# @joiceglobal on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRxb9czjauA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37484182-joiceglobal-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-02T19:16:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Joice (@joiceglobal) — https://gondola.cc/joiceglobal

## Caption

1964. The Beatles are the biggest stars on earth.
And Israel… almost got them.
Two Israeli promoters actually signed the Beatles for a Sukkot concert tour.
Everything was ready — except for one thing:
The Inter-ministerial Committee for Approving Foreign Artists.
They met.
They read a few newspaper columns.
They looked at some photos.
And they declared:
❌ Decision 691: Request DENIED.
Because the Beatles were a “negative influence on youth.”
Ma’ariv called their music “yeah-yeah-yeah wailing capable of killing REAL beetles.”
The Education Ministry’s director admitted he’d never heard a single Beatles song —
but still warned of “sensual stimulation.”
A Hebrew University psychiatrist studied their pictures
and diagnosed the band as “a bunch of unfortunate imbeciles.”
The committee chairman:
“Wallowing in inanity.”
On March 16, 1964 — the final ruling:
❌ Decision 709: The Beatles have NO artistic value whatsoever.
And that’s how Israel — by pure bureaucracy — managed to ban the most famous band in the world.
The youth were saved from the ‘Yeah-Yeah-Yeah.’
You’re welcome.

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#IsraelHistory #Beatles #1964

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