2024-02-16 16:51:55
A new youth song called “Harbo Darbo,” or “Swords and Stabs,” sparked widespread circulation in Israeli society, and also great controversy, because of its lyrics, which were described as inflammatory and encouraging violence, at a time when the Gaza war entered its fifth month.
A rap song in Hebrew by two young Israelis, Nessia Levy and Dor Soroker, or as they are called “Nessia and Stella”, in which the duo appears dancing to the tunes of fast music. However, translating the lyrics of the song from Hebrew revealed that it represents a clear death threat and not to members of the Hamas movement (who are listed on the lists). Not only American terrorism, but also celebrities who announced their support for the Palestinian victims, whose number exceeded more than 28 thousand people, most of whom were women and children, according to Hamas health authorities.
The song appeared on YouTube on November 14, and has been watched so far by 18.76 million people, a number that represents almost twice the population of Israel. It included a call to kill both the American model of Palestinian origin, Bella Hadid, and the British singer Dua Lipa.
And it spread Video clips A very large number of young Israelis from Generation Z dance to its tunes and publish clips of them on social media applications such as TikTok.
Analysts warned of such a widespread spread in Israeli society of a song inciting murder, and considered it an expression of a phenomenon that already exists in Israeli society and has increased due to the war and the rise of the extreme right, some of whose leaders hold ministerial positions, and their statements also sparked great controversy.
Religious and political sponsorship
The song also calls for the killing of Hamas figures such as Muhammad Deif, Ismail Haniyeh, and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and encourages the Israeli army in its military operations in Gaza, repeating the phrase “Every dog comes (its) day.”
The lyrics of the song say, “We have gathered the entire army once morest you, and there is no forgiveness or mercy, O sons of the Amalekites,” in reference to what they describe as enemies.
“We decided a week ago that it was time to be angry, not sad,” the duo said in a joint post on social media platforms with the song’s release.
Regarding the lyrics of the song, Israeli analyst Joab Stern said that the lyrics included the word “Amalek,” which is “a word taken from the Torah that refers to an evil people that must be fought and eliminated. In the Torah, God commanded the people of Israel to eliminate the Amalekites, and therefore it is mentioned when there is a desire to Fighting another party and eliminating it.”
In his interview with Al-Hurra website, he described the spread of such an inflammatory song as an “unfortunate phenomenon,” explaining that “such songs usually have ideas linked to the extreme right, because they contain religious concepts. But here they did not come from extremists, but rather express a pattern and trends that have unfortunately increased following Rounds of violence since October 7th.
Controversy in Israel over a song calling for the “killing” of Bella Hadid and Dua Lipa
A rap song in Hebrew sparked a lot of controversy in Israel, because its lyrics called for the elimination of some well-known figures, such as the American model, Bella Hadid, the British singer, Dua Lipa, and the social influencer, Mia Khalifa, who retired from acting in pornographic films.
For his part, the spokesman for the Israeli human rights center B’Tselem, Karim Gibran, considered that the phenomenon of incitement to violence once morest Palestinians “in general would not have witnessed such an increase in its rates if it had not been for the sponsorship of politicians and religious leaders,” calling for it to be confronted, otherwise it will cause “Serious consequences, especially in light of the large armament of Israeli citizens.”
For her part, the researcher and teacher at Ariel University, Israel, Dr., said: Sarah Ben David“Art is a powerful tool for expressing dissent and challenging the status quo. However, when art crosses the line into threats and incitement, then we must question its intentions and impact.”
It is noteworthy that, on Thursday, the Palestinian Authority called for international sanctions to be imposed on extremist Israeli ministers “as they pose a serious threat to international peace and the security and stability of the region,” following ministers in the ruling Israeli coalition rejected a proposed plan that would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Israeli ministers, most notably Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, have long made anti-Palestinian statements.
Ben Gvir launches an attack on Bella Hadid
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir and the American model of Palestinian origin, Bella Hadid, exchanged a “war of words” once morest the backdrop of the Israeli minister’s statements in which he spoke regarding the rights of Jews to move and were described as “racist.”
The last of these statements was the first’s statement in a blog post on the
Ben Gvir, also on X, wrote: “1,400 people were killed and the world wants to give them a state.” He added that “it will not happen.”
The war broke out on October 7 following an unprecedented attack launched by Hamas on southern Israel, killing more than 1,160 people, most of them civilians, according to a tally prepared by Agence France-Presse based on official Israeli figures.
Israel responded with a concentrated bombing campaign followed by a massive ground attack in the Strip, killing more than 28,000 people in Gaza, the majority of them women and children, according to the Ministry of Health in the Strip.
Israel says more than 130 hostages are still being held in Gaza, including 29 believed dead, out of regarding 250 people kidnapped on October 7.
A right-leaning society
Gibran continued his speech to Al-Hurra by saying that the phenomenon of incitement in Israeli society does exist, but “it increased significantly following the war,” noting that most chants such as “Death to the Arabs” are widely spread in right-wing political gatherings in Israel.
He explained: “The right is currently in power and is responsible for incitement and is carrying it out on a large scale.”
According to a recent poll published by the Times of Israel, regarding 4 out of every 10 Israelis support the return of settlements to the Gaza Strip.
In the poll, Channel 12 asked whether the Israelis support stopping humanitarian aid to Gaza until Hamas returns all the hostages it is holding. An overwhelming percentage, 72%, said yes, while 21% said that the aid should continue.
Stern said: “Israeli society in general leans to the right, and the extreme right believes that you cannot feel mercy towards the enemy. You must fight your enemy. These trends exist in other societies as well.”
What is the solution?
This song was not the first. At the beginning of the war, another song received great criticism as it showed children singing inflammatory lyrics once morest the Palestinians and the residents of Gaza.
The song’s lyrics stated that within a year, “we will eliminate them all,” in reference to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the Times of Israel.
The Israeli Official Broadcasting Corporation published the song before deleting it following a major campaign of criticism, according to the newspaper as well.
Stern said that the song “Swords and Stabs” reflects “the atmosphere that already exists in society,” adding that the solution “cannot be in placing restrictions on culture and creativity or imposing legal restrictions, but rather in dialogue, education and awareness.”
For his part, Gibran from the B’Tselem Center said, “Incitement campaigns do not receive any kind of follow-up or accountability by official authorities,” calling for the necessity of a legal deterrent to such phenomena, pointing to the arrests to which Palestinians were subjected in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Israeli cities “just to show “Sympathy is with the Palestinian victims of war, not Hamas.”
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