Bring them Home

Aerial view of 1,000 musicians performing in Caesarea on behalf of Israeli hostages. Photo: YouTube screenshot

1,000 Musicians Come Together for Israeli Hostages

The ‘Homeland’ concert, Israel’s biggest live music show, was staged at the Caesarea Amphitheater under the banner ‘Bring Them Home.’

A thousand Israeli musicians recently came together in a moving performance at the amphitheater in Caesarea, calling for the release of remaining hostages still being held in Gaza.

On October 7, Hamas terrorists killed 1,200, mostly civilians, and abducted over 200 more in a surprise attack that sparked an all-out war in the Palestinian enclave.

The “Homeland” concert was staged under the “Bring Them Home” banner and featured a  mashup of Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikva” and Yardena Arazi’s song “Home.”

The song, written by legendary poet Ehud Manor and scored by composer Yair Klinger, caused an uproar when it was initially released in 1983, at the height of the First Lebanon War. It was speculated that Manor was calling for Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in the song, which was essentially asking to bring the IDF troops “home.”

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