Fear and hatred of Arabs now Israel's popular culture


November 27, 2014
Sarah Benton


עמיר בניון – העמוד הרשמי Amir Benayoun
November 23 at 2:54pm ·
תכירו – אחמד אוהב ישראל. שיר אקטואלי חדש של
Meet- Ahmad loves Israel / Jews. New topical song of Amir Benayoun

58% of Israelis Support Firing Palestinian Workers According to New Poll

By Richard Siverstein, Tikun Olam
November 26, 2014

There are massive waves of racist and hate sweeping the Israeli Jewish public in the aftermath of the Gaza summer massacre and a series of tit-for-tat terror attacks in Jerusalem. The response has involved some truly revolting developments. Among them, the above song written by the popular Israeli Mizrahi performer, Emir Benayoun. He is an avowed Judeo-racist who detests Arabs and has previously incited against them in his songwriting.

He’s uploaded his latest song, Ahmed Loves Jews, to his Facebook account (listen above).  The lyrics dispense with any subtlety or hint of parody.  The “hero” is nothing less than the hook-nosed Jew of Die Sturmer infamy.  Here are the lyrics:

סאלאם עליכום קוראים לי אחמד
אני גר בירושלים אני לומד באוניברסיטה איזה דבר או שניים
מי כמוני נהנה מכל העולמות
אני היום אני מתון וחייכן
מחר אעוף לשמיים
אשלח לגיהנום איזה יהודי או שניים

זה נכון שאני סתם חלאה כפוית טובה
זה נכון אבל אני לא אשם לא גדלתי על אהבה
זה נכון יבוא הרגע בו תפנה לי את הגב ואז
אני אתקע בך את הגרזן המושחז

אני אחמד
גר באזור המרכז
אני עובד צמוד לגן ילדים
ואחרי – על בלוני הגז
מי כמוני נהנה משני העולמות
היום אני
ומחר הם לא
הרבה מהם הרבה מהם לא

זה נכון שאני סתם חלאה כפוית טובה
זה נכון אבל אני לא אשם לא גדלתי על אהבה
זה נכון יבוא הרגע בו תפנה לי את הגב ואז
אני אירה בך ישר בגב

Hello, they call me Ahmed
I live in Jerusalem and study a thing or two at the University
I enjoy the best of both worlds [Jew and Arab]
Today I’m mild and all smiley
Tomorrow I’ll fly to the heavens
And take a Jew or two to Hell with me.

It’s true that I’m an ungrateful piece of shit
It’s true but I’m not at fault, I wasn’t raised on love
It’s true a moment will come when you’ll turn your back
And I’ll slash you with a sharpened ax.

I’m Ahmed living in town
I work next to a kindergarten
And am responsible for the gas cylinders…

Israel’s Channel 2 News did a poll that finds 42% of Israeli Jews agree with the racist sentiments purveyed by the song.  This result alone speaks volumes about the level of hate within Israeli Jews toward their fellow Palestinian citizens.  Keep in mind that the song doesn’t portray a West Bank Palestinian.  It portrays a Palestinian citizen of Israel.  This is one of the many reasons I believe Israeli Jews are simply incapable alone of reforming their society.  It will have to come from pressure and a mandate enforced from outside, much in the way a UN protectorate operated Kosovo.

Reuven Rivlin, Israel’s president invited this ‘ungrateful piece of s(^t’ (quoting his own lyrics) to sing at the official president’s residence.  This is the same politician making nice to Israel’s Palestinian community about offering apologies for past Israeli sins.  While such apologies are welcome and long overdue, Rivlin and his staff know who this guy is. He’s been a friggin’ racist for years, dripping hate for Israel’s Palestinian minority.  Why did it take this song for them to decide to disinvite Beyayoun?  It’s because Israeli Jews have a deliberately short memory.  Once the cameras are turned off and reporters move on to sexier stories, they resume their lazy habits.

israeli jewish racism

Israeli Channel 10 poll exposes Israeli Jewish racism

Even while cancelling his state concert, the president’s chief of staff offered praise to Benayoun:

Amir Benayoun is a renowned and exceptional artist, and his talent has greatly contributed to Israeli music. However, his statements made at this time of conflict and tension, even if uttered out of frustration and pain, do not, to say the least, help bring calm to the streets, and are inconsistent with the responsibility required of the President’s Residence…

In other words, let this thing settle down and we’ll have you back in a heartbeat.  What lesson’s learned here?  That Israeli Jews are sensitive to racism only when the world forces them to be.  Otherwise, not so much.

In an interview with Israeli radio, Benayoun threw back critical questions from the interviewer who asked whether he was inciting violence against Israeli “Arabs.” He counter-accused her of “murder,” because she was inciting hate against him and endangering his life.  This is a classic Israeli ultra-right bullying tactic.

israel second class citizen

Hebrew caption: “State of Israel, 2nd-class citizen. Has [19]48 yet passed?”

Israeli Channel 10 TV news aired a segment on the decision by the right-wing mayor of Ashkelon to outlaw Palestinian laborers from work on building projects near kindergartens.  He claimed that parents were calling him and refusing to bring their children for fear of a terror attack.  Though many Israeli politicians have denounced the mayor’s decision and pronounced it illegal, a strong majority (58%) of Israeli Jews approve it.  Only 32% oppose it. H/t Ronnie Barkan.

Young Israeli Palestinians have launched a social media campaign of their own called: Second-Class Citizen.  It features their pictures with an official Israeli stamp declaring them to be second-class citizens.

© Copyright JFJFP 2024