{"id":9960,"date":"2018-10-17T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/10\/17\/hadag-nachash-genesis"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:51:37","slug":"hadag-nachash-genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/10\/17\/hadag-nachash-genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadag Nachash: Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxEffL6Xeo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Released in 2004, amidst the Second Intifada, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pxEffL6Xeo0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this hip-hop song<\/a> expresses some of the seemingly eternal aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, including the senseless violence, the hope for peace, and the frustration and desperation of regular people who just want a normal life. This song was written by <a href=\"http:\/\/hadagnahash.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadag Nachash<\/a>, a Jerusalem-based hip-hop\/funk band whose songs contain many messages about Israeli politics and society, promoting equality and civil rights, and speaking out against corruption, war and racism. The full Hebrew lyrics can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Hadag-nahash-bereshit-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, while an English translation of relevant excerpts is provided below.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Bereishit (Genesis)<\/h2>\n<p>In Palestine the Land of Israel<br \/>\nat the beginning of the century<br \/>\nseveral tribes lived on the same land<br \/>\nthey differed from each other in religion and language<br \/>\nthey accused each other of causing all the trouble<br \/>\nthey suspected each other and argued over borders<br \/>\nthey cried many tears in a sea of victims<br \/>\nthey learned nothing, nothing changed<\/p>\n<p>In Palestine the Land of Israel<br \/>\nat the beginning of the century<br \/>\nit seemed that at any moment it would happen<br \/>\nand in seconds it was changing a door of unlimited possibilities<br \/>\nopened an atmosphere of hope and renewal<br \/>\nreplaced desperation, for a short time<\/p>\n<p>In Palestine the Land of Israel<br \/>\nat the beginning of the century<br \/>\na man steps out of his house into his yard<br \/>\nsits under his fig tree<br \/>\nand thinks to himself how he loves his wife<br \/>\nhow his eldest son reminds him of himself<br \/>\nhow he\u2019s sick of complaining all day<br \/>\nand how much he wants everything to work out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Released in 2004, amidst the Second Intifada, this hip-hop song expresses some of the seemingly eternal aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, including the senseless violence, the hope for peace, and the frustration and desperation of regular people who just want a normal life. This song was written by Hadag Nachash, a Jerusalem-based hip-hop\/funk band whose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":9961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9960\/"}],"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=9960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9960\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12809,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9960\/revisions\/12809\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9961\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=9960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=9960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=9960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}