MUSIC: “Song for Palestine” by Rich Siegel and Dave Lippman September 2009 September 22, 2009
A song by Richard Siegel and Dave Lippman dedicated to the memory of Abir Aramin, shot to death by Israeli Border Police as she was walking home from school. She was 10. Nurit Peled-Elhanan* wrote just after it happened “an Israeli soldier shot . . . Abir, in the head. The soldier will not spend an hour in jail. In Israel, soldiers are not imprisoned for killing Arabs. Never. It does not matter whether the Arabs are young or old, real or potential terrorists, peaceful demonstrators or stone throwers. The army has not conducted an inquiry in Abir Aramin’s death. Neither the police nor the courts have questioned anyone. There will be no investigation. As far as the Israeli Defense Forces are concerned, the shooting did not happen. The army’s official account of her death is that she was hit by a stone that one of her classmates was throwing “at our forces. . . The so-called enlightened, western world does not get what is happening here. The whole enlightened world stands aside and does nothing to save little girls from murderous soldiers. . . If the world does not come to its senses, there will be nothing more to say or write or listen to in this land except for the silent cry of mourning and the muted voices of dead children.”
*Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli peace activist and founded the Bereaved Families for Peace when her own 13 year old daughter was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber. Abir’s father Bassam is a peace activist with Combatants for Peace.
Audio download available. Pay what you like, minimum $1. 20% will go to charities that help Palestinian children: http://richsiegel.bandcamp.com/ Watch it here free first, but consider giving something towards the children.
WITH THANKS TO JOHN HAINES (USA) FOR FORWARDING THIS.
PART 2: Here, both Rich Siegel & Dave Lippman explain why they have written this song.
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It’s a disgracefll reality that innocent children are being killed with impunity.