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Haifa Mayor Bars Singer Lina Makoul From City Events After She Labels City 'Haifa, Palestine'

After the singer promoted a recent concert as taking place 'in Haifa, Palestine,' the mayor of Haifa hit back: 'You should internalize this – Haifa is a city in the Jewish and democratic State of Israel and will remain so forever'

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שי רינגל

The mayor of the northern Israeli city of Haifa announced on Sunday that American-Palestinian-Israeli singer Lina Makoul would no longer be invited to perform at city-sponsored events after she promoted a recent concert as taking place "in Haifa, Palestine."

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