Harb (2018) is an audiovisual sequence based on footage shot in Israel during the most recent military operations. Its soundtrack draws samples of Zionist war songs that were recorded in Israel during the Six-Day War (1967). ‘Harb’ explores the identity conflict presented in the original records, made by Jewish musicians who migrated to Israel from Arab countries. As these musicians integrated into the Zionist state, they kept the language and culture that identified with the nation’s enemies. These songs, sung in Jewish Arabic dialects to Arabic folk tunes, were not included in any of the main collections of Israeli war songs and have been forgotten over the years.
‘Harb’ soundtrack was designed by Aviad Zinemanas, and it is based on original music created by Mixmonster, Turnymator, MishMash and O MER for ‘Songs of the Next War’ project.