Morrissey arrives in Israel - article / photos
posted by davidt on Monday July 28 2008, @12:00PM

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Morrissey arrives in Israel - ynetnews.com

Exclusive photos: British singer lands in Jewish state ahead of Tuesday's concert

Or Barnea
Published: 07.28.08, 13:14 / Israel Culture

This is one concert which won't be cancelled, and here's the proof: British singer Morrissey landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday evening.

The former Smiths' vocalist arrived in Israel along with his assistants and concert production team, all dressed in black and carrying a black handbag and a number of plastic bags.

Morrissey, 49, walked through the VIP lounge and headed towards the Cartlon Hotel in Tel Aviv. Sources close to the singer said that his itinerary for Monday would depend on his mood.

On Tuesday, Morrissey will finally perform at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park, with the opening acts provided by the New York Dolls and Asaf Avidan.


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Update: 07/29 01:36 GMT:
Guillaume Metayer posted a link in the comments to more arrival pics at nrg.co.il.

 
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Isn't this... (Score:0)
.. just a tiny bit stalkerish. I seem to remember someone took a picture of Morrissey wearing a stupid looking flat-cap and it was posted on here last year and most of you were outraged about the lack of privacy...
Jealous of Youth -- Monday July 28 2008, @12:22PM (#308461)
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"so many women, my head should be spinning. Ah, but no..."
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Other arrival pictures ! (Score:1)
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/7/ART1/765/793.html
Guillaume Metayer -- Monday July 28 2008, @12:30PM (#308463)
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So far, so good. (Score:1)
I hope he packed his bomb proof suit.

He wouldn't want to be blown to bits by a mentally retarded child equipped with explosives.
Nick The Name -- Monday July 28 2008, @12:53PM (#308465)
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A number of plastic bags? (Score:1)
What the hell is that for?

OK, let's stop being so nosy...
Mrs. Woolf -- Monday July 28 2008, @01:13PM (#308472)
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mystery solved! (Score:1)
2-J writes:
"Morrissey was spotted shopping for handbags in Harrods" (from Emma).

Daily Gossip - Jul 9, 2008 - NME.com

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…and carrying a black handbag…from the article above. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps???
evennow -- Monday July 28 2008, @01:21PM (#308475)
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...back up the ladder...
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Flying is so boring (Score:0)
I bet Morrissey is sick to the back teeth of flying!

You just want to get to your destination and sleep but instead you have to queu, wait, queu some more and wait some more. And listen to people going blah blah blah.

But I suppose after 30 odd years it becomes a job. Flying must be the worst aspect of being a popstar. No amount of onboard free champagne and salted peanuts can ever compensate the boredom of flying.
Anonymous -- Monday July 28 2008, @01:35PM (#308476)
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Gorgeous (Score:0)
I think he looks ever so gorgeous!
Anonymous -- Monday July 28 2008, @01:54PM (#308478)
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  • Re:Gorgeous by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday July 28 2008, @03:31PM
    "Sources close to the singer said that... (Score:0)
    ...his itinerary for Monday would depend on his mood"

    LMFAO
    Anonymous -- Monday July 28 2008, @02:25PM (#308484)
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    The world maybe ending but look (Score:1)
    he really is human. Makes my proud to see Moz not givin a flying fuck what the rest of the "westernized" world thinks of the middle east. Gwon Moz sing your life!!!
    Music is art, and art has no borders.
    PEACE, LOVE n Bananas.
    Gin N Tonic Jil <jiloasis74@yahoo.com> -- Monday July 28 2008, @02:31PM (#308485)
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    You're not down with who I am but, look at you now you're all in my hands...tonight I'm a Rock N' Roll Star!!
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    Ahhhh! (Score:1)
    Do you think Morrissey is aware of how absolutely beautiful he is? Oh he's perfect, even after a long flight he looks lovely! I hope he has a good night tomorrow. And i hope he is well appreciated.
    i'llsendyoumine -- Monday July 28 2008, @03:33PM (#308497)
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      On proof (Score:1)
      "This is one concert which won't be cancelled, and here's the proof: British singer Morrissey landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday evening."

      I'm not sure that constitutes proof. Necessary, but not sufficient.
      danbutt * -- Monday July 28 2008, @04:00PM (#308502)
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      • Re:On proof by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday July 28 2008, @11:19PM
        Whats he gonna do? (Score:0)
        Knowing he is facing a audience that has nothing but "cut" willies?
        Anonymous -- Monday July 28 2008, @04:00PM (#308503)
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        Fiddler on the roof (Score:0)
        I wonder if Moz will sing "Kosher Meat is Murder" for the lovely folks in Israel.
        Anonymous -- Monday July 28 2008, @10:52PM (#308528)
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        Determination (Score:0)
        From the pictures, Morrissey looks as though he's determined to make his Israel trip a success. It must be quite scary being over there when you're a normal tourist, never mind when you're Morrissey. You have to have a lot of bottle to be as famous as he is, and go there. Us mortals wouldn't understand. This is where the practicalities of being an icon are brought home to the rest of us. God, I have enough trouble going to my local, if I think I've upset someone the night before! It's good that he's got his comfort foods such as his crackers and cheese, and his chips. Yamaha
        Anonymous -- Monday July 28 2008, @11:47PM (#308532)
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        Israel...why?...cash+more....as always (Score:0)
        Israel is one of the most oppressive,racist regimes in the world today,why is Moz doing this?
        Answers on a postage stamp please...
        Anonymous -- Tuesday July 29 2008, @02:46PM (#308559)
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        He looks pissed to me (Score:0)
        Then, what do I know.
        Anonymous -- Tuesday July 29 2008, @03:29PM (#308585)
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        10 Year Old Boy Shot In The Head (Score:0)
        From The Guardian 30/07/08:

          A 10-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli gunfire following clashes between troops and protesters demonstrating against the West Bank barrier yesterday.

        The Israeli military said it would mount an investigation into the shooting of Ahmed Moussa, which comes just three weeks after an Israeli soldier was captured on video firing at close range a baton round at a Palestinian man who was blindfolded and cuffed.

        The incidents occurred in the village of Naalin, near Ramallah, where Palestinian and international protesters regularly rally to demonstrate against the barrier - which cuts the community off from its farmland and protects the Jewish settlements built illegally, according to international law, inside the West Bank.

        Protests often turn violent when stone-throwing youths are confronted by Israeli soldiers firing teargas and ammunition. Scores of Palestinians and troops have been injured over the past few months.

        According to witnesses, soldiers fired tear gas and live bullets at the protesters trying to scale a temporary fence, erected to stop them reaching the bulldozers used to clear land to build the barrier. Others said baton rounds had been used.

        One regular demonstrator, Jonathon Pollock, said that 18 people were injured.

        "We were trying to get to the barrier like we do every time. I personally saw soldiers and border policemen using live ammunition," said Pollock.

        By late afternoon yesterday, most of the protesters had dispersed and the violence had subsided, although several youths remained in the area near the village entrance and continued throwing stones, according to some witnesses.

        When Israeli soldiers again shot at the youths, Moussa was hit in the forehead.

        Israel's military said it would conduct a "thorough examination with the forces in the region". It added the incident was "grave" and that it would consult Palestinian medical personnel.

        But it also said it was also examining the possibility that Moussa was killed by Palestinian shooting.

        Mohammed Nafa, one of the demonstrators, said he and others carried the boy to an ambulance, cupping his head with a baseball cap.

        At a hospital in the nearby town of Ramallah, the boy's family waited at the morgue. A paramedic who had driven the body sat on stairs and wept.

        "We told him not to go down [to the protests], but he wouldn't listen," the boy's aunt Khadija Moussa, told the Associated Press.

        A border police officer was also wounded during the protest when a stone struck his eye.

        The escalation in violence came as an Israeli commander, Lieutenant Colonel Omri Bruberg, who leads the battalion operating around Naalin, was suspended for 10 days until military investigators decide whether there is enough evidence to indict him.

        Bruberg is under investigation for his alleged role in the close-range shooting of a 27-year-old Palestinian man, Ashraf Abu-Rahma in the foot this month.

        The incident was recorded by a 17-year-old girl from the village and shows Omri holding him by the arm while another soldier, a metre away, fires at the 27-year-old Palestinian's foot.

        Abu-Rahma had been protesting at the barrier in Naalin when he was later detained, blindfolded and handcuffed by the army, which then imposed a four-day curfew on the town of Naalin.

        The army launched its investigation into the shooting of Abu-Rahma after an Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem released the video of the incident.

        It was the latest incident in which a video footage had been used to expose violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Although filmed on a privately owned camera, B'Tselem has handed out about 100 video cameras to Palestinians to film human rights abuses by the Israeli army and settlers.

        Bruberg was suspended yesterday after failing his second polygraph test, conducted by the military police after he passed an earlier test conducted last week by a private institute.

        Th

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        Anonymous -- Wednesday July 30 2008, @02:02AM (#308637)
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          One concert that won't be cancelled? (Score:0)
          Clearly the author has never been to a Morrissey show - where the gent's physical presence on stage once a concert has started doesn't even guarantee the concert won't be cancelled...
          Anonymous -- Wednesday July 30 2008, @07:24AM (#308649)
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            plain stop [joke attempt] (Score:1)
            in Belgrade, shake hands with Karadzic who was
            boarding to the Netherlands in a special unit,
            and had a band with strange men in uniforms with guns ans masks
            Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Wednesday July 30 2008, @07:49AM (#308651)
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            and the hills are alive with celibate cries
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