[With link] Must see Latma Satire Song: We are the Children of Oslo 93
http://youtu.be/DgOS6ZOvcJs

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 5 November 2011

Hats off to the Latma team.

Their satire of "We are the children of winter 1973" is their most powerful
production ever.
[To play with English subtitles
http://youtu.be/DgOS6ZOvcJs ]

The following is a translation of the lyrics:

The Ballad of Oslo's Children
(The children of Oslo September '93)

We are the children of Oslo September '93
You sold us out on the
White House lawn for promises
You were weary men who wanted
a Nobel Peace Prize
You were young women who wanted to mix reality with a dream
So you got your acclaim and signed a deal
That was total ruse
That you could try out on us -
Why not, apres vous la deluge
You promised an olive branch, a dove
We got Qassams on a house
You promised joy and calm
We got only expulsions and bombs
You promised a dove ...

We are the children of Oslo September '93
We grew up and now are in the army
with our weapon and helmet on our heads
I'm from Kfar Saba
Haifa
Gush Katif
I'm from Sderot
Watch out for your Nobel, so it doesn't
get dirtied by shrapnel, tears and blood
We won't pressure your, we won't ask you what more he is plotting
Because we learned from you long ago that promises don't have to be honored
In trauma wards, in Ashkelon, Itamar and in war,
we only wanted to whisper.
We are the children of that Oslo ...
What were you thinking?

You promised an olive branch, a dove
We got Qassams on a house
Just two dead every day
What a great price to pay - for peace
Keep on singing about legacy [AL: reference is to "Rabin Legacy"]
We just got orders over the secure net
We don't have time for discussion
That's ok, we forego an apology
You promised a dove ...

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To fully appreciate just how good this "Oslo Balad" is, you need to know the
background of the song that it is a satire of: "We are the children of
winter 1973" (the Latma song is not only played to the tune of this song,
many visual elements of the clip are similar to clips of the song).

Here are the words to the original song
[Words translated by Chana Shuvaly of Melbourne, Australia.
source:
http://www.hebrewsongs.com/song-choref73.htm ]

We are the children of winter 1973
You dreamt us first at dawn at the end of the battles
You were tired men that thanked their good luck
You were worried young women and you wanted so much to love
When you conceived us with love in winter 1973
You wanted to fill up with your bodies that what the war finished
And we were born the country was wounded and sad
You looked at us you hugged us you were trying to find comfort
When we were born the elders blessed with tears in their eyes
They said:" we wish those kids will not have to go to the army"
And your faces in the old picture prove
That you said it form the bottom of your hearts
When you promised to do every thing for us
To make an enemy into a loved one

You promised a dove,
an olive tree leaf,
you promised peace
You promised spring at home and blossoms
You promised to fulfill promises, you promised a dove

We are the children of winter 1973
We grew up and now in the army
with our weapon and helmet on our heads
We know how to make love to laugh and cry
We are men we are women
and we too dream about babies
This is why we will not pressure you we will demand of you
And we will not threaten you
When we were young you said promises need to be kept
We will give you strength if that is what you need
We will not hold back
We just wanted to whisper
We are the children of that winter in the year 1973

You promised a dove,
an olive tree leaf,
you promised peace
You promised spring at home and blossoms
You promised to fulfill promises,
you promised a dove

The above song was performed first in 1995 by an IDF group.

And it is a lie.

I am from the generation that experienced the nightmare of the Yom Kippur
War of 1973.

When our children were born I - as the rest of my generation - had every
expectation that they would have to serve in the IDF when they grew up. And
they did.

That the IDF played a role in the distribution of "We are the children of
winter 1973" speaks volumes about the disturbing mentality that pervaded the
upper ranks of the IDF.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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