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September 7, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15445484.htm

Song Praising Hizballah Catapults Band to Rock-Star Status

[San Jose Mercury News] Matthew Schofield - The song blares from seemingly every shop and car window in the Palestinian territories, hailing Hizballah. Before the recent war between Israel and Hizballah, Ala-Eddin Abdul-Haija's Band of the North was a little-known purveyor of love songs. Now it's the most popular Palestinian musical group in recent memory, thanks to "Greetings, Hope of Lebanon." "Look at Nasrallah, bold courageous Nasrallah," they sing. "He has responded to the call for revenge from Muslims and Arabs." The song begins with a clip from a Nasrallah speech, in which he pledges, "Jerusalem, we are coming."

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