Meryl Yourish sends this link, which casts considerable doubt on the original story, especially given that the “eyewitness” didn’t understand Arabic, the language in which the conversation between the soldier and the violinist took place.
UPDATE: Various readers have written in to tell me that it’s standard practice at airports throughout the world to ask people carrying on instruments to play the instrument to show that it’s real and not hiding a bomb. This led to problems for one reader who was bringing a cello to her daughter…
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