In what some might describe as a blatantly racist opinion, American right-wing journalist Dennis Prager claimed in an article for World Tribune that the Arab world has contributed nothing to the world in the past Century except for hatred and violence.
In his article, Prager went on to accuse Egyptian folklore singer Shaaban Abdel Rahim, AKA Shaabola, of enticing violence and extremism with his hateful lyrics towards Israel, which in return contributed to the rise of ISIS.
"The Arab world has no peer when it comes to hatred – of the Western world generally, and especially of Israel. Israel-hatred and its twin, Jew-hatred, are the oxygen that the Arab world breathes," writes Prager.
"Two of the most popular songs in Egypt over the past decade have been “I Hate Israel” and the ironically named “I Love Israel,” he continued.
Some of the lyrics Prager used in his argument were:
“May it [Israel] be destroyed. May it be wiped off the map. May a wall fall on it. May it disappear from the universe. God, please have it banished.”
“May it dangle from the noose. May I get to see it burning, Amen. I will pour gasoline on it. I am an Egyptian man. I am not a coward.”
“I Hate Israel” is so popular that it was the song which Egypt’s pop star Chaaboula sang at the largest music festival in the Arab world, Morocco’s Mawazine. The festival, one of the biggest in the world, featured Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Ricky Martin and Kool and the Gang.
Some of the lyrics:
“I hate Israel, and I would say so if I was asked to.
“Two faces of the same coin, America and Israel. They made the world a jungle and ignited the fuse.
“About that [Twin] Tower, oh people. Definitely! His friends [Israel] were the ones who brought it down.”
Do you think the singer's lyrics had anything to do with the rise of ISIS, as the World Tribune writer suggests?
