The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bono/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:34:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Bono | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bono/ 32 32 U2’s new EP features Yehuda Amichai poem, memorializes slain Palestinian activist https://www.timesofisrael.com/u2s-new-ep-features-yehuda-amichai-poem-memorializes-slain-palestinian-activist/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:59:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3758024 Lead singer Bono, in remarks along with release of 'Days of Ash,' laments rising antisemitism, condemns Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack, criticizes Netanyahu's management of war

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]]> Bono, U2 pen sharp condemnation of Israeli military action in Gaza https://www.timesofisrael.com/bono-u2-pen-sharp-condemnation-of-israeli-military-action-in-gaza/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:49:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3617436 The legendary rock band accuses Israel of starving innocent civilians as a weapon of war and creating 'a humanitarian crisis' in its war against Hamas

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]]> Bono: ‘Hamas, release the hostages, stop the war. Israel, be released from Netanyahu’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/bono-hamas-release-the-hostages-stop-the-war-israel-be-released-from-netanyahu/ Fri, 23 May 2025 07:35:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3555953 As U2 receives award, frontman praises aid workers as 'the best of us,' calls for 'Israel to be released from far-right fundamentalists that twist your sacred texts'

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]]> Hillary Clinton, Soros, WCK’s Andres to be awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom https://www.timesofisrael.com/clinton-soros-and-wck-founder-andres-to-be-awarded-us-presidential-medal-of-freedom/ Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:58:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3452632 Biden also to confer highest civilian honor on Denzel Washington, Lionel Messi, Michael J. Fox, Ralph Lauren, Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, David Rubenstein, Bono

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]]> U2’s Bono pays tribute to ‘beautiful kids’ slain at Israeli desert rave https://www.timesofisrael.com/u2s-bono-pays-tribute-to-beautiful-kids-slain-in-israeli-desert-rave/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 18:12:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3117261 At Las Vegas show, singer changes words in 'Pride' to refer to festival goers, 260 of whom were massacred by Hamas terrorists and other of whom were kidnapped to Gaza

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]]> In his new book, Kushner says he once broke up with Ivanka because she wasn’t Jewish https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-book-kushner-says-he-once-broke-up-with-ivanka-because-she-wasnt-jewish/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:43:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2823075 Memoir recalls how Murdochs, Bono and Billy Joel helped rekindle romance between couple, and that Trump pressed Jared on why his daughter had to be the one to convert

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]]> U2’s Bono gives Nazi salute to mock far-right Swedes https://www.timesofisrael.com/u2s-bono-gives-nazi-salute-to-mock-far-right-swedes/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:07:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1925164 Band's frontman makes gesture during concert while shouting 'Akesson' in reference to head of the Sweden Democrats, a party with neo-Nazi origins which scored election success

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]]> U2’s Bono honors victims in Paris, San Bernardino https://www.timesofisrael.com/u2s-bono-honors-victims-in-paris-san-bernardino/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 01:35:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1297874 'There are few words to speak to the loss you are feeling in this city tonight,' rocker tells fans in Paris concert

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]]> Eagles of Death Metal to join U2 in emotional Paris return https://www.timesofisrael.com/eagles-of-death-metal-to-join-u2-in-emotional-paris-return/ Sat, 05 Dec 2015 02:33:36 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1296901 Rock band will resume its European tour in February after postponing performances following Bataclan terror attack

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]]> Could Israel’s solar energy guru win the Nobel Peace Prize? https://www.timesofisrael.com/could-israels-solar-energy-guru-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:32:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1261324 Yosef Abramowitz's Rwandan solar field has inspired the Nobel committee – and singer Bono, too

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]]> Bono anoints Israel’s solar power ‘king’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/bono-anoints-israels-solar-power-king/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:55:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1241302 The U2 star congratulates Yosef Abramowitz on his renewable energy project in post-genocide Rwanda

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]]> U2’s Bono is not a Hasid impersonator https://www.timesofisrael.com/u2s-bono-is-not-a-hasid-impersonator/ Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:01:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1101922 Wisecrack by guitarist The Edge on his bandmate's biking garb swiftly taken for fact, but confirmed as just a joke

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]]> Bob Geldof organizes new recording to fight Ebola https://www.timesofisrael.com/bob-geldof-organizes-new-recording-to-fight-ebola/ Sun, 16 Nov 2014 02:13:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1092303 Bono, One Direction join singer/activist for new recording of Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'

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]]> An Arab rapper in La La land https://www.timesofisrael.com/rapper-in-la-la-land/ Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:50:51 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=274682 'I'm the American Middle Eastern dream,' says Sameh Zakout, aka SAZ, a Ramle boy who dreams about making it big in Los Angeles after his stint on an Israeli reality show

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]]> Bono spotted in Tel Aviv https://www.timesofisrael.com/bono-spotted-in-tel-aviv/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:45:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=64468 Singer in Israel on private visit

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