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Israeli

(4,148 posts)
1. Hmmmmmmmm.....................
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 04:44 AM
Jun 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134129797

Post #3 ......

Take Care, Soldier

Don’t die, soldier, hold the radiophone,
don your helmet, your flak jacket, surround
the village with a trench of crocodiles, starve
it out if need be, eat Mama’s treats, shoot
sharp, keep your rifle clean, take care of the armored
Jeep, the bulldozer, the land, one day it will be
yours, little David, sweetling, don’t die, please.

Keep watch for Goliath the peasant, he’s trying to sell his
pumpkin at the local market, he’s plotting to buy a gift for his grandkid,

erase the evil Haman whose bronchitis you denied treatment, eradicate
the blood of Eva Braun by checking on the veracity of her labor pains,
silence her shriek, that’s how every maternity ward sounds, it’s not easy
having such humane values, be strong, take care, forget
your deeds, forget the forgetting.

That thy days may be long, that the days of thy children may be long, that one day
they shall hear of thy deeds and shall stick fingers in their ears and scream
with fear and thy sons’ and thy daughters’ screams shall never fade.
Be strong, sweet David, live long unto seeing thy children’s eyes,
though their backs hasten to flee from thee, stay in touch with thy comrades-in-arms,
after thy sons deny thee, a covenant of the shunned.
Take care, soldier-boy.

Yitzhak Laor.

Hmmmmmmmm..................... Israeli Jun 2016 #1
I'll take a look. I can read German, so some of the translations will be available to me. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #4
His poems are hard to translate Little Tich...... Israeli Jun 2016 #12
That's just crazy 6chars Jun 2016 #2
His only crime was that he was a Palestinian. Little Tich Jun 2016 #3
that was no crime at all 6chars Jun 2016 #5
I don't think that the Palestinian guy with the watermelon realized that he looked just a terrorist, Little Tich Jun 2016 #7
Has nothing to do with a crime. Jewish/Israeli lives matter... shira Jun 2016 #11
Thanks for that context about melon bombs. shira Jun 2016 #9
To Mondoweiss, Israeli Jews barely register as humans oberliner Jun 2016 #6
What do you think about the OP? Little Tich Jun 2016 #8
You might not be aware Little Tich...... Israeli Jun 2016 #13
Yeah, it's pretty low to try to silence your opponents by taking down their websites. Little Tich Jun 2016 #14
Still scraping the bottom of the sewer @ Mondoweiss? I thought... shira Jun 2016 #10
I think it's good to have a wide range of sources on DU - even Mondoweiss. Little Tich Jun 2016 #15
If you're against posting hate speech, Mondoweiss did just that with Paul Larudee's letter. n/t shira Jun 2016 #16
You mean this letter? Little Tich Jun 2016 #18
"While I can't really explain why such a letter appeared on Mondoweiss..." shira Jun 2016 #20
I'm against all forms of racism, and I don't tolerate the promoting of Palestinian interests over Little Tich Jun 2016 #22
That's not what this website is about oberliner Jun 2016 #17
I would respect your opinion more if you were less one-sided. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #19
You should respect the facts, no matter the source. n/t shira Jun 2016 #21
I didn't present any opinion oberliner Jun 2016 #23
If your non-opinion applied to pro-Israel sources as well, Little Tich Jun 2016 #24
I have repeatedly said that Israel National News articles ought not to be posted here oberliner Jun 2016 #25
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