24.03.2011                      18.Adar ll, 5771

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Kiss rocker Gene Simmons back in Israel after 51 years

The Israeli-born superstar calls boycotting artists "idiots," says "there ain't no place like Israel on Earth."

Over half a century after leaving Israel as the impoverished nine-year-old son of an Auschwitz death camp survivor, Chaim Witz returned to his birth country this week under different circumstances – as mega-millionaire rock star and TV personality Gene Simmons.
“It’s amazing to be back here,” said the outspoken 61- year-old co-founder of rock legend Kiss on Tuesday in Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel, where his entourage has taken over eight rooms….