A Song About Menachem Begin and Censorship at a Theater Show

Hend was young, and they threatened to kidnap her if I didn't take down her song.

Expert, what does the song say?

The song says, "When Mahayem Jeben Yadakh Zija Laban," which means, "Menachem Begin gets the Nobel Prize."

The year will be 12 hours long.

The day will be two nights and a day, the killer will be the victim, and the victim a powerful criminal.

See? Medicine is really advancing, and we haven't heard a thing.

Yes, oh "Nobel" committee? How are you judging this?

I honestly don't understand a thing. How can a killer get a prize like that, so brazenly and shamelessly?

It means either the committee is corrupt or, pardon my French, its chairman is an idiot.

You corrupt committee, you bunch of cronies! We're all doomed!

That's not the issue.

We're putting on a play. This song is part of the play.

I sing it with passion, and the people rally for the Palestinian cause.

The song comes out, and people stop praying to sing along.

Suddenly, someone comes out during prayer... it's a bluff we're pulling.

He shows up during prayer and I say, 'What is this nonsense he's spouting?'

So you're the one who started this? What's left to say?

What's going on? So we fall silent. And what am I supposed to do?

I say, what's wrong with him? Is he drunk or what?

I say, 'Sir? The censorship is cracking down on this nonsense.'

I ask him, 'What's it to you?' He tells me, 'Speak politely.'

I ask him, 'What business is it of yours?'

He said, 'Don't you know that's an insult to a friendly nation?'

I tell him, 'Damn you.'

So I ask the people, 'Is Israel a friendly nation?'

So one, two, and three people say no.

So I say to them, 'Answer me, is Israel a friendly nation?'

And all the people say no.

He says, 'No, sir, this is a matter of law.'

Insulting a friendly nation, and the penalty for that is 25 years.

And he stands in front of me, staring me down.

And people behind him, and I don't know what else.

And no one moves from their spot, and then he turns away from the people.

I tell them, 'If you all don't move either...'

What, you'd be witnesses to the incident?

And in the law, that's knowing and not reporting.

What's behind the curtain?