Anti-Zionist British academics have urged Elton John to pull out of a performance in Israel, in an open letter to the singer.
Tickets go on sale today for the June concert, which will be the Candle In The Windsinger’s first performance in Israel for 17 years.
The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine, who recently tried to persuade botanist David Bellamy to cancel an appearance for the Zionist Federation, called Israel a “racist state” in its letter.
The letter said: "Political or not political, when you stand up on that stage in Tel Aviv, you line yourself up with a racist state.”
