(AP-Washington Post) Kiss' Israeli-born singer-musician Gene Simmons, 61, said in an interview that those musicians who refuse to perform in his homeland "are fools." "I was born here and I'm proud of it," he said during his first return to Israel since leaving the country as a child more than 50 years ago. Simmons, who was born Chaim Witz, recalled his father, a carpenter, taking his assault rifle and heading off to military service on weekends. He said his mother, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, taught him that "every day above ground is a good day."
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