During the first concert organized by the city of Tel Aviv for the vaccinated spectators, the emotion was strong.

Despite a reduced gauge as a precaution, the event had a taste of freedom in the country which has set up a "green passport" to revive, in particular, the world of culture, which has stopped since March 2020.

A concert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

The city of Tel Aviv in Israel was able to organize Friday for the first time in several months this musical event at the Bloomfield football stadium.

Israeli pop singer Ivri Lider performed to a small audience of around 500 people.

All were vaccinated against the coronavirus, the sine qua non to attend.

Proof indicating that the wearer had received the two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech product was required to enter.

Caution was however required on the side of the organization for this concert symbolizing the rebirth of cultural life in a country where more than half of the population is vaccinated.

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"Almost tears in my eyes"

And if the jubilation was not at its maximum, the concert tasted of the freedom found for the spectators.

Julien, thus felt a strong emotion.

"I had chills and almost tears in my eyes when it started because we have been waiting for this moment for a long time," he says.

"You have to understand that in Israel, the world of culture has come to a complete standstill since March 2020," recalls the young man.

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The seats left in just a few minutes and it is not so much thanks to the singer present as thanks to the symbol he represents.

"We met up with a lot of other friends and no one went there to see the artist who was performing but rather out of wanting to attend a concert, to be with a lot of people. impression of finding each other as if we had not seen each other for a very long time, ”explains Julien, who was one of the few spectators.

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Tel Aviv City Hall, however, had taken all necessary precautions in addition to vaccination.

The event took place in the open air with some 500 seated spectators spread across a stadium with sparse bleachers.

This event is the first in a series of four concerts.

And the mayor of the city has already promised that, soon, the stadium and its 30,000 seats can be completely filled again.