Leonard Cohen, baotzebao, 46,999 Others Anticipated At Ramat Gan Stadium Tonight
Early this morning, Heck Of A Guy received a message titled, There’s music on Hayarkon Street all through the night, from the blog’s chief foreign correspondent in Israel, baotzebao, who reports that “after all it seems I will be tonight in The Place.”
Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv
His explanation for both the delay in gaining access and the successful outcome is worth quoting:
Israelis are so kind and complicated
The sold-out show, “A Concert for Reconciliation, Tolerance and Peace” will be held in the 47,000 seat soccer stadium of the suburb Ramat Gan.1
A Jerusalem Post-iba News Video about Cohen’s arrival in Israel and the concert can be viewed at the link.
According to Another Cohen in Israel
Cohen is giving the expected profits of $1.5 million to $2 million to a new charity he has created of the same name, run by a board of Israelis and Palestinians, which will distribute money to groups focused on coexistence here – particularly organizations composed of people who have paid a great personal price because of the dispute and yet are working for peace, like the Parents Circle — Families Forum, made up of Israelis and Palestinians who have lost close family members to the conflict.
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- If I have calculated correctly, the concert will begin around noon, Central. [↩]
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