This powerful song expresses the hopelessness of the endless cycle of violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as a desire for peace. It was written by Israeli rapper The Big Fishi (Adam Ben-Lavi) and Hadag Nachash, a Jerusalem-based hip-hop/funk band whose songs contain many messages about Israeli politics and society. An English translation of the lyrics can be seen onscreen and below.
One More Brother
One more brother has gone to his grave,
And a mother is sobbing, with piercing cries,
One more brother has gone to his grave,
The cries of the father can be heard from all sides,
Man, why is it that your heart is like ice?
One more brother has gone to his grave,
And a mother is sobbing, with piercing cries,
One more brother has gone to his grave,
The cries of the father can be heard from all sides,
Son, what’s wrong with you, you’ve lost your mind,
One more brother has gone to his grave,
And a mother is sobbing, with piercing cries,
One more brother has gone to his grave,
The cries of the father can be heard from all sides,
Maybe the time has come to ask some questions,
Like how long can we keep on living like this?
And whether the war on our borders is disconnected,
From the violence which is paralysing our lives?
It seems the tension here never ends,
HaFishi HaGadol was the one who said,
That we’re all equal at the end of the day,
So why should we return each other to dust?