Here are the famous Alternative Carols from Palestine: they caused much grief in the Zionist camp and are considered the pinnacle of antisemitism:
Christmas Songs
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
O little town of Bethlehem ,
How
still we see thee lie!
A wall is laid where tourists stayed,
And
tanks go rolling by.
And in thy dark streets shineth
No cheerful
Christmas light;
The grief and fears of four sad years
Are met in
thee tonight.
How silently, how silently
The
world regards it all,
As now thy heart is torn apart
By Israel's
ghetto wall.
They terrorize a people -
A war crime and a
sin;
Their winding "fence" can make no sense;
Revenge can still get
in.
O promised child of
Bethlehem,
Cast down the iron cage,
The walls of hate that
separate
And harden and enrage;
Bring justice and make
equal;
Come down from far above;
And come to birth upon this
earth,
As hope and peace and love.
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY
Once in royal David's city
Stood
some big Israeli tanks;
Mothers giving birth to babies
Met with
checkpoints and roadbanks.
Holy land was all defiled
As a bullet
killed a child.
Round the ancient tomb of
Rachel
They have built a ghetto wall;
Rachel's weeping for her
children,
And "her children" means us all.
But this city's
strangulated,
Rachel's children segregated.
David's people once instructed
All
the world in righteousness;
Once they spoke of truth and
justice,
Now they ravage and oppress.
Nations, look at Bethlehem
,
And speak out the truth to them.
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On the first day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
An uprooted olive tree.
On the second day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Two trampled doves
And an uprooted olive tree.
On the third day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Three trench guns,
Two trampled doves,
And an
uprooted olive tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Four falling bombs,
Three trench guns,
Two
trampled doves,
And an uprooted olive tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Five settlement rings.
Four falling bombs,
Three
trench guns,
Two trampled doves,
And an uprooted olive tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Six tanks a-rolling,
Five settlement rings.
Four
falling bombs,
Three trench guns,
Two trampled doves,
And an
uprooted olive tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Seven checkpoints blocking,
Six tanks
a-rolling,
Five settlement rings.
Four falling bombs,
Three
trench guns,
Two trampled doves,
And an uprooted olive tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Eight gunships firing,
Seven checkpoints
blocking,
Six tanks a-rolling,
Five settlement rings.
Four
falling bombs,
Three trench guns,
Two trampled doves,
And an
uprooted olive tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Nine smashed computers,
Eight gunships
firing,
Seven checkpoints blocking,
Six tanks a-rolling,
Five
settlement rings.
Four falling bombs,
Three trench guns,
Two
trampled doves,
And an uprooted olive tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Ten wells obstructed,
Nine smashed
computers,
Eight gunships firing,
Seven checkpoints blocking,
Six
tanks a-rolling,
Five settlement rings.
Four falling bombs,
Three
trench guns,
Two trampled doves,
And an uprooted olive tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
Arik Sharon sent me
Eleven homes demolished,
Ten wells
obstructed,
Nine smashed computers,
Eight gunships firing,
Seven
checkpoints blocking,
Six tanks a-rolling,
Five settlement
rings,
Four falling bombs,
Three trench guns,
Two trampled
doves,
And an uprooted olive tree.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, Arik
Sharon sent me
Twelve assassinations,
Eleven homes
demolished,
Ten wells obstructed,
Nine smashed computers,
Eight
gunships firing,
Seven checkpoints blocking,
Six tanks
a-rolling,
Five settlement rings.
Four falling bombs,
Three
trench guns,
Two trampled doves,
And an uprooted olive tree.
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
O come all ye faithful,
All who
care for justice,
O look ye, O look ye at Bethlehem ;
Come and
behold it
Under occupation.
O come, let's not ignore it,
O come,
let's not ignore it,
O come, let's not ignore it,
Tell the world.
Sing, all ye people,
Sing in
indignation,
Be with the citizens of Bethlehem ;
Sing out for
justice,
Freedom from oppression.
O come, let's not ignore it,
O
come, let's not ignore it,
O come, let's not ignore it,
Tell the
world.
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
In the bleak midwinter,
Refugees
made moan;
Sharon stood like iron,
Bush was like a stone.
Tanks
were rolling, tank on tank,
Tank on tank,
Through the camps of
Gaza
And the West Bank .
How can we stop him,
Ariel
Sharon?
Silence of the nations
Lets him carry on.
Where is there
a wise man
Who could do his part?
Tell the world to stop him
With
its heart.
THE OLIVE AND THE IDF
The olive and the IDF
When they
are both full-grown,
Every olive tree on the West Bank
The IDF cuts
down.
O the rampaging of settlers
And
the rolling of the tanks;
The grinding of the bulldozers
As the
olives fall in ranks.
The olive bears a berry
As green
as any grass;
When the owners go to pick the fruit
They're not
allowed to pass.
O the rampaging of settlers
And
the rolling of the tanks;
The grinding of the bulldozers
As the
olives fall in ranks.
This oppression bears a berry
As
red as any blood,
As the owners see their livelihoods
All trampled
into mud.
O the rampaging of settlers,
And
the rolling of the tanks;
The grinding of the bulldozers
As the
olives fall in ranks.
If you want to buy the
olives,
You'll find it very hard;
To those that make it to
checkpoints
The way outside is barred.
O the rampaging of settlers,
And
the rolling of the tanks;
The grinding of the bulldozers
As the
olives fall in ranks.
The olive and the IDF,
When they
are both full-grown,
Every olive tree on the West Bank
The IDF cuts
down.
WE FOUR KINGS
FOUR KINGS TOGETHER
We four kings,
we're called the Quartet;
With a roadmap off we all set,
No-one
knowing where we're going,
Or how far we can get.
CHORUS
O, map of wonder,
map of light,
Map of promises so bright,
In three phases, through
the mazes
Guide us with no end in sight.
1ST KING
I'm King George,
the USA man;
And it goes according to plan;
Fighting terror,
righting error;
After Iraq, Iran .
CHORUS
O, map of wonder, etc.
2ND KING
I this year am
King of EU;
My name's known to more than a few -
Sarkozy; I
and Tony
Take from King George our cue.
CHORUS
O map of wonder, etc.
3RD KING
I'm King Putin,
Muscovite Tzar,
With this map I travel afar;
I'm partaking in
peace-making,
Just like in Chechnya .
CHORUS
O map of wonder, etc.
4TH KING
I'm Ban
Ki-Moon, head of UN;
It makes laws again and again,
But ignored
is, for the sword is
Mightier than the pen.
CHORUS
O map of wonder, etc..
FOUR KINGS TOGETHER
We four kings,
we're all in a flap,
For we've got ourselves in a trap -
Stopped
by trenches, walls and fences,
Not marked upon the map.
CHORUS
O map of wonder, etc.
FOUR KINGS TOGETHER
We four kings,
bewildered we are,
For this map's not getting us far,
Nowhere
leading - for we're needing
Not a map but a star.
CHORUS
O star of
freedom, star of light,
Star of peace with justice bright,
Shining
ever, they can never
Target-bomb thy perfect light.
