Rock star Aviv Gefen said Friday that his political opinions about Israeli presence in the West Bank has not changed but endorsed the war in Lebanon as "legitimate."
"My views have not changed. Here it is not occupation, it is something else. In the north there is a war for survival, a legitimate war that was imposed on us. Ehud Barak withdrew troops from Lebanon and they attacked us," Gefen said Thursday during a visit to soldiers injured in Lebanon.
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| Aviv Gefen singing to injured soldiers (Video: Orli Dayan) |
Stressing that he is a Leftist, arrived at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa accompanied by a small team of musicians. He visited soldiers Oren Perry, whose foot was amputated, and Or Bar-On, a member of a rock band, whose both legs were amputated.
"His story touched my heart," said Gefen. "It is simply sad what happened to him, that a man that young and talented underwent such a trauma."
Aviv Gefen visiting injured soldiers (Photo: Doron Golan)
The singer said he wanted to show his respect for the soldiers and decided to leave his studio for a visit in Haifa.
Gefen is also expected to perform before soldiers of the Egoz Unit.
At the orthopedic department in the hospital soldiers on wheelchairs listen to Gefen singing 'A song of hope,' a song against war, which he sang as he played his acoustic guitar.
One of the song's verses reads: We will burry the guns and not the children
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