McCartney Makes Tel Aviv Rock City

Whatever the real reason was for the cancellation of a scheduled Beatles concert in 1965, Paul McCartney's much anticipated appearance in Israel this week suggested there were no lingering hard feelings on either side.

Macca has played crowds much larger than the estimated 40,000 at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park, but none were any more enthusiastic. On the eve of the Jewish new year holiday and in the midst of the Muslim Ramadan holy month, McCartney mixed English, Hebrew and Arabic in greeting the crowd, then mixed Beatles and Wings standards, all equally well received.

Security was extensive, but nothing happened to deter McCartney from his stated mission, "I'm bringing a message of peace, and I think that's what the region needs."

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