He wrote this after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, when Dylan--who admired Meir Kahane--supported Israeli war crimes and massacres.
PS Full disclosure: I have been a fan of Bob Dylan since I was a boy in Lebanon. Subsequent to that, I learned about his Zionism, which was not a pleasant experience to me.
PS Full disclosure: I have been a fan of Bob Dylan since I was a boy in Lebanon. Subsequent to that, I learned about his Zionism, which was not a pleasant experience to me.