the_holy_land_is_not_for_free [Rose City Iron Front]

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===== From the River to the sea, The Holy Land is not for free =====
// To be chanted in marching tempo in call and response. Stanzas can be repeated or re-arranged as necessary.  Donated to the Public Domain, derivative versions and musical adaptations welcomed, attribution is appreciated.  First performed live at [[https://youtu.be/E4ljFqPFYo0?t=852|Multnomah County Board of Commissioners 20th June 14:12]].  We challenge all-comers to an [[Israel Palestine debate]].  Earlier version with musical notations [[From the River to the Sea]] //
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| From the River to the Sea \\ The Holy Land is not for Free |
| מין הנהר עד הים \\ ארץ הקודש אינה חינם |
|the Jews are the land's indigenous nation \\ and Israel is post-colonial liberation |
| from the Roman empire and the Byzantine \\ who named their colony Palestine |
| The Islamic Arabs and Frankish Crusaders \\ Egyptians, Ottomans, and British invaders |
| All these foreign empires who occupy \\ Delude themselves with their own lie, |
| They will be divided, they will be defeated, \\ Let the truth be spoken and the words will be repeated |
| Palestine is a Roman imperial innovation \\ Israel is post-colonial liberation \\ of the land's indigenous Jewish nation |
| Now the atheist tankies fill the hall \\ But Marx misled them and Lenin will fall | 
| (Signo) Hey, Hey, Ho, ho, \\ Idolaters, Tankies, got to go   |
| Well who wrote the bible? Well, well? \\  Who stands with Israel?  | 
| **Free the hostages, free them now.** \\ Let the kings of Gaza come and bow. | 
| One, two, three, four \\ No more death cults, no more war |
|Dar ha-yShalom? house of war? \\ What is it you're praying for? |
| Hidden in caves, holes in the ground \\ Blast the shofar hear the sound. |
| tekia, teruah, ad shevarim \\ Hashev gemul al geeim. |
| Who stands with Israel? \\  I stand with Israel! \\   |
| Ratzonecha, ken yehi \\ Come judge the nations righteously \\ fulfill the ancient prophecy. (D.S.) |
| [[http://sefaria.org/Psalm.96|Psalm 96]], [[http://sefaria.org/Psalm.98|Psalm 98]], etc. |
| The Holy God will draw the line  \\ And possess the gates of Palestine. ||
| **From the River to the sea, \\ Let the sons of Jacob return to thee** \\ With mitzvot and good deeds that be \\ in keeping with your holy law of liberty |
| [[https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.30|Deuteronomy 30]], \\  [[http://sefaria.org/Jeremiah.30|Jeremiah 30-33]] |
| **From the Persian gulf to the Sahel,  \\  Peace to the friends of Israel.**  |
| [[http://sefaria.org/Isaiah.2|Isaiah 2]] \\  [[http://sefaria.org/Isaiah.62|62]] |