Editing Protest song (section)

=== Israel ===
{{Main|Music of Israel#Music and politics}}

[[File:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia 11 by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Jews singing [[Hebrew]] protest songs when Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] spoke at [[Columbia University]] in 2007]]
Israel's protest music has often become associated with different political factions.

During the 1967 war, [[Naomi Shemer]] added a third verse to her song "[[Jerusalem of Gold]]", sung by [[Shuli Natan]], about the recapturing of [[Jerusalem]] after 2,000 years.<ref>Song sample, sung by Shuli Natan, taken from http://www.songs.co.il</ref> Later on that year, a different point of view of the song was introduced by the folk singer [[Meir Ariel]], who recorded an anti-war version and named it "Jerusalem of Iron".

[[Gush Emunim]] supporters have taken a repertoire of old religious songs and invested them with political meaning.  An example is the song "Utsu Etsu VeTufar" (They gave counsel but their counsel was violated). The song signifies the ultimate rightness of those steadfast in their beliefs, suggesting the rightness of Gush Emunim's struggle against anti-settlement policy by the government.

Minutes before [[Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin|Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered]] at a political rally in November 1995, Israeli folk singer [[Miri Aloni]] sang the Israeli pop song "[[Shir Lashalom]]" ("Song for Peace"). This song, originally written in 1969 and performed extensively at the time by an Israeli military performing group, has become one of the anthems of the [[Israeli peace camp]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gur |first=Golan |date=2018 |title=Military Songs as Popular Music: War, Memory, and Commemoration in the Songs of the Israeli Military Bands |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2210886006 |journal=Lied und Populäre Kultur |volume=63 |pages=107 |id={{ProQuest|2210886006}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref>

During the Arab uprising known as the [[First Intifada]], Israeli singer Si Heyman sang "Yorim VeBokhim" ("Shoot and Weep") to protest Israeli policy in the territories. [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[Another Brick in the Wall]]" is used as a protest song by some opponents of Israel's barrier in the West Bank. The lyrics were adapted to: "We don't need no occupation. We don't need no racist wall."<ref name="waters_wall_CBC">{{cite news|author1=CBC Arts|date=June 22, 2006|title=Roger Waters makes mark on Israel's wall|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/roger-waters-makes-mark-on-israel-s-wall-1.628153|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704165407/http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/06/22/waters-israel.html|archive-date=July 4, 2006|access-date=January 1, 2015|website=[[CBC.ca]]|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref><ref name="waters_wall_bbc">{{cite news|date=June 22, 2006|title=Waters writes on West Bank wall|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5104930.stm|access-date=January 1, 2015|website=[[BBC Online]]|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref name="waters_wall_guardian">{{cite web|last1=Waters|first1=Roger|author-link1=Roger Waters|date=March 11, 2011|title=Tear down this Israeli wall|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/11/cultural-boycott-west-bank-wall|access-date=January 1, 2015|website=[[The Guardian]] Limited}}</ref>

Since the onset of the [[Oslo Peace Process|Oslo Process]] and, more recently, [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]], protest songs became a major avenue for opposition activists to express sentiments. Songs protesting these policies were written and performed by Israeli musicians such as [[Ariel Zilber]], [[Aharon Razel]], and others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zimrat Ha Aretz songs are NOT 'Haaretz' newspaper SHALOM songs|url=http://jsc.rjews.net/english.htm|publisher=Jerusalem Song Club "Zimrat HaAretz"}}</ref>