{"id":7775,"date":"2018-12-30T12:26:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T10:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/12\/30\/meir-ariel-jerusalem-of-iron"},"modified":"2019-04-10T09:31:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T07:31:26","slug":"meir-ariel-jerusalem-of-iron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/12\/30\/meir-ariel-jerusalem-of-iron\/","title":{"rendered":"Meir Ariel: Jerusalem of Iron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ar7l7Ja-3j0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ar7l7Ja-3j0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerusalem of Iron<\/a>&#8221; was written by Israeli singer-songwriter Meir Ariel following the Six Day War to the melody of Naomi Shemer&#8217;s famous &#8220;Jerusalem\u00a0of Gold.&#8221; After taking part in the costly battles for Jerusalem as a reserve soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade, Ariel wrote these dark and cynical lyrics,\u00a0<\/em><em>provided below in English, which describe Jerusalem trampled by blood and war. Gaining immediate popularity in Israeli society, the song was not intended as a protest, but rather a solemn reminder of the high cost of reunifying\u00a0the holy city in a time of hyper-patriotism\u00a0and enthusiasm. The sad but beloved song did not replace or compete with Shemer&#8217;s original, but simply told the other side of the story, praised by the Israeli public and Shemer herself.\u00a0<\/em><em>See the Hebrew lyrics of the chorus below and the complete Hebrew lyrics<a href=\"https:\/\/shironet.mako.co.il\/artist?type=lyrics&amp;lang=1&amp;prfid=605&amp;wrkid=1618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc \u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05ea \u05d5\u05e9\u05dc \u05e9\u05d7\u05d5\u05e8<br \/>\n\u05d4\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d9\u05da<br \/>\n\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jerusalem of Iron<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In your dark places, Jerusalem,<br \/>\nwe found a loving heart<br \/>\nas we came to broaden your borders<br \/>\nand overthrow the enemy.<br \/>\nWe had our fill of his mortars,<br \/>\nand dawn broke suddenly \u2013<br \/>\nit had just risen, not yet white<br \/>\nand was already red.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem of iron,<br \/>\nand of lead, and of blackness,<br \/>\nhave we not declared your walls liberated?<\/p>\n<p>The shelled battalion broke ahead,<br \/>\nall covered in blood and smoke,<br \/>\nand mother after mother<br \/>\njoined the hosts of the bereaved.<br \/>\nBiting its lips, fatigued,<br \/>\nthe battalion kept fighting,<br \/>\ntill the flag was finally replaced<br \/>\nabove the museum.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem of iron,<br \/>\nand of lead, and of blackness,<br \/>\nhave we not declared your walls liberated?<\/p>\n<p>The king\u2019s battalions are scattered,<br \/>\nthe sniper\u2019s tower is silent<br \/>\nnow the way is open to the Dead Sea<br \/>\nby the Jericho road.<br \/>\nNow the Temple Mount is open<br \/>\nand the Western Wall,<br \/>\nhere you are in the light of dusk<br \/>\nalmost all of you gold.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem of iron,<br \/>\nand of lead, and of blackness,<br \/>\nhave we not declared your walls liberated?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Jerusalem of Iron&#8221; was written by Israeli singer-songwriter Meir Ariel following the Six Day War to the melody of Naomi Shemer&#8217;s famous &#8220;Jerusalem\u00a0of Gold.&#8221; After taking part in the costly battles for Jerusalem as a reserve soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade, Ariel wrote these dark and cynical lyrics,\u00a0provided below in English, which describe Jerusalem trampled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":7776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2550,1643,2551,2554],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7775\/"}],"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=7775"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7775\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9319,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7775\/revisions\/9319\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7776\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=7775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=7775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=7775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}