BEATLEMANIA -Joanna ChenFor the past week, McCartney has topped news bulletins across Israel, almost crowding out reports on the Kadima Party primaries or Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's predictably anti-Semitic speech at the U.N.
Radio stations have been blasting Beatles marathons.
[Newsweek]
[All photos Associated Press]
[Below, Paul with fans while touring Jerusalem; Above & below, Paul in Dan Hotel lobby, Tel Aviv]
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Good Day Sunshine! -Editorial
Promoter Dudu Zarzevsky's assertion that this is the "biggest cultural event that Israel has ever seen" is not just hyperbole.
Instead of issuing threats and calling for boycotts of the show, why doesn't the Arab world organize concerts in which friendship and harmony are the main themes? What if tens of thousands of Palestinians or Syrians gathered in Ramallah or Gaza City or Damascus, and sang along to songs like "All You Need is Love" and "Let it Be"?
Imagine.
[Jerusalem Post]
McCartney warms up in Tel Aviv -David Brinn
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney gave strollers in Yarkon Park a treat when he took to the stage at the site of his Thursday night concert and performed a short sound check.
[P]assersby could hear the former Beatle run through a number of songs including 'Get Back,' 'Let it Be' and 'Here, There and Everywhere.'
"According to The Jerusalem Post this morning, I may not be the real Paul McCartney, so I just wanted to let you know that it really is me," he said with a smile on his face. McCartney was referring to the story in Wednesday's Post about the 40-year-old rumor that he died in a car accident in 1966.
McCartney will be accompanied by his personal chef/dietitian, who will team up with the hotel's executive chef Ovad Alfia to prepare [vegetarian] meals.
Reshet Bet and 88 FM will broadcast the show live.
[Jerusalem Post]
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