{"id":12990,"date":"2019-01-03T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T11:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2019\/01\/03\/the-song-of-the-palmach"},"modified":"2019-01-03T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T11:15:29","slug":"the-song-of-the-palmach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2019\/01\/03\/the-song-of-the-palmach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Song of the Palmach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ko16DQaQ--Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ko16DQaQ--Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This song<\/a> (until 01:52) was the anthem of the Palmach, the elite fighting force of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv during the British Mandate of Palestine. Founded in 1941, the Palmach was officially disbanded with the creation of Israel&#8217;s official army after the establishment of the State of Israel, with many of its members forming the backbone of the IDF.\u00a0\u00a0The song, which describes the dedication and strength of the Palmach, was composed by David Zehavi and the lyrics, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hebrewsongs.com\/?song=shirhapalmach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">translated below in English<\/a>, were written by Gilad Zerubavel.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The Song of the Palmach<\/h2>\n<p>Though the storm is ever mounting<br \/>\n<b><\/b>Still our heads remain unbowed.<br \/>\nWe are ready to obey all commands,<br \/>\nThe Palmach will win &#8211; we&#8217;ve vowed.<\/p>\n<p>From Metulla to the Negev,<br \/>\nFrom the desert to the plain,<br \/>\nAll our youth defend the homeland,<br \/>\nTill we bring it peace again.<\/p>\n<p>In the eagle&#8217;s path we follow,<br \/>\nOver mountain tracks we go,<br \/>\nAmong stony heights and caverns<br \/>\nWe are seeking out the foe.<\/p>\n<p>When you summon us to battle,<br \/>\nWe will be there first by day or night,<br \/>\nWe are ready when you give the command,<br \/>\nThe Palmach will march in might.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This song (until 01:52) was the anthem of the Palmach, the elite fighting force of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv during the British Mandate of Palestine. Founded in 1941, the Palmach was officially disbanded with the creation of Israel&#8217;s official army after the establishment of the State of Israel, with many of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":12991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2582,1050],"tags":[2501,246,2409,3734,2503],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=12990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12991\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=12990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=12990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=12990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}