“I'm coming towards you, my enemy with cleavers and knives” sings PA

Official PA TV, quiz filler on Palestinian nationalist songs, broadcast of song “I’m Coming Towards You, My Enemy”

Official PA TV narrator: “Because songs are a basic part of our culture and they express our national identity… and because these songs are present in our consciousness and still fascinate us with values and meanings… It’s here: ‘I’m Coming Towards You, My Enemy.’”

Narrator: “It’s here.”

Narrator and text on screen: “I’m Coming Towards You, My Enemy”

Lyrics:

“I'm coming towards you, my enemy, from every house, neighborhood and street

I'm coming towards you, my enemy, from every house, neighborhood and street

I'm coming with my rifle and my faith I'm coming towards you, my enemy

The song was paused here and the narrator spoke:

Official PA TV narrator: “If you are among those who lived in the period of this song, it doubtlessly brings you back to periods that are considered foundational in the war to realize the Palestinian identity and assimilate the spirit of sacrifice in the souls of the masses…

What makes this anthem special is that it was written during the battles of the Palestinian revolution, such that it became a popular anthem that the demonstrators repeated again and again facing the occupation in occupied Palestine. More than this, in the first Intifada (i.e., Palestinian wave of violence and terror against Israel, approximately 200 Israelis murdered, 1987-1993) it even became its special anthem.”

Our war is a war of the streets. I'm coming towards you, my enemy

Our war is a war of the streets. I'm coming towards you, my enemy

I'm coming towards you, my enemy, from every house, neighborhood and street…

I'm coming towards you, my enemy

Our war is a war of the streets. I'm coming towards you, my enemy

Our war is a war of the streets. I'm coming towards you, my enemy

I'm coming towards you, my enemy, from every house, neighborhood and street

We're going down from every house with cleavers and knives

We're going down from every house with cleavers and knives.”