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

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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About the Author: JewishPress.com Senior Internet Editor Yori Yanover has been a working journalist since age 17, before he enlisted and worked for Ba'Machane Nachal. Since then he has worked for Israel Shelanu, the US supplement of Yedioth, JCN18.com, USAJewish.com, Lubavitch News Service, Arutz 7 (as DJ on the high seas), and the Grand Street News. He has published two fun books: The Cabalist's Daughter: A Novel of Practical Messianic Redemption, and How Would God REALLY Vote.


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  1. Juan Jose Denoriega says:
    February 25, 2013 at 6:49 PM

    GOOD FOR THE STONES…SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL!

  2. Marc Oppenheimer says:
    February 26, 2013 at 12:28 AM

    The Stones are really in Israel to get longevity therapy for another 100 years.

  3. Ilana Bershadsky says:
    February 26, 2013 at 12:38 AM

    זאת ממש בדיחה רעה……

  4. Aaron Chartier says:
    February 26, 2013 at 12:02 PM

    What a mean prank…Sincerely, a Stones fan.

  5. Theodore Isaac Bokhobza says:
    February 26, 2013 at 12:14 PM

    Che bello!

  6. Manu Caya says:
    February 27, 2013 at 3:48 AM

    nazislamists lost… way to go Rolling Stones! I'm going to buy their whole albums right now…

  7. Adriana Terek Ivanisevic says:
    February 27, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    Love Israel Love Jagger Love Stones xxxx

  8. Adriana Terek Ivanisevic says:
    February 27, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    Love Israel Love Jagger Love Stones xxxx

  9. Laura Liebman says:
    February 28, 2013 at 5:17 PM

    This really sounded believable until the last two paragraphs. But I should have known this was a prank. The notion that the Rolling Stones or any other performers would be that principled is naive to believe. I also should have known based on the obvious photoshopped Israeli symbol placed in the picture.

  10. Heshy Rosenwasser says:
    March 1, 2013 at 12:19 AM

    STOP TAKING THIS AT FACE VALUE, PEOPLE. IT WAS A PURIM PRANK. READ THE LAST LINE.

  11. Joshua Namm says:
    March 1, 2013 at 10:38 AM

    Purim Spiel!

  12. Joshua Namm says:
    March 1, 2013 at 10:39 AM

    Purim Shpiel!

  13. John Wilde says:
    March 2, 2013 at 3:33 AM

    I have made fun of the Stones in the past….But I stand with you now!

  14. John Wilde says:
    March 2, 2013 at 3:33 AM

    I have made fun of the Stones in the past….But I stand with you now!

  15. John Wilde says:
    March 2, 2013 at 3:33 AM

    I have made fun of the Stones in the past….But I stand with you now!

  16. David Blauer says:
    March 2, 2013 at 7:04 PM

    It's a Hoax people! The photoshopping of the menorah banner is particularly crude.

  17. Opher Aviran says:
    March 2, 2013 at 11:58 PM

    Great Artists and Performers celebrate Israel's 65 Independence. Bravo!

  18. Jimmy Z Zulz says:
    March 5, 2013 at 1:51 AM

    I believe the article may be true, but the photo is entirely faked.

  19. Amelia Lopez Orlovsky says:
    March 13, 2013 at 5:45 PM

    &^*%#@&^%^&!%&^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  20. Alan Collins says:
    March 17, 2013 at 4:41 PM

    Good going lads..bringing "Satisfaction" to a lot of people.

  21. Shirley M. Armenta says:
    April 10, 2013 at 6:43 PM

    Thank God for The Rolling Stones! I stand for Israel too!

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