HaYarkon Park

Imagine there’s no controversy.

It’s not so easy in Israel, but former Beatle Paul McCartney, on his first visit to the Jewish state last week, tried.

Forty-three years after the Beatles were to give a concert in Israel — the concert fell through because of either conservative politicians or dueling promoters — Sir Paul performed in Tel Aviv’s HaYarkon Park, ignoring protests by Palestinian politicians and threats by Islamic clerics.