It happened recently, in the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist atrocities on October 7 - which, the Israeli admitted, left him feeling “paralysed”.

“I always wear a big Star of David around my neck and if someone has a problem with that, they can bring it on,” the guitarist and singer-songwriter said from his London home.

“For the first weeks of the anti-Israel demonstrations in London I walked around with a knuckleduster in my pocket — just in case.

“I also helped put posters up in London of the hostages.”

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