Down and out of tune - Israeli 'war singer' draws fire
Tuesday, May 21, 2002
TEL AVIV, Israel -- For half a century, Yaffa Yarkoni's songs glorified Israeli soldiers. So when the 76-year-old diva, a national symbol, drew parallels between the treatment of Jews by the Nazis and the army's handling of Palestinians, she stunned other Israelis.
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