Jeteur de pierres

"Jeteur de pierres" (French for 'Stone thrower') is a 2003 song by the French hip hop group Sniper. It has a very strong political overtone in its lyrics, which condemn the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The song accuses the Western world, Ariel Sharon, the United States and the Western media of supporting the occupation and of the Palestinians' plight, and furthermore the rest of the world for not doing anything to help resolve the situation. A verse goes:

Laxiste, le monde laisse faire et se défile Pendant que tu tues des civils et les appelles terroristes On fait mine d'être concerné, mais dans le fond on s'en fout Regarder sans être outré tant que ça n'arrive pas à nous

Or, in English:

The world, lax, lets it happen and defiles itself While you kill civilians and call them terrorists We pretend to be concerned, but at heart we don't give a damn Looking without being outraged as long as it isn't happening to us

The song concludes with the note: "Si à tes yeux on prend position, comprend bien / Qu'on parle pas en tant que musulman rien qu'en tant qu'être humain." ("If in your eyes we take sides, you should understand / That we don't speak as Muslims, only as human beings".)

Sniper have been attacked for inciting hatred towards Jews in the song by the then French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy.

External links

* [http://membres.lycos.fr/palisades/sniper/graver/jeteurdepierres.htm Complete lyrics to "Jeteur de pierres"] from "Palissades"