Singer and creator Hanan Ben-Ari announced that he is postponing the release of his new song “Ala Bi” which was supposed to be published this morning (Monday). This follows the horrific attack in Hadera in which two border fighters, the late Yazan Fallah and Shirel Aboukaret, were killed, when they were only 19 years old. During the shootout, three fighters and another fighter were injured.
“One o’clock at night. At ten o’clock in the morning a new song was supposed to come out but I felt it was just not right on a day like this to put out a song that the soul wanted to dance to.” This is how Ben-Ari shared his followers on social media. In a video he posted on Tiktok a few days ago, it seems that this is a rhythmic song for the summer, so the singer decided to postpone it.
Ben-Ari added that he did not want to let terrorism win forever and presented an alternative plan: “I felt that on the other hand it was impossible to let it stop the music and stop life and I do want to play you another song on this day that was also waiting to come out.
Ben-Ari added that “in our beautiful and crazy country, plans are changing and reality has written different music.” The new song does correspond in a chilling way with the sad reality: “Everyone in the newspaper reads Psalms and in the end the truth wins,” Ben-Ari writes there. In another house he sings “In the end also the whole eternity is moments, a soul within a body is a guest. Tell what is at the end that everyone is afraid of. It is over and then we are both together again.”
The surfers hurried to return love and the song reached thousands of views within minutes. “Hanan, you are the creator of the new generation with the soul of the old generation,” one of the surfers wrote to him. “Keep playing on our heartstrings, especially on such difficult days Your songs are soothing to the heart.” Yael Shevach, the widow of Rabbi Yechiel Shevach, who was killed in a shooting attack about four years ago, also responded to him with publicist simplicity, “Hanan! Just thank you.”
“Hope you love it and it will do you and us good on this day.” Ben-Ari signed the message to the audience.