Lead singer of the Tipax band Kobe Oz Talk to m Neubach Foundation In the program “House of Representatives” here, network 2, and shared the idea for the new song and the work process. Oz also expressed his opinion on the political situation in Israel.
At the beginning of the conversation, he said: “I think our great tragedy is that the Israeli identity is not a national civic identity. We are Jews, and when we talk about ‘Israeli,’ we need to build a narrative in which both an Arab and an ultra-Orthodox, as well as an immigrant from Russia and a Mizrachi can feel part of the Israeli identity. There should be an identity with less religious elements and more elements of the common dream – just as there is an American dream, the Israeli dream needs to be invented.”
When asked by Neubach what he thought about the “Palestinian national dream within it”, he replied: “It cannot be in your place, we are talking about Israeli citizens who live here within the borders of the state in an orderly manner. They should be comfortable defining themselves as Israelis. What they are not comfortable with – This is a sign that the blanket is too short.”
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To Neubach’s question, “As the lead singer of the most Israeli band there is, you don’t feel Israeli,” Oz replied: “My feeling is that Israeliness is a huge mistake, we are Jews to begin with, and the Arabs are Arabs, but within this thing if there was an identity we could hold together a lot Problems would be solved.”
Do you think it is possible when we scar ourselves in arguments?
“I think there are too many politicians, and too few philosophers who deal with the significant things. We should have sat down and written an Israeli narrative that can suit everyone, and within the Jewish state there will be a state of Israeli identity that does not erase the Jewish identity, but a general identity.”