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NEWS
Lyrics Call for Acts of Violence Against Chareidim and
Rabbonim
by Betzalel Kahn
A youth band whose members identify with the Left and whose
highly provocative name is intended to attract media
attention, has been performing a song with unprecedented
lyrics explicitly call for harming rabbonim and destroying
botei knesses as well as extremely heretical
utterances, Rachmono litzlan.
Education Minister Limor Livnat, who was also smeared along
with the far right in another of the band's songs, said the
lyrics were "harsh expressions, antisemitic and extreme
expressions, against Judaism, public figures, rabbis and the
entire right. This is not a personal matter but remarks
calling for violence, blasphemy and incitement, including
incitement to murder." Livnat announced that she had asked
the Attorney General to order the police to investigate the
calls to violence, including incitement to murder.
Rabbonim, educators and public figures say this extreme
manifestation represents another sign of the deterioration of
secular youth in Israel, which has received a defective
education in government schools. "Nobody should be surprised
at these severe words, which could lead to severe acts of
violence against rabbonim and against the chareidi public,
for secular youth in Israel are very influenced by 'singers'
and their lyrics. Those who are responsible for these harsh
expressions are the heads of [Shinui], which disseminates
hatred and venom toward Judaism and toward anything with a
hint of kedushoh, and secular youth are very
influenced by them to the point of calls and incitement to
murder," said one observer.
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