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In remembrance of the victims of the Cafe Hillel bombing, Jerusalem. September 9, 2003
A total of 7 people were killed and many wounded in two suicide bombings which took place within the space of six hours on Tuesday, September 9 in Israel.
Both bombers were members of Hamas from the village of Rantis in the West Bank. Both studied together at Bir Zeit University in Ramallah.
- Dr. David Appelbaum, 51, who headed the emergency room at Shaare Zedek Hospital, and his daughter Nava, 20, who was to have been married the day after the bombing (Sept 10)
- David Shimon Avizadris, 51, of Mevaseret Zion
- Shafik Kerem, 27, of Beit Hanina
- Alon Mizrahi, 22, of Jerusalem, the security guard
- Gila Moshe, 40, of Jerusalem
- Yehiel (Emil) Tubol, 52, of Jerusalem.
lyrics
BOMBS FOR DINNER
(An answer to David Rovics pro palestian songs)
This song is for Nava Appelbaum & her father.
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She came to our country / with the children so ill
to give them a break / a woman with a dream
She was madly in love / soon to be married
Back at home / she invited her dad
for some food and wine / in their favorite cafe
"dad" she said / "everythings so good"
Tomorrow i'll be his princess / and he'll be mine
Chorus
suddenly a blow and flashing lights
people screaming and death all around
The life of a woman
So innocent and sweet
Blown in pieces
on Jerusalems streets
It's easy to tell a story / and turn a blind eye
for what goes on / on the other side
but as in any war / there are victims everywhere
and their stories / need to be told somehow
it's not a nice song / this worlds gone wrong
Now i know the Jews / are only human too
beeing the chosen / doesn't make you flawless
Chorus
suddenly a blow and flashing lights
people screaming and death all around
The life of a woman
So innocent and sweet
Blown in pieces
on Jerusalems streets
Instead of the altar / he stood at the grave
his bride to be went down / to sink into our memory
she waits for / that ressurection day
a good soul lost / for the sake of revenge
she'll never be able / to lend her helping hands
the children she cared for / who do they turn to now?
is there a way / to make sense of this somehow?
Chorus
suddenly a blow and flashing lights
people screaming and death all around
The life of a woman
So innocent and sweet
Blown in pieces
on Jerusalems streets
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