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Pro-Palestinians Threatened to Kill Paul McCartney if he Played in Israel

When Artists announce they’re going to perform in Israel, they aren’t worried about selling tickets as they are about their personal safety, because then they are targeted by BDS groups.

By David Lev

 

When rock legend Paul McCartney came to Israel in 2008, he was, at least to some extent, taking his life in his hands. Not because of Israel’s sometimes precarious security situation, but because he was threatened by BDS (boycott, divest, and sanction) anti-Israel groups. “I got death threats, but I’m coming anyway,” the singer was quoted as saying by Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs researcher Adam Shay. Continue Reading »