their most devoted fans also support boycotting Israel.”

“I don’t really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson,” Jagger responded when asked if the Israel concerts are a bad move business wise. “I’m a creative artist. All I know from business I’ve picked up along the way.”

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood will all arrive in Jerusalem on Thursday, ahead of their opening concert, to meet President Shimon Peres who says he’s been a stoner for ages.

“When ‘Get Off of My Cloud’ came out, Dayan brought me the single from London,” Peres told Haaretz. “We played it for hours in the office until Paula Ben Gurion threatened to throw us out.”

David Ben Gurion’s wife, Paula, was a Kinks fan.

This has been a Purim prank…

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Well, lots of prank articles have been reported as real by news outlets who don't do their homework, mainly articles by The Onion. But I think the obviously photoshopped picture at the top of the article will send alarm bells to anybody who may think it's real. Then again, half the shit they've believed from Onion articles should have sent alarm bells and didn't, so I guess you never know.

Did you hear the one about Gitmo prisoners getting GI benes?

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This has been a Purim prank

Thanks for adding that at the bottom of your post.
Otherwise, as NoCode said, you never know who might believe it.

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I was just surfing around at other sites and *some* believe it!!

well where ever that pic is from mick is wearing his lifts for sure

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well where ever that pic is from mick is wearing his lifts for sure

No smartass question, but what exactly is a lift?

I don't think they'd bother to deny or confirm something this silly... They're caught between Iraq and a hard place.

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melillo
well where ever that pic is from mick is wearing his lifts for sure

No smartass question, but what exactly is a lift?

It can either be an insert you put in your shoe that makes you look taller



Or a shoe that has a taller sole to make you look taller



Bono from U2, for example, wears the latter all the time, both on stage and just out and about.

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Green Lady
This has been a Purim prank

Thanks for adding that at the bottom of your post.
Otherwise, as NoCode said, you never know who might believe it.

Not mine - that's in the original article.

I would love to see that happen. Israel, we got your back.

This was in The Palestinian Times today.

Believe it or not it showed up today in Google News for Mick Jagger / Rolling Stones!

Good for the STONES!!! They have balls!

This thread lamentably serves as a good test of reading comprehension skills.

Haha, I wouldn't want any of the upcoming Stones' gigs to be a security risk in terms of bombings... neither would the Stones.

The bad news with this prank is that it can take some types pretty long to figure out this is just a bit of fun - if they understand western style humor at all.

les Rolling Stones n’ont pas hésité à maintenir leur concert prévu à Jérusalem à l’occasion du Jour de l’Indépendance d’Israël, lundi 15 Avril 2013. « Nous avons reçus de nombreuses attaques, critiques et provocations de la part des boycotteurs d’Israël », a déclaré Mick Jagger, le leader du groupe. “Tout ce que je peux dire, c’est : ce qu’on fait une fois mérite d’être fait une deuxième fois. Nous avons donc décidé d’ajouter un concert le mardi. ” ajoute-t-il malicieusement. Les billets pour les deux concerts, celui de lundi soir au Stade Teddy de Jérusalem et mardi soir au stade Bloomfield de Tel Aviv, ont été vendus en quelques minutes.

Just a (bad) joke...

LOL

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