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Exclusive: Leonard Cohen to perform in West Bank as well as Israel
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: West Bank, Israel News 

International music legend Leonard Cohen will perform in the West Bank city of Ramallah two days after his upcoming performance in Israel, Haaretz has learned.

The concert in Ramallah is set to be held on September 26, in the Palestinian city's Cultural Palace; about 1,000 fans are expected to attend.

Cohen's decision came after pro-Palestinian activists attempted to dissuade the singer from performing in Israel.
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The activists had urged supporters to "apply pressure during his tour by local groups along his path," in an appeal circulated on various pro-Palestinian mailing lists.


The sponsor of Cohen's concert in Israel, Discount Bank, confirmed the event on Wednesday; it is scheduled to take place at Ramat Gan Stadium on September 24.

The announcement put an end to the persistent rumors circulating in the past few months that the Canadian singer-songwriter's visit would be cancelled.



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      1.   Paying baksheesh to the pals by an "idealist" Cohen 13:48  |  Absolute Sweden 25/06/09
      2.   Leonard Cohen Outmaneuvers His Critics 15:17  |  Robert 25/06/09
      3.   who? 16:02  |  robert 25/06/09
      4.   Cohen is Buddhist and no longer identifies as Jewish. 16:03  |  JMK 25/06/09
      5.   Big deal 16:04  |  Nechama 25/06/09
      6.   leonard cohen is a oracicing observant Jew who happens to 16:20  |  ks 25/06/09
      7.   Good move, Leonard ! 16:42  |  David James Vickery 25/06/09
      8.   Re# 1 Discount Bank" spnsoring the trip .. 17:03  |  Ines 25/06/09
      9.   Re # I`ve seen Leonard Cohen life concert in London 17:06  |  Ines 25/06/09
      10.   West Bank and Israel 17:43  |  economist 25/06/09
      11.   1st we take Manhatten... 17:58  |  Closing Time 25/06/09
      12.   great! 18:29  |  EVH 25/06/09
      13.   to #3, Cohen is a torah observant Jew 18:39  |  Jordan 25/06/09
      14.   Cohen, a mensch does right thing 18:54  |  Dolphin 25/06/09
      15.   Good man Leonard! 18:58  |  American Patriot 25/06/09
      16.   Leonard Cohen shows the way ... 19:05  |  Victor 25/06/09
      17.   Music, a universal medium of communiaction 19:52  |  Witness 25/06/09
      18.   # 2 and 7 19:56  |  Cohanista 25/06/09
      19.   And now .... 20:35  |  JW 25/06/09
      20.   DAUOD VICKERY Very good move."Activists" can be very "persuasive" 02:37  |  PETER SM 26/06/09
      21.   #6, Leonard Cohen is his own man 02:49  |  Lexo 26/06/09
      22.   AM.Patriot the only thing beseiged in Ramallah was Arafats palace 03:49  |  PETER SM 26/06/09
      23.   Song 03:53  |  m. boaz 26/06/09
      24.   "Everybody Knows" 05:04  |  ghostoflutherblisset 26/06/09
      25.   #2 Robert, already been a Jewish Israeli performing in Ramalah 09:45  |  JustMe 26/06/09
      26.   Just wait. 21:39  |  Jordy 26/06/09
      27.   Amazing! 04:57  |  Miriam 28/06/09
      28.   Palestinian Passports for Jews... 19:05  |  Jimmy 28/06/09
      29.   Leonard Cohen`s Schedule incl. Israel & the West Bank 05:34  |  Elizabeth Moore 29/06/09
      30.   clever propaganda trick 14:18  |  Raymond Deane 30/06/09
      31.   Leonard Cohen 00:32  |  Kelley Lynch 09/07/09
      32.   Cohen is Buddihist 19:23  |  Ronit 19/10/09
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