He turned up, darbuka under his arm, sat down and began to play, fierce, thrumming rhythms that sent everyone to the dance floor, crowding around the be-kippah-ed musician, cheering, singing and dancing.
Quite how he managed to post a video of this onto his Facebook page while playing is a Middle East mystery (we guess a Palestinian friend held the camera for him), but in case anyone was in any doubt that Yoni Sharon had become a dove, he was quick to disabuse them.
He wrote: “For those that know me, my views on the Middle East conflict are already known, don’t worry,” which he further explained: “I sit with Arabs and we laugh together about the pluralistic Israeli left that thinks it can bring peace from the cafes in Tel Aviv.
“The entirety of my values (the family unit, etc.) as a religious and conservative person are much more similar to my Palestinian neighbours than those of the secular and promiscuous left,” he added.
