Tuesday, September 15, 2009

News at Eleven: "It's not about him personally.

This is a message to all artists."

Demonstrations have dogged the 74-year-old poet and singer [Leonard Cohen] during his world tour since he announced the Tel Aviv date and Amnesty International recently yanked support from the charity concert.

A concert scheduled in the West Bank city of Ramallah was also cancelled after becoming embroiled in the boycott campaign.

from The Record: Leonard Cohen targeted by hometown group for Tel Aviv charity concert

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