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McCartney gig revives Israeli Beatles tale

By Associated Press
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - Added 96d 2h ago

JERUSALEM - An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation’s youth.

The episode is often fondly quoted as a relic of a long-lost Israel where the public’s innocence needed protecting.

 
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