Mick being Mick gives the perfect response- Boycott? Heck, no, I’ll play MORE concerts!
Via Jewish Press:
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.”
Update:
Part of a good prank is the total believability of the story. You can see Mick saying exactly what he is quoted as saying, and the BDS movement has a few crazy rabbis associated with it.
When we read this story, it didn’t have the final line “This is a Purim Prank” and it had already been picked up by major Israeli papers and other news media.
So good on Jewish Press for getting everyone and maybe the Rolling Stones will oblige, play Israel and give BDS a big what-for.