Comments on: A song was born: The tale of a controversial tune http://972mag.com/a-song-was-born-the-tale-of-a-controversial-tune/57783/ Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Thu, 23 May 2013 15:43:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BAUMANN JOE NACHSHON http://972mag.com/a-song-was-born-the-tale-of-a-controversial-tune/57783/comment-page-1/#comment-88076 BAUMANN JOE NACHSHON Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:14:51 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=57783#comment-88076 ANI OHEV MÉ'OD ET HA-ISRAEL ZOT. KOL HAKAVOD LAKHEM, TAMSHIRU BEKIVUN ZE_RAV TODOT-SHALOM ALEIKHEM MI-BUDAPEST ANI OHEV MÉ’OD ET HA-ISRAEL ZOT. KOL HAKAVOD LAKHEM, TAMSHIRU BEKIVUN ZE_RAV TODOT-SHALOM ALEIKHEM MI-BUDAPEST

]]> By: Greg Pollock http://972mag.com/a-song-was-born-the-tale-of-a-controversial-tune/57783/comment-page-1/#comment-85312 Greg Pollock Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:15:32 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=57783#comment-85312 "In 1948, in the midst of the war, Israeli poet Nathan Alterman wrote a song accusing Israeli soldiers of war crimes and massacres. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion instructed that a copy of Alterman’s poem be sent to every soldier to educate them on these matters." : Thank you for relating this, even if maybe it wasn't sent to every soldier. Group categorizations are our enemy wherever they are. I find it remarkable that such a song exists after the terrible times of the bombers. The plea-ed hope of this song is a strong blow against those. The bombers of that time wanted to quash the ability to hope and risk. They are failing. “In 1948, in the midst of the war, Israeli poet Nathan Alterman wrote a song accusing Israeli soldiers of war crimes and massacres. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion instructed that a copy of Alterman’s poem be sent to every soldier to educate them on these matters.” : Thank you for relating this, even if maybe it wasn’t sent to every soldier. Group categorizations are our enemy wherever they are.

I find it remarkable that such a song exists after the terrible times of the bombers. The plea-ed hope of this song is a strong blow against those. The bombers of that time wanted to quash the ability to hope and risk. They are failing.

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