In 2008 he ignored calls by BDS campaigners to pull out of a concert there and ended a show saying: “God bless Israel”. He also appeared in a video with the word “Israel” tattooed on his forearm in Hebrew.
In 2012 Morrissey was given a key to the city of Tel Aviv by Mayor Ron Huldai .
"I have become a small face of Tel Aviv. I will be very happy to represent with integrity and loyalty,” the singer said.
He also once attacked political critics for attacking the entire population of Israel for the election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Morrissey’s new album will be released on November 17. He shared a song from the album called Spent The Day In Bed on Tuesday along with a tweet of the song title.