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2020-05-08T09:33:15.441Z


David Peretz


Military entertainers have long been out of ideological role • The ACA chief has forgotten that those soldiers who are fighting for us are exactly the same soldiers dancing their lives in silly ticketing videos

In late '47, a young Palmach fighter named Chaim Feiner encountered a book "Red Star in the Sky" written by American journalist Edgar Snow. 

One detail in the book caught the attention of young Feiner. After the Chiang Kai-Shek National Movement massacred 80 percent of Communist members, including Dong's first wife, Dong took his forces on a difficult escape journey called the "Long Journey." One of the things he did in this framework was the establishment of a special military unit with singers and dancers who accompanied the bruised forces everywhere in order to raise the morale of the fighters. 

Military orchestras are nothing new. Since ancient times, trumpets have been used to orchestrate the fanfare, and appropriate drums have dictated the rhythm of military structures. But what pinned Feiner was Dong's idea that the artist unit would not only engage in orchestration, or provide entertainment for those who survived the battles. True to his extreme communist outlook, Dong saw the military band as a great way to inculcate ideology. 

Feiner wrote a letter to Yigal Allon, commander of the Palmach at the time, and told him about the idea. Alon was enthusiastic, endorsed an artistic body for ideological entertainment for the soldiers and imposed the establishment of the new unit on young Feiner. Talents were gathered from here and there among the Palmach forces, thus establishing a new unit. , Whose name was a combination of two worlds, one the symbol of the Palmachnik being - the Chisbet, and the other from the cultural side - the theater, and thus the Chisbetron was born. The spirit of the times determined that the Palmach commanders should bear a Hebrew name and not exile, Feiner gave his name and became known From that moment to the end of his life as a life he dug. 

The cheesebatrons were a hit among the Palmach fighters almost overnight. They were noticeable by Shaika Ophir, Naomi Polani, Zohira Harifai, Gideon Singer and Shlomo Bar Shavit. Hefer wrote some of the refinements and the links. Of Israeli culture. "The Song of Evil", "They Are Possible", "There Were Times", "Bat Sheva", "Hi South". 

But the real legacy of the cheesebatrone was to create the recipe from which the military bands in the IDF were built over the years, and from there the format was incorporated into the Israeli cultural market for many years. A handful of skits with humor from "Hibernian" generations, some ideological songs, some bereavement songs Venus, all spiced with a dash of dance and movement that also emphasized that "she has a mouth, she has a mouth, she has a body wonder," as Dan Almagor wrote in the song "A Daughter's Weakness". 

Israeli military bands have no equivalent in the big world. Their unquestioning control of the Israeli music world in the first three decades of the country created a very peculiar situation where Israeli culture stood in threes and saluted every general on the one hand, and on the other hand, as well documented in the band, vibrant youth energy was present. Thus, military works were created that were unthinkable in any other army. It is enough to think how English is translated into the "pioneering youth band, singing the peace song," to understand how strange the cultural tension created between the military and young culture in the State of Israel. 

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From the mid-1970s onward, the aura of the military bands waned. The voice of the individual began to be at least as important as, and more often than not, the voice of the nation. Songs focused on "Witchcraft of Evil" were seen as archaic in New and individual Israel. No wonder one of Rafael's first chief of staff decisions was to abolish the military bands that "do not raise the morale of the soldiers." Instead, the Hoy teams, a kind of karaoke, formed net entertainment and usually without original content, focusing on performing well-known songs. 

In recent years, a new feature has been evident among the new military bands, since in this age, stars are already emerging in the pre-military service. And so it happens that nowadays there are quite a few network stars and youth who pass their military service in celeb performances to IDF soldiers. 

In the past week, a video on social networks and media outlets, in which Noa Kirl, currently serving in the IDF as a military soloist, was filmed in her debut show with two uniformed dancers (JIT! Of work !!!) which instead of holding arms and legs. Some surfers and "duchesses" networked about the new military profession - a military dancer. By that it had to end. But here the story got tangled and deviated from the Twitter egg. This week, it was announced that the current ACA chief, Maj. Gen. Moti Alamuz, has canceled the military dancer profession, likely due to the Twitter feud to the IDF. 

There is something disturbing about the situation in which some squads can make such an impact on the IDF champion's mind. But beyond that, the Almoz must be updated that the Chisabatron era is over and belongs to other times. The reason why soldiers come to the army and are ready to fight and die for the country is not just because of evil The spirit then, but because of the good life the army allows them before and after. 

Photo by David Peretz

If God forbid, these soldiers find their deaths in defense of Israel's security, the fact that they danced with great talent for Noah Kirl's songs, or moved organs to DJ military sounds (here's another profession you didn't know existed, and now Elmoz will be sure to cancel) Make them a type B cavity. 

The IDF has always been the army of the people, and if it wants to remain as such, it must adapt to the changes and not remain the People's Army of 1948. Israeli entertainment in 2020 is a singer who sings to the soldiers "If you are a man, finish the matter" and men who dance well in uniform. 

For comparison, I would recommend that Mr. Almoz learn how the world's largest army encourages the best youth to join the army. The same Chinese from whom we learned how entertainment can serve ideology today do so through rappers and military metal bands. Why? Because even the Chinese understand that this is what teenagers love today, and for this life they are ready to fight and also die. Come back from your decision, Mr. Elmoz, don't oppress youth in Israel because of some clowns on Twitter.

Sentences that people say

The Kirya, Tel Aviv 

A: Do you need xxx security classification?

P: ...

a: And do you think I would say that on a mobile phone? When every soldier passing here is a galactic broadcast station with a cargo? Believe me, a cosmonaut army of cargoes we have.

P: ...

A: It's only good if the next war is going to be incredibly stupid aliens.

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Source: israelhayom

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