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Nazareth Ilit, Jewish Forever!
Residents of Nazareth Ilit, this is a demonstration of one man
I, Asher Lev, am demonstrating here
Against the racist policy of Shimon Gafso
About one month ago the Mayor of Nazareth Ilit, Shimon Gafso,
Publicized a pamphlet, distributing it to the residents of Nazareth Ilit
I intend on giving a festive recitation of this pamphlet
But before, I intend on inserting
Shimon Gafso’s racism into my body
Shimon Gafso: Hello to all the demonstrators. Asher: Hello.
How are you doing? Is everything ok? Yes.
Good, I can give you a better pamphlet If you would like
Have a good time but just make sure that if you have a demonstration,
It’s ok, we’re on it.
You get a permit from the police.
The more you demonstrate here, the more votes I’ll receive. Ok?
You’re welcome to sit and watch.
Thank you but I’m working as opposed to you all that you’re unemployed and I’m not.
What is this blue milk over here?
This is blue milk with it I insert your racism into my body,
This is part of the demonstration act
Eat eat. Here I will give you some more.
No, thank you. Do you want some? No, I was born with it inside my veins.
I did not, I have to put it inside my body
So swallow well. Come see if there’s another roll of paper for him.
Helper 1: why? Gafso: because he’s eating paper.
I’m also drinking.
Helper 2: what is it for?
It’s in order to put it inside.
The blue fluid symbolizes my nationalism, Israeli nationalism
Drink, you're not drinking. I want to see you finishing the bottle.
The level of the fluid is not going down, you're stringing us along
It’s hard.
Helper 2: Come on, Gafso, you have a city to run and you’re messing around with this ***
Dear mayor, you are welcome.
I am a resident of Nazareth Ilit, myself.
Here, come and look.
So, what do you want me to say to you?
You think that we’re a city that doesn't have degenerates in it?
We have all kinds.
I am a resident of Nazareth Ilit, and it is my right to demonstrate.
Eat, eat the paper already and drink! You're all the time...
Helper 2: just for your information, Gafso is the last person to be raciest , the last
Helper 3: drink both bottles and afterwards, we will be able to commit you.
The truth is that this whole affair makes me noxious, makes me sick
Helper 3: do something serious in this country. Your just *** and crap, all of you. at least do the army
Helper 4: I didn’t get it? Who’s the person demonstrating here?
I, Asher Lev, am Jewish, an Israeli citizen and a resident of Nazareth Ilit.
So you’re the demonstrator? What is that blue stuff?
This is blue milk.
Oh my god, that looks bad.
Helper 4: blue milk, what is blue milk?
Helper 2: wait, why did you make a point of saying that you’re Jewish?
Because Shimon Gafso wants To turn Nazareth Ilit into a place for Jews only.
Helper 4: and what’s your name sir? Asher Lev.
Where are you from? I’m from Nazareth Ilit.
Helper 2: what does Shimon Gafso want to do?
Soon enough I’ll recite his pamphlet to you and then you’ll understand.
What, are you part of any political party?
I’m not a party member, it’s just that when I read things that
I find very racist, I feel…
Helper 2: and why do you think that what’s written there is true?
And what is that bowl for?
This is a bowl for my vomit.
And what is all this television crew? Is it going to be filmed?
This is the media?
Where are all of you from?
They are independent media.
Helper 4: excuse me, where are you from?
They are not going to talk to you. They are not going to answer you.
You don’t speak? Why? They are only filming.
Guys, this scene looks totally wacked.
Helper 2: don’t’ interrupt him, he wants to express his opinions.
With pleasure, on the contrary. I say drink cold water instead of this milk.
Helper 2: why? Let him drink whatever he wants.
I’ll tell you with total certainty,
In 1957, I arrived in Nazareth Ilit,
And those who received us here were the Arabs.
They received us very nicely, They spoke Polish and Yiddish,
And we treat the Arabs as equals. No one among us makes it a point
To say that he is Jewish and not one says that they are Christians.
No one harasses the Arabs,
and whoever thinks that they represent some opinion...
Helper 4: Just so you know, Asher Lev, that the person who took the most employees
Into Nazareth Ilit’s municipality, he who invested In the infrastructural in the Kramim neighborhood
he who finally organized cultural events for the Arab sector,
He who took on an advisor for Arab issues, is Gafso.
Gafso is the Arab’s best friend.
That he says that he wants a Jewish town, doesn't mean he’s not against Arabs,
he simply says that he wants that this town will have Jewish characteristics
Ben Gurion wanted the same thing. He wanted Nazareth Ilit to have Jewish characteristics.
Helper 2: you better watch out that You don’t vomit on someone otherwise it can be an assault
Ok, stand back, stand back, I don’t want to vomit on anyone.
Here, I’m telling you, stand back, you can sit over there,
I’m thirsty but I don’t want to puke on anyone.
You are welcome to stay and watch.
Helper 4: what is there to see? What is the continuation of the performance?
I’m going to hold a festive recitation of Shimon Gafso’s pamphlet.
Helper 3: (to helper 4) oh, just let it go,
the guy is trying to coming suicide, we should call for an ambulance.
And now to the festive recitation of the pamphlet of the mayor of Nazareth Ilit, Shimon Gafso.
Nazareth Ilit, Jewish Forever!
This cannot be taken for granted,
but it is rather the result of a decisive stance and a daily struggle
When I entered into office,
many said to me that we will not be able to stop
the emigration of Jews from the city.
And so, in past years,
entire neighborhoods were deserted by their Jewish residents
and the rate of Jews in the population
went and decreased with the passing of each year.
This tendency, which began, with the naïve belief in a message of coexistence,
was and still is a big danger
to the very existence of a Jewish community in the Galilee.
It is the arrival of Arab residents
that encourages Jews to leave
and the danger of a complete abandonment of the city by Jews
is not an unimaginable scenario.
I have decided to face this complicated challenge
with decisiveness and might.
No more shutting of the eyes,
no more nostalgic clinging to the law
that allows each and every citizen, to live where he or she desires.
This is the time to protect our home!
And so, with a decisive stance in face of the surge,
, with a daily struggle,
with public clear statements
and with unspeakable acts,
we have done the incredible:
we have halted the demographic withdrawal
and we kept the Jewish rate in the population at 82%.
Safeguarding Nazareth Ilit’s Jewish identity
is the most important task that the mayor has
and it is the most critical one to the future of the city, and to our lives here.
Any other success in any municipal area will be worthless
if our city loses its identity and the Jews look for ways to escape it.
I never hesitated and was never ashamed
to declare in a loud and clear voice:
I will not allow the Jewish character of the city to be altered.
I will prevent at any cost the establishment of an Arab school in Nazareth Ilit
and I will move to building neighborhoods that are intended for Jewish residents.
All requests for foreign characteristics in the city are refused.
And following suite to this policy,
, we have placed Israeli flags in the entrances to the city
so that people will know that Nazareth Ilit is a Jewish city,
this is how it was founded and so it will remain.
And, ignoring what will be said about us,
in Nazareth Ilit, the Israeli flag will continue to be displayed at the top of the mast!
My decisive stance cannot be taken for granted and in fact,
it is not characteristic to other mayors in a similar situation
and even to my predecessors in office.
It is true, this path of mine has “honored” me with many derogatory names,
scornful letters and attacks by leftwing media groups.
I was called a “fascist”, a “bully” and a “raciest”,
but the condemnations and insults,
and also the threats and pressures do not deter me and will not discourage me.
This is because I receive my power and strength from you,
residents of Nazareth Ilit.
You elected me to stand at the forefront of this just cause
and you are not willing to, anymore, for the beautification of the soul
and for the sanctification of the values of democracy, to endanger the Jewish identity of your city
As long as in the heart, within,
A Jewish soul still yearns,
And towards the borders of the East
An eye still watches toward Zion,
Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
To be a free people in our home land
The land of Zion and Jerusalem
To be a free people in our home land
The land of Zion and Jerusalem