Yehuda Meitav5d ago
I wrote this song because I want the world to understand something.
Throughout history, nations and societies have built magnificent monuments to celebrate their identity, their achievements, their culture, and their pride in who they are.
France built the Eiffel Tower. America gave the world the Statue of Liberty. Australia built the Sydney Opera House. Egypt gave us the pyramids, India the Taj Mahal, and China the Great Wall.
These monuments represent human ambition, creativity, beauty, and the desire to leave something meaningful for future generations.
And then there is Gaza.
Gaza had something extraordinary: a beautiful Mediterranean coastline, land, opportunities, and billions of dollars in international assistance over the years. Imagine what Gaza could have become. A thriving coastal city, beautiful hotels, universities, hospitals, gardens, cultural centres, and a prosperous future for its children.
Instead, Hamas invested enormous resources in underground tunnels, weapons, rockets, and preparations for war.
While other societies built monuments reaching towards the sky, Hamas built tunnels beneath the feet of its own people.
And what did that achieve?
Look at Gaza today. Look at the destruction, the suffering, the shattered homes, and the lives devastated by war.
On October 7, Hamas chose to invade Israel, murder innocent people, and take hostages. Hamas knew that such an attack would bring war, yet it made that choice.
And now, once again, the world is being encouraged to blame the Jews and Israel for everything.
I reject that narrative.
Hamas bears responsibility for its murderous attack, its militarisation of Gaza, and the choices that helped bring devastation upon the people it claimed to represent. Those who knowingly supported and celebrated its atrocities must also confront their responsibility.
The innocent civilians of Gaza deserved a different future. Their children deserved schools, playgrounds, opportunities, and peace instead of tunnels and war.
I wrote this song to ask one simple question:
When the world was building wonders, why was Hamas digging tunnels?
And that is why I called this song:
AND GAZA HAS ITS TUNNELS
Lyrics, Music and Artistic Direction by Yehuda Meitav
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AND GAZA HAS ITS TUNNELS
Paris has its Eiffel Tower,
Standing proud through every hour.
Italy has Pisa leaning,
Centuries of art and meaning.
New York holds her liberty,
A torch for all the world to see.
Holland’s canals, where waters flow,
China’s Great Wall, row on row.
Australia’s Opera House shines bright,
Like sails beneath the southern light.
And lurking where the shadows run,
A spider builds its funnel.
But Gaza, Gaza has its tunnels!
Miles and miles beneath the ground.
While the world was building wonders,
Hamas kept on digging down.
Oh Hamas, what did you do?
What kind of future did you pursue?
The world built bridges, reaching through,
You built your tunnels to attack the Jew!
Mount Rushmore carved into the stone,
A nation’s history proudly shown.
Egypt’s pyramids touch the sky,
Ancient wonders standing high.
India built the Taj Mahal,
A timeless work admired by all.
From Rome to Athens, stone by stone,
The world made wonders of its own.
They built for beauty, built for pride,
For generations side by side.
But underneath the Gaza streets,
Hamas prepared for war, not peace.
And Gaza, Gaza has its tunnels!
Not a wonder, not a crown.
While the world was building upwards,
Hamas kept on digging down.
You had the coastline, had the land,
A chance to build with your own hands.
Schools and gardens, streets of light,
A future peaceful, warm and bright.
But you chose rockets, chose the gun,
And tunnels hidden from the sun.
And those who cheered your violent way,
Must answer for the price today.
Then October seventh came,
And innocent lives went up in flames.
You murdered, kidnapped, brought despair,
And left your victims everywhere.
You knew that war would follow through,
You knew what armies came to do.
You chose the fire, lit the fuse,
Then pointed fingers at the Jews.
Hush, hush, hush, Hamas!
Don’t you dare blame the Jew!
You chose the road of violence,
And those who backed it chose it too!
Hush, hush, hush, Hamas!
What are you going to do?
The war you started devastated Gaza,
And you must answer for what you do!
Look at the rubble, look at the stone,
Look at the streets that once were home.
Beneath those streets your tunnels ran,
The hidden heart of your war plan.
You built beneath the people’s feet,
Beneath their houses, beneath their streets.
And now the world can plainly see,
The bitter cost of your strategy.
Israel did not choose October seven,
The Jewish families did not choose that day.
Hamas launched its murderous attack,
And brought a war its people had to pay.
And those who knowingly cheered the killing,
Who helped the killers carry through,
Must face the weight of their own choices,
Not hide behind the words “the Jew.”
Hush, hush, hush, Hamas!
Don’t you dare blame the Jew!
You started this with murder,
And your supporters backed you too!
Hush, hush, hush, Hamas!
The world is watching you!
You built your tunnels for destruction,
Now answer for the harm you do!
Paris has its Eiffel Tower,
New York holds liberty high.
Sydney has its Opera House,
Its sails against the sky.
And Gaza has its tunnels,
Beneath the ruins, out of view.
A monument to Hamas’s choices,
And the devastation that ensued.
Hush, hush, hush, Hamas…
Don’t you dare blame the Jew.
The responsibility for your choices…
Is on you.
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