It has to be Australia's turn next! :(

Great Job There Morrissey:)

I wish you all the success.. Just love them.. Just truly love them. :)

wow pretty cool!

Did he get a tattoo or is this another one of those fake ones like he used to wear during the "Southpaw" era?

And what is going on with people? How did Morrissey let this slip by without ANYONE knowing it until he wanted them to? Either people are slagging or he's getting better at hiding things.

For someone so interested in animal and human rights, surely Israel is an odd choice of country to visit?

Major kudos to Morrissey. I am so happy that he will be playing in Tel Aviv--a much, much, much better choice than Tehran!

I am not mad anymore. Time to bury the hatchet :)
Just please, stay away from Iran.

PS--That promo video is adorable!!!

Can anybody capture that video so we can download it?

Lucky fans in Israel! And how cute is that man?! *faints*

Did anyone know Moz was gonna be doing a tapeing of the craig furgison show monday?

Could anybody who speaks Hebrew translate what it says on Morrissey's arm (the fake tattoo)?

Is it his name? Or "hello"? Or "god bless" or what??

Israelis - anyone know where and when to get tickets?

Someone somewhere obviously doesn't own an atlas.

......of this, I wonder.

there's an international academic and cultural boycott of israel and Morrissey has declared that he will violate it. he must be the racist that everyone accuses him of being.

Can anyone tell what brand of shirt he is wearing? I'm thinking it's Nautica? Not sure.

Thanks---

Ken.

he definitely won't be welcome in Iran after playing in Israel! LOL

Im not from Israel but I love him for saying that.
Jew haters can go fuck themselves with something hard.
God bless you Mozzer.

That I'm the first to state how glad I am he wrote it on his arm this time.

Love ya, Moz. Mazel Tov, Man.

For so many reasons other than the concert info.

Can anyone make the second video downloadable?

Here's the site: http://bidur.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=54918 4&sid=123

And a direct link to the video: http://SWITCH206-01.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ClipMe diaID=2141002

xoxo

Just thought I would say that, in case it hasnt been mentioned yet.

Who are forced into encampment appreciate the wmorals of a a gay guy from the american continent.

Fuck off israel.

It just confirms my worst fears of the leech

Palestine, never mind eh, maybe one day israel will batter seals to death

lol!

Does Morrissey still believe in God?
Thought he was far too realistic and to a degree, cynical, to believe in such a thing.

Don't give up the evening job Mozzer.

It's a very charming clip though...

Of this subject I speak not of Morrissey's decision which I am pumped for because I will be in Tel Aviv at the time and intend to go. But I speak of the anti-Israel some on these forums exhibit. As a Jewish American and a liberal one at that I still respect Israel's right of sovereignty and from that their duty to protect their citizens. While I feel they should give the Palestinians their own state I find it silly that some of my fellow liberal intellectuals attack the only secular democracy in the Middle East besides turkey.

Not the most secure place to be! Why is he going there? Is it to show that he is not racist? Or is he going to send a peace message to Israelites to stop attacking Palestine? Or maybe both?
Take care Mozz!

I posted that if Morrissey did Iran, I would never go and see him again. The same applies to Isreal. Be-Jeysus what is this man becoming?

Trouble is - where can I go with all the money I will save? I like Austria and Ireland.

SAM

Morrissey refuses to tour in Canada because of their seal-clubbing policy but tours the US despite its Iraqi-clubbing policy and Israel despite its Palestinian-clubbing policy.

Before the kneejerk reactions start, my comment has nothing to do with anti-Semitism and everything to do with human rights. It seems Morrissey is more concerned with animal rights. That, to me, is peculiar.

When will everybody realize he never moved out of LA, just from one house to another......... IN LOS ANGELES! He is a wealthy rock star. He can be in Europe one day and at his home in LA the next day. Just accept it Euros.

Israel is the safest place for him to play in the Middle East. There was no way he was going to play in Iran or any Islamic nation. Lots of big groups have played in Israel, just a few years ago U2 put on a great concert.

May the Lord God Jehovah bless Israel!

Morrissey has a reputation of being controversial. The Canada boycott, Iran, NME row and now Israel.

To play Iran-where the Human Rights record is bad and where Jewish, Christian and other minorities are forced from their homes by social, political, religious and economic oppression?
Or to play Israel- where Arab (Christian and Muslim) minorities are forced from their homes by social, political, religious and economic oppression.

It could be argued
"It's Morrissey's choice" and is a question of artistic freedom and bringing music to the people and keep politics out of it.

But to have "Isreal" written on his arm and saying "God bless Israel" is very much a political statement.

Is it a result of disappointment over the failure of the Iran project? Or was Morrissey was angered by the anti-semitism of the Iranian government?

Or does this show a lack of political awareness?

Or is it a misguided publicity-seeking attempt?

If it goes through it will be great for the Israeli fans who want to go. Few foreign artists go there. It's considered dangerous by many and a modern-day "sun city" by others.

And yes, he will have burned many bridges on the way.

Sinistra

So people ask those of us that point out what we perceive what we think Morrissey is hypocritical over, thats quite easy to highlight.

Mozza won't play Canada because of the horrific cruelty practised there towards seals, fair enough. Yet he will play Israel where the illegal occupation of Palestine continues and Israels human rights records in the continuing illegal occupation of Palestine is clearly evident. Mozza wants to play Iran where the practise of publicly executing homosexual men and most recently homosexual teenagers is practised.

So I got to ask myself a question does Mozza care more about animal rights than human rights?.

I am an atheist and Moz loses me a little more everytime I hear him these days.

Hi from Switzerland, sorry for my bad english. I love Morrissey because of his music and ideas. To learn he's going to play in such a terrible place is a real pain. My father is jew, I don't believe in God(s) but frankly I can't really be considered as an antisemitic person, but Israel is also a country, and this country is in the same league as Iran, China and Co. regarding Human Rights. Hope he'll change his minds because, sadly, Israel won't change theirs.

http://www.imninalu.net/myths-pals.htm [imninalu.net]

Oh my God! How lucky are Israel.
That is one of the nicest things I've seen
in ages.....

Is this for real? I could support it, if he was playing on top of the "peace wall"...It isn't really the fact that Morrissey is playing in Israel (he does play in America (aka Israel II) which is the same thing), but more the words used in the promo video. "God bless you"..."God bless Israel." Are you fucking kidding me? I don't fault ALL Israelis for what their country is doing to the Palestinians...But blessing THE COUNTRY that continually terrorizes these people with walls, barricades, death, violence, etc. That is bullshit! And yes, I agree with the others he have asked: "How can he play a country that promotes hatred and violence and then deny playing Canada?" I am sure the money he is making on this concert justifies him selling his soul...

we see behind the mask...Mr. M is actually a cheerful pleasant smiling character (though be warned if you cross him) and is charmingly shy.

It was authentic and honest of him to release this clip.

He annoys me when he counter-intuitively choses to be morose/glum/pensive/po-faced/ in order to preserve the miserable "legacy".

I hope this is a turning point and that he never returns to that awful fake persona.

What's next?

Gold lame stack shoes and silvery bell-bottomed jumpsuit adorned with pink sequins.

Camping it up?

Of course.

You know you secretively want to.

   

i am soooo pleased to see that morrissey will play in israel and not in iran. and what is even more important: that so many people here seem to be disappointed and want to turn their back on morrissey. i am glad that you will leave morrissey alone and that we will never see you again in any concert or that you will never buy another morrissey record again. i can live with it really well. and i think morrissey, too.

bye bye!

A lot of you repeat your ridiculous claim (under false humanitarian concern) about Moz's lack of respect to the Palestinians, especially when you like to make a comparison with his boycott of Canada. Let me just say these words:

1.When seals start to send missiles into your homes, towns, your local schools, kindergartens and practically hurt/ murder your loved ones.

      OR

2.When seals start sending themselves and their cubs with explosives strapped around their bodies, into buses, restaurants, and any possible public place.

    AND

3. Then afterwards those lovely seals will celebrate their "victory" by spreading candies, cakes and other sweets (while at the same time complaining of their short supplies of food) to other seal supporters and break into dancing from midnight till dawn,showing off their bloody paws in ecstasy whilst at it.

Then you will have the right to complain!

Until then SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS BASTARDS THAT HIDE BEHIND A SO-CALLED CARE FOR MINORITIES SUCH AS YOUR SO-CALLED PRECIOUS PALESTINIANS.YOU SICK TWISTED LITTLE FUCKS.YOU'RE DISGUSTING FOR COMPARING THE SLAUGHTERING OF INNOCENT SEALS TO A STATE WHICH DEFENDS ITSELF AGAINST A TERRORIST NATION.

You all want to hope he doesn't see one of the many tragically overcrowded, animals cant drink, move or sit down livestock trucks that bomb up and down the Ayalon Highway in 40 degree heat on his way to the show because his car will pass on to the airport i'm sure

He looks stunning in this video to promote his futher Israel performance!!!!!

In light of all of the pseudo intellectual, freshman level, political babbling on here, it's interesting to note that Morrissey's best chance of being allowed to play in any country in the Middle East, is offered by a supposedly brash human rights violator.

Oh, the irony.

But yeah, those dastardly Jews win again! If only they could be less concerned about countries that refuse to acknowledge their right to exist (genocide), then the M.E. could get on with wiping them out, and Europe can finally have its ongoing anti-semitism justified.

If only a fraction of the people who often speak about the conflict actually knew what they were talking about, then this world would be a much more intelligent place.

To be fair to Morrissey, because of greater global awareness, it is hard for any cultural icon to go anywhere these days without fans or foes claiming that they are validating some political scandal by proxy. Just look at the (in my opinion) righteous furore over the Olympics in China.
It is controversial for him to say 'God bless Israel', considering how that will look from a Palestinian point of view, but it can hardly be deemed 'racist', as some on here think, as Israel is constituted of more than just white Jewish settlers and, what's more, he's also expressed great interest in playing Iran.

Considering Morrissey's statements putting him firmly in the camp of anti-war, anti-persecution and anti-occupation and his writing of songs such as 'I Will See You In Far Off Places', I would be confident that he is separating this trip firmly from politics; unfortunately, there will be many who do not see things that way. I think the treatment of the Palestinians is shocking, but I also think it is extremely tricky to just sweep aside the occupation and the atrocities carried out against innocent Israelis, as there are many people who have been born and brought up there and consider those lands their natural home. I condemn anyone who travels to that region NOW in order to settle, and that is a view I formed after listening to lectures in my RS class by an American Jew, who had spent time in the Palestinian refugee camps and seen houses bulldozed to make way for more settlements; sometimes people would still be inside, as they refused to leave their homes. The truth is, there are atrocities on both sides. I would hope Morrissey acknowledges that somehow, perhaps by playing 'America Is Not The World' and 'IWSYIFOP'. But, being the man I believe him to be, I'm sure he realises this.

Banning one country off his tour list for animal rights is indeed picking and choosing his causes, but then we all have to do that, otherwise there wouldn't be a country left in the world to which we could travel. I doubt he'll be able to play the Middle East after this, but I'm sure his plan is to play Iran as well, in an attempt to show that music transcends politics. I think, in his book, it doesn't transcend the politics of animal rights, as that cause doesn't recieve nearly enough attention and he's passionate to the point of irrationality on that score.

What I believe doesn't make me more comfortable about the situation mind, but if I wanted to feel comfortable about and unchallenged by the artist I follow, then I'd have picked Leona Lewis.

the last ten seconds were cut

first I don't like the idea of Morrissey performing in sucha dangerous little part of the world

and of all the thing He could said not to hurt
Palestines/Muslims etc.

but what does HE says at the end 'GOD BLESS ISRAEL'

please cancel Morrissey, call Salman Rusdie. HIDE

I'm serious really scared of HIM going there, no
joking here.

I wish I didn't see that clip. There is something so ... fake about it. fake being a word I've never used with Moz. I just don't get him anymore

I just can't believe this is happenning.
I'm so glad that he actually comes now.
Obviously, I already bought the tickets, and I'm really thrilled about it.
Thank you so much for coming to Israel!
I'm sure that it would the experience of a lifetime.
Love, Peace and Harmony, not in the next world, but in July 29th, Hayarkon Park!
THANK YOU!

Life is a pigsty, and if you don't know THIS, then what do you know? So...so? Does Morrissey have to Stop The World, stop to write, sing and perform? Yes, he can't embrace all the causes in the world because, then, he wouldn't play anywhere.He would not have played in my country (France) because my government sells arms to african dictators.Not in the U.K, because they send soldiers in Irak, where the pigsty is going on, not in the USA because this pigsty is G.W Bush'method to free people, not in Argentina because of all the nazis that found refuge there, ect.But he has the right to boycot Canada because of the slaughter of seals, it's HIS cause and has always been (Meat is Murder).He can't play there, that's all.For him it must be unbearable.Some causes are bigger than others.