(New York Times) Samuel G. Freedman - Israeli author David Grossman has transformed 54 bumper sticker slogans into the rhyming lyrics of a song, recorded by one of Israel's leading rap groups, that has become the surprise pop-music hit of the season. "The Sticker Song" offers an aural collage of the fractious and volatile Israeli political environment, as over a Jamaican beat the singer chants slogans as irreconcilable as "A strong people makes peace," "No Arabs, no terror," and "Long live the king Messiah."
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