Ari Lesser Raps on ISRAEL DAY in NYC 06-01-14

world and he has written songs on hundreds of subjects ranging from history to animals to Torah his lyrics speak for themselves ladies and gentlemen welcome Ari [Applause] lesser I want you to WAP for me too there's a lot of uh SCH out there with the filling so if you're a man you haven't put on fing today wrap up and I'll wrap for you okay cuz we really need to pray you know what I'm saying we need to pray to Hashem because because that's the only that's the only one who's going to help us pray for pray for Israel pray for Jerusalem pray for Redemption pray for messiah because the world is like not logical anymore they're not working on rational so we need to go above above logic and above reason and above ration you look on you look at college campuses are supposed to be the place of logic and and reason and rationale science and you have Israel apartheid week can you believe this it's like it's it's like a it's just propaganda and lies and they don't want to hear the truth people say Israel is an apartheid state but I can't relate to that baseless hate it's not really fair to try and compare a racist regime with the war on tear using Common Sense against violence Israel had to build up the boorder def fence and if you think that's a parde it's because you don't know what a party really was for 2,000 years the Jews are Rome but we always called Israel our home unlike the British and Dutch who came to South Africa where they had no claim they already had countries overseas but they wanted to expand to new colonies so they conquered the natives bought and sold that land they stole full of diamonds and gold the whites United and decided to create South Africa as a democratic state but soon they denied blacks voting rights so the whole government was controlled by whites the house and the Senate and all of the courts were white so the black people had no support plus the police would arrest and beat any peaceful protesters in the street they divided everybody into four different races moved them by force into separate places so if you were Indian black or brown you had no business in the white town they had segregation of Transportation buses bus stops trains and train stations separate ambulance different doctor and nurse and the black hospitals were always worse restaurants hotels in the public park might be off limits if your skin was dark it was a crime and you could get more than a fine if you crossed the line at that White's only sign they had separate teachers at different schools black and white beaches and swimming pools cafes and movie theaters wouldn't let folks in discriminating if they had the wrong color skin no mixed marriage it was a criminal act for a white person to have relations with a black a partti went from the womb till the tomb couldn't even take a dump in the same bathroom so people say Israel's an apartheid state but I can't relate to that baseless hate it's not really fair to try and compare a racist regime with the war on te using Common Sense against VI Israel had to build up the board Defence and if you think that's a partti it's because you don't know what a part really was in Israel a parte is not the case cuz regardless of gender religion and race all Israeli citizens black brown and white have equal social and political rights so the Arab Israeli population which makes up 20% of the nation might be a minority but at least they can vote unlike the rest of the middle look at the whole region you'll see only Israel is truly a democracy where every citizen's right to vote is protected and Arab officials often get elected that's an important Point let me stress it there's a dozen Arabs with seats in the canet plus an Arab judge on the Supreme Court so they don't fall short on government support and everyone has access to the same schools same beaches and the same swimming pools the same Resorts and hotel guest rooms same public public parks and public restrooms same Cinemas restaurants cafes same trains buses taxis and highways same doctors and nurses all deliveries of babies are done in the same facilities Arab Israeli life expectancies great up by 27 years since 1948 and their infant mortality rates have declined from 32,000 to less than nine and they're doing much better economically relative to every other Arab country there's no restriction on choice of career they can even join the military if they volunteer they work and reside wherever they please from a lot all the way to the Sea of Galilee they live in the very same cities as Jews on the same street in the same house if they choose so people say Israel's an apartheid state but I can't relate to that baseless hate it's not really fair to try and compare a racist regime with the war on tear using Common Sense against violence isra head to build up the bo Defence and if you think that's a part it's because you don't know what a party really [Applause] was than I'm telling you it's craziness you know what you know what pisses me off the most what pisses me off the most about it are you by by calling Israel a partti you're comparing us to South Africa what happened in South Africa was a bunch of Europeans came down to to the southern coast of Africa about as far away from Europe as you can get and and conquered an indigenous people and took over the country now to compare Israel to that is to claim that Jews are not indigenous to Israel this is this is nonsense you think we're from Brooklyn you think we're from Poland I tell you the Germans didn't think we were from Europe we're from the Middle East that's where we're from We're indigenous we're an indigenous people and we're indigenous to the Holy Land that's our that's our home so this song this song's called indigenous Jews are indigenous to the Middle East and all we're asking is for a little piece been oppressed ever since we were dispossessed enslaved arrested and put to death but we persevered never disappeared been in Israel for thousands of years thank God we've been able to overcome still living in the land that we come from ancestors rest in peace in herone I couldn't hold back my tears at that grave my forefathers felt so near stopped in Bas Le him broke down and cried when I realized that was where my grandmother died in yusim I was balling cuz all that remains of our Temple is the Wailing War it's been standing alone since our Exile began when many were forced to flee from the land some stayed but those who wandered away prayed to return three three times every day at last we've been answered and now we stand together with our clan in the Holy Land cuz Jews are indigenous to the Middle East and all we're asking is for a little pieace been oppressed ever since we were dispossessed enslaved arrested and put to death but we persevered never disappeared been in Israel for thousands of years thank God we've been able to overcome still living in the land that we come from now some people say that ashkanazi originally came from Germany well askanazi and he'll disagree doesn't think that we're part of his family tree he's actually right about one thing at least we're not from Europe we're from the Middle East but the Romans came and destroyed our home overthrown some of us had to go on the Rome but there was Jews who never left the land they just got crushed by the Caesar's hand slaughtered like sheep at home and abroad with no other choice but to turn to God divided and conquered our enemies try to end us with a worldwide genocide but Hitler failed our people Prevail so we still stand strong with isra cuz Jews are indigenous to the Middle East and all we're asking is for a little pieace been oppressed ever since we were dispossessed in slaved arrested and put to death but we persevered never disappeared been in Israel for thousands of years thank God we've been able to overcome still living in the land that we come from much love y'all see you see you guys again at 7 o' I'll be back Ari L okay