Bar Karti - Someone

It's November 4th and like 22 years ago there will be a rally tonight. But the one in 1995 was under the slogan "Yes to peace, no to violence", while this year's rally, organized by "Darkenu" and "Commanders for Israel's Security" in memory of Yitzhak Rabin, is under the slogan "We are all one people". While I understand the organizers' motivation to bring as many people as possible to the rally (i.e. not just Leftists), it's problematic to say 'we are all united' when we clearly aren't, especially in regards to the peace process which was halted after Rabin's assassination and Netanyahu's rise to power. With all the controversy surrounding the rally I felt I was losing touch with Rabin himself, who I am too young to remember. Here is Rabin's moving speech to the U.S Congress in 1994 after signing the peace deal with Jordan (transcript here).

I came across a lot of good music this week but nothing fit my mood until I heard this song by Bar Karti, which captures my emotions perfectly.

Spending another moment in front of the screen and the newspapers
And outside a minute of silence a square empty of people
Above us a collection of faces that just want
To rewrite history with lines of excuses

If someone saw me here searching for the way
Maybe he was thinking about almost the same thing
If someone here sees some kind of solution
Maybe hope

And it seems that every day we're only going lower
The shame has ended
Lying brazenly
For years I've been closing my eyes waiting for it to pass
I hope I didn't miss the train while I can still go back

If someone saw me here searching for the way
Maybe he was thinking about almost the same thing
If someone here sees some kind of solution
Maybe hope