"This action is a demand from Montréal society that Leonard Cohen does not play a show in Israel to lend credence and normalise the apartheid state," said spokesman Doug Smith," according to The Canadian Press's Jessica Murphy who elaborates: "Demonstrations have dogged the 74-year-old poet and singer during his world tour since he announced the Tel Aviv date and Amnesty International recently yanked support from the charity concert." (Excuse me, I think I've got a hurt-ache the size of The Sahara for The Man born in The Year of the Dog.)from Judith Fitzgerald: The Globe and Mail: In Other Words: Move along . . . no ear-cheer to see/hear here :(
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