Neil Young and his band, Crazy Horse, have cancelled Thursday’s concert in Tel Aviv.
“It is with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we must cancel our one and only Israeli concert due to tensions which have rendered the event unsafe at this time. We’ll miss the opportunity to play for our fans and look forward to playing in Israel and Palestine in peace.”
It was the police that cancelled the show, according to a Reuters report, “in order not to put people in Gaza rocket range at unnecessary risk.”
A spokesperson for Neil Young said, the Canadian rock legend will make donations to “two organizations that teach music to Palestinian and Israeli youth simultaneously by enabling them to play music together.”
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