A Story of Decolonization, Liberation and Indigenous Restoration in music 🎶🎙️

My follower count got to 1967.

Being audio engineer/musician, got me thinking about a unique story, whose history traces back 2000 years in 1967. Homemade sounds & music set the mood in the video👇
2/x On a mid-spring day in Jerusalem, 1967, Teddy Kollek - mayor at the time - had 5 top composers commissioned to write a song for the Israeli Song Festival, on May 15th.

Naomi Shemer, then already known as a prolific composer, was the only one who wrote about what was asked...

Farhud : antizionism history : a🧵

1/ The Farhud massacre was a brutal,devastating pogrom against the Jewish community in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 1-2, 1941. The event was deeply rooted in an antizionist context, fuelled by the political/ideological tensions of the time. The Farhud Massacre: Background

2/ In 1941, Iraq was under the leadership of Prime Minister Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, who allied with the Axis powers of Italy & Nazi Germany during WWII. This alliance led to the dissemination of antisemitic propaganda throughout Iraq.

Think the UN stands for fairness?
Think again. Over decades, this international body has systemically targeted Israel with an antisemitic agenda, bullying the Jewish state through biased resolutions and funding programs that reject Israel’s right to exist.
A🧵to uncover the unsettling truth behind the UN's actions. 1. The @UN is systemically antisemitic. For decades, it has bullied one country, Israel, in all its bodies. The UN has passed more resolutions against Israel than all other countries combined. This is not just a numbers game; it's a deliberate attempt to delegitimize the Jewish state.