The transfer of the Western Wall to the Negev • A ban on surfing the Internet under the influence of alcohol • The replacement of the national anthem with the song "Hallelujah" • The funny history of the holiday of tension
Gali Atari sang Hallelujah at the Eurovision Song Contest, 1979
Along with flowering, sunny and longer days and going out into nature, one of the regular appendices of the month of April is the first day in it, which is celebrated around the world as "Lie Day" or "Fool's Day".
Scholars are unsure when the tradition of stretching and telling lies began on April 1 and while some believe it was the result of the transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian, in sixteenth-century France, others believe it was a pagan custom that prevailed in all parts of continental Europe even before Christianity.
The first written evidence of an April Fool's prank comes from Britain from the beginning of the eighteenth century.
By the nineteenth century the custom was already well established in the growing British press and amusing tensions such as an invitation to the "traditional lion wash" at the London Tower or the sale of underwater train tickets from London to Dublin appeared in various newspapers in the kingdom.
During the twentieth century the world media took on size and volume with the invention of radio, television and cinema, but the level of maturity and sophistication of tension did not necessarily grow along with them.
In 1957, the BBC announced that spaghetti prices were expected to fall, after a bountiful harvest took place this year in spaghetti trees in Switzerland.
The network even broadcast pictures of children "picking" spaghetti from trees.
The BBC has a long tradition of successful pranks and in 1980 announced that the City of London is expected to replace the iconic "Big Ben" clock located in the tower in the Parliament building, with a huge digital clock.
The news provoked outrage and protest and the British authority was forced to apologize for the violation of the values of British tradition.
Fake news for April 1 has also sparked outrage in states when in 1994 media outlets in the state of California announced a law that intends to ban Internet surfing under the influence of alcohol.
Despite the public outrage among fans of the network that was then in its infancy, given the world we know today, it may not be such a bad idea.
In Israel, too, there were some brilliant resurrections in April, such as the Haaretz newspaper's announcement that a contractor company called PMLD intends to move the Western Wall due to water drilling to Ramat Hovav in the Negev.
The name of the imaginary society is interpreted as "a believer in everything."
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In 1979, Kol Yisrael reported that the government had decided to replace the official national anthem from Hatikva with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Gali Atari and the Milk and Honey Band, which had won the Eurovision Song Contest the day before.