Madonna paid tribute to both Israelis and Palestinians as she kicked off her Celebration World Tour at London’s O2 Arena this weekend.
Last Saturday, Hamas launched a brutal shock invasion against Israel from Gaza, breaching the border by land, sea and air and killing soldiers and civilians alike.
“Citizens of Israel, we are at war,” declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who retaliated by laying siege and airstrikes on Gaza.
The Israeli Defense Forces then launched “local” raids in the Gaza Strip this Saturday, raising the specter of a full-scale ground invasion of the territory that will see over two million Palestinians walled in by Israel and Egypt.
Speaking on stage in Britain that evening, Madonna said: “There are a lot of really crazy things happening in the world.” “What’s happening in Israel and Palestine breaks my heart when I see children and the elderly suffering.”
With her voice: Madonna paid tribute to both Israelis and Palestinians as she kicked off her Celebration World Tour at London’s O2 Arena this Saturday; pictured during the concert
Message of hope: The Queen Of Pop added: “It’s all heartbreaking, I’m sure you’ll agree – but even though our hearts are broken, our spirits cannot be broken.”
The Queen Of Pop added: “It’s all heartbreaking, I’m sure you’ll agree – but even though our hearts are broken, our spirits cannot be broken.”
Madonna’s concert came five days after she condemned last weekend’s terror attacks, in which Hamas militants paraglided into a desert party for peace and murdered at least 260 civilians near the Iron Wall between Israel and Gaza.
“What is happening in Israel is devastating. Seeing all these families, and especially children, rounded up on the streets, attacked and murdered is heartbreaking,” she wrote. “Imagine if that happened to you?”
Madonna, who took up the Kabbalah tradition of Jewish mysticism in the 1990s, made a pilgrimage to Israel and performed there several times. In 2012 she even started her MDNA world tour in Tel Aviv.
As she began her new Celebration world tour this Saturday night, she also addressed the shocking health scare she suffered this summer, revealing on stage that after the near-death experience, she “didn’t believe she would make it.” “.
The tour was scheduled to begin in mid-July with a North American leg that would pass through over 20 cities in the United States and Canada.
However, this stage had to be postponed after Madonna’s health suddenly deteriorated, terrifying her global fan base.
She remained in the intensive care unit for several days after contracting what her supervisor said was a “severe bacterial infection.”
Recap: Madonna has performed in Israel several times and even kicked off her MDNA world tour at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv in 2012 (pictured)
Retro: Madonna, who took up the Kabbalah tradition of Jewish mysticism in 1996, can be seen at a concert in Tel Aviv in 1993
A sensational report from Radar Online claimed she suffered acute septic shock and was revived with Narcan, normally used to treat overdoses.
“I didn’t think I would make it, and neither did my doctors,” she said on stage Saturday. “So I woke up and all my kids were sitting around me.”
She emotionally shared, “I forgot five days of my life or my death, I don’t really know where I was.” But the angels protected me. And my children were there. And my children always save me, every time.’
The mother of six added: “If you want to know how I did it and how I survived, I thought, I have to be there for my children. ‘I have to survive for them.’