{"id":10505,"date":"2019-04-04T09:34:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2019\/04\/04\/shlomo-artzi-murder-report"},"modified":"2019-04-04T09:34:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:34:30","slug":"shlomo-artzi-murder-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2019\/04\/04\/shlomo-artzi-murder-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Shlomo Artzi: Murder Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g5ZkRCTZ6fU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Written by iconic Israeli folk-rock singer-songwriter, Shlomo Artzi, this song reflects on the 1995 assassination of then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, comparing it to the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The lyrics, provided and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.chagim.org.il\/SONGS\/Murder-Report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a>\u00a0below, convey the shock and mourning of Rabin&#8217;s supporters following the assassination, the first of its kind in Israel. The song also poses rhetorical\u00a0questions about the future of the country, reflecting the the atmosphere\u00a0of fear and division in a society which was becoming progressively polarized.\u00a0<\/em><em>Written three weeks after the murder, during a period of great political and social turbulence, the song was released on his 1996 album &#8220;Two,&#8221; which includes other songs of the same theme. The 4x certified\u00a0platinum album is one of the best selling Israeli record of all times.\u00a0<\/em><em>See the chorus below in Hebrew. For the full Hebrew lyrics, <a href=\"https:\/\/shironet.mako.co.il\/artist?type=lyrics&amp;lang=1&amp;prfid=975&amp;wrkid=874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10506 aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/06\/\u05d3\u05d5\u05d7-\u05e8\u05e6\u05d7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"124\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;\">Murder Report<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"comp-j9zdm5dd\" class=\"txtNew\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-packed=\"false\" data-min-height=\"19\">On Friday in Dallas Texas, the twenty-second of November sixty-three,<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"comp-j9zdm5dd1\" class=\"txtNew\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-packed=\"false\" data-min-height=\"19\">\n<p class=\"font_7\">John Kennedy called &#8220;Big Ass&#8221; was assassinated one shot in the neck and two in the head,<br \/>\nHis funeral took place at the end of November, Harry Oswald shot him for some\u00a0reason,<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7\">We were Scouts, we played football, a murder report begins without a word of love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jaegjdr5\" class=\"style-jqmgss8w\">\n<div id=\"comp-jaegjdr5inlineContent\" class=\"style-jqmgss8winlineContent\">\n<div id=\"comp-jaegjdr5inlineContent-gridWrapper\" data-mesh-internal=\"true\">\n<div id=\"comp-jaegjdr5inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-mesh-internal=\"true\">\n<div id=\"comp-j9zdm5de\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"false\" data-min-height=\"281\">\n<p class=\"font_7\" style=\"text-align: left;\">On Saturday in Tel Aviv &#8211; A City Without a sky, November four, Ninety-five,<br \/>\nHe was murdered, probably twice, by two shots from an assassin&#8217;s pistol.<br \/>\nHis funeral took place two days later, a madman shot him at close range,<br \/>\nWe were at home, we sat just like that, then we went to cry in the square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7\" style=\"text-align: left;\">How many tears, how many candles?<br \/>\nHow much madness can be identified?<br \/>\nHow many days, how much darkness<br \/>\nWill it take until<br \/>\nAll is forgotten<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7\" style=\"text-align: left;\">On Sunday in an unknown place, twenty-third of November ninety-five,<br \/>\nI write the song out of longing, where will I go now and what will I ask for?<br \/>\nThese are days of rage, some say it&#8217;s like this, they are days of once with days of now<br \/>\nHow will respite come to the land of fear, and the question remains &#8211; who else will be slain?<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7\" style=\"text-align: left;\">How many tears, how many candles?<br \/>\nHow much madness can be identified?<br \/>\nHow many days, how much darkness<br \/>\nWill it take until<br \/>\nAll is forgotten<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by iconic Israeli folk-rock singer-songwriter, Shlomo Artzi, this song reflects on the 1995 assassination of then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, comparing it to the assassination of American President John F. 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