{"id":7559,"date":"2018-12-26T10:50:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T08:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/12\/26\/sabaton-counterstrike-a-heavy-metal-song-about-the-six-day-war"},"modified":"2019-01-01T10:13:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T08:13:43","slug":"sabaton-counterstrike-a-heavy-metal-song-about-the-six-day-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/12\/26\/sabaton-counterstrike-a-heavy-metal-song-about-the-six-day-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabaton: Counterstrike &#8211; A Heavy Metal Song About the Six Day War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/azCqOtPsf1M?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\/azCqOtPsf1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This video<\/a> presents a song about the Six Day War by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabaton.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sabaton<\/a>, a Swedish heavy metal band who&#8217;s songs recount historical battles. The lyrics, provided below, tell the story of Israel&#8217;s miraculous victory against Syria, Egypt and Jordan in a mere six days, with a focus on the conquest of Jerusalem. For a complete explanation of the lyrics, <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Sabaton-counterstrike-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Counterstrike<\/h2>\n<p>Kickstart fighter launch<br \/>\nThrottle set to full<br \/>\nSpeed king, race to win<br \/>\nAfterburners roaring<br \/>\nGhostlike counterstrike<br \/>\nTakes them by surprise<br \/>\nScore 307<br \/>\nIsraelis rule the heaven<br \/>\nJordan attacks Israel<br \/>\nCrush that futile attempt<br \/>\nControl Jerusalem<\/p>\n<p>Drive back surprise attack<br \/>\nTake the Western Wall<br \/>\nNext day make them pay<br \/>\nOver River Jordan<br \/>\nSyria last in line<br \/>\nHead for Golan Heights<br \/>\nStrike without a warning<br \/>\nSee the Syria forces falling<br \/>\nSyria attacked<br \/>\nIsrael crushed their lines of defence<br \/>\nRuling the Golan Heights<\/p>\n<p>6 days of fire, 1 day of rest<br \/>\nJune &#8217;67 taught them respect<br \/>\nControl Jerusalem<\/p>\n<p>3 nations fallen in 6 days of war<br \/>\nTraitorous neighbours, received as deserved<br \/>\nUnder the sun in the dust of the war<br \/>\n1 nation standing stronger than before<br \/>\nFirst into Egypt and sent them to hell<br \/>\nThen returned their forces to Jordan<br \/>\nClimb up the mountains, where Syria awaits<br \/>\nBreak them in hours, protect Holy Land<\/p>\n<p>6 days of fire, 1 day of rest<br \/>\nJune &#8217;67 taught them respect<br \/>\nControl Jerusalem<br \/>\n6 days of fire, 1 day of rest<br \/>\nJune &#8217;67 taught them respect<br \/>\nControl Jerusalem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video presents a song about the Six Day War by Sabaton, a Swedish heavy metal band who&#8217;s songs recount historical battles. The lyrics, provided below, tell the story of Israel&#8217;s miraculous victory against Syria, Egypt and Jordan in a mere six days, with a focus on the conquest of Jerusalem. For a complete explanation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":7560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[1655,2550,1778,1643,1711,2554,236],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7559\/"}],"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=7559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7559\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12949,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7559\/revisions\/12949\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7560\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=7559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=7559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=7559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}