Ben Sheehan - Israel and Palestine

Ben Sheehan offers his take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his latest hilarious song.

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All kinds of artists are lending their support to OneVoice's Imagine 2018 campaign, which depicts visions by Israelis and Palestinians of 2018 if a peace agreement is signed versus maintaining the status quo or worse.

Written and Performed by Ben Sheehan, Directed by Chris Whitman, Produced by Tim Gregory, Executive Produced by OneVoice, Track recorded at The Sound Machine, LLC

Lyrics:
Israel and Palestine
Don't hate each other all the time
Even if it seems they do
Thanks to network and cable news
Every day we're made aware
Of all of their discrepancies
But for a change let's focus on
The common similarities

'Cause they both believe in Holy Scripture
They share a God; they share a River
They each descend from Abraham
They don't eat bacon, sausage, or ham
They set aside a day for prayer
They like to grow their facial hair
Because they're tan they must get stopped all the time
In airport security lines

But it's hard when papers and magazines
Only focus on extremes
Or when ideologues would rather die
Than compromise
But a moderate majority
Would speak with more authority
And drown the nut-jobs out while finding things to talk about

'Cause there's a lot on which they both agree
Like the Ten Commandments, Adam and Eve
It can't be hard to come together
When the women are hot and so's the weather
They both love hummus and falafel
And think that idols are unlawful
They even share a Holy site
And all their men get circumcised

So I pray for a two-state solution
Before the region's left in ruins
And of all the commonalities
Turns out they have similar words for peace

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[myhrcat]

The movement of reasonable people, drowning out nutjobs would do good the world over, especially in Israel and Palestine. Great Song!

[eileenfleming]

Before 'civilized' men carved up the so called holy land Jews, Muslims and Christians had lived as good neighbors under a British Occupation.

Many of the people of the land can, do and want to get along-but it is Government policies fueled by ideologies of superiority and the denial of equal human rights for all which is the root of the 6+ decades of violent conflict and the universally understood definition of insanity is to persist in the same behavior while expecting a different result.

[swetldy99]

the end was touching, made me tear up a lil

[rakovskii]

Good movie. It should be shown to others

[Jamesg93]

i think this is really good. obviously it is an exaggeration of certain things, but the actual message that both nations are the same, is a really important one that more people should be aware of.

[fronubulax]

I LIKED! ONEVOICE IS ALSO ON FB FOR ALL YOU SOCIAL MEDIA AFFICIANADOS

[habman101]

Nice Ben!

[jonilaserson]

Didn't like it. Full of stereotypes of both jews and arabs ("they like to grow their facial hair"?!).

[hthrvlntn128]

Yay!!!! Love it.

[fatamorganaa84]

Hopefully one day israelis and palestinians can live side by side in peace.