Tunnel Roads, Take Me Home...
One of the great side-effects of being the first one in your family to make Aliyah is the incredible visits from family members, which consist of strait-up quality time and a chance to see the Holy Land through the fresh eyes of someone you love very much.
My father was just here, and in addition to ascending the Holy Mount we appeared on the premier Jewish music radio show,
The Beat with Benyamin Bresky on Israel National Radio. We hastily composed the following song for the occasion (click the link to listen):
Tunnel Roads.mp3Tunnel RoadsLyrics and Vocals: Ezra HaLevi
Guitar and Backup vocals: Baruch Ben-Tzion (Buzzy) HaLevi Levine
Almost heaven
Cross the checkpoint
Jewish mountains
Shiny Jewish rivers, yeah
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Flowing with the peace
Tunnels roads, take me Home
To the place I belong
Gush Etzion and Tekoa
Take me home, tunnel roads
All my memories
Gather round her
Har HaBayit
Angels on the ladder
A scattered people
Looking toward the sky...
Get on up to the Holy Land it's up to you and I!
Tunnel roads, take me Home
To the place I belong
Gush Katif and the Shomron
Take me Home, tunnel roads
I hear a voice in the morning, its a Bat Kol
Radio reminds me that it's still far away
All Diaspora Jews should get the feeling like they should have come Home yesterday
Yesterdaaaaaaay...
Tunnel roads, take me Home
To the place I belong
Gush Etzion and Bat Ayin
Take me Home, tunnel roads
Tunnel roads, take me Home
To the place where I belong
Gush Etzion and the Shomron
Take me Home, tunnel roads
Prime Beachfront Real Estate For Sale!
Apparently we are not leaving Gaza in order to "return" the land to its Palestinian owners - we are opening the bidding to anyone who is interested in moving in to our homes:
"People from all over the world have turned to us and are asking we reconsider our position and refrain from demolishing the homes," one political source said. "Even if in the end we decide to keep the original decision it is still important that we rethink the move."
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One of the offers Israel had recently received came last week from billionaire Mahmoud al-Abar from Abu Dhabai. Al-Abar met with Ilan Cohen, director-general of the Prime Minister's Office, with a proposal to buy the Gaza settlements for $56 million. (JPost)
Sounds like a great opportunity! But, do you think there will be any restrictions on who is allowed to buy? Say, NO JEWS ALLOWED?
