The Hilltop Youth


You know it’s not easy for us to be heard

The media hardly allows us a word

And he who dares say the media is wrong,

is ground into bits by their teeth and their tongue.

They have a system that is oiled to perfection

One schemes, one directs, then they pen a confession

And he who dares question their machinations

Will find out that his past needs “investigations.”

Still we try to explain a thing or two,

In the hope that you’ll realize it all rings true–

No I don’t mind repeating our story to you,

I’m in prison for months, there’s nothing to do.

If you’ve listened to all the distortions of truth,

Then you shudder at hearing the words, “Hilltop youth”

Someday we will tell you about the machine,

That processes facts and decides what they mean.



The hilltop youth–you won’t hear in the news

Have hearts filled with love for their fellow Jews

And when they noticed the emperor’s clothes were awry,

They couldn’t, like others, just let him pass by.

In their young minds, many questions arose,

When they saw that the emperor lacked more than his clothes.

True, they had no proper contacts, methods and means

But were willing to try–after all they are teens.

The truth they were missing, that is what they sought,

To fill the lacunae in what they’d been taught

To them, life was simple, they needed no frills


Down below was erudition, with all degrees listed

Could that be the reason so much had been twisted?

Only when young can this search be undertaken

We could step back from the crowd and try to awaken.

Families murdered on roads, in our land? We asked why

We know it’s preventable if you really try

Perhaps someone up there has a head that is hollow


And when no one could give us a good explanation

It deepened the fear for the state of our nation

And led us to feeling of isolation

If matters so crucial are covered in plaster,

It’s no wonder foundations crack all the faster.

Then many fine youth came to join and do good

Feel the pain of the nation–as all of us should

The establishment shunned them and on them heaped blame

And everyone else joined to rush in the game.

The youth on the hilltops were stunned by this ploy

Why the unleashed aggression, the need to destroy?

How could adults abrogate their own rules

And behave toward their children in ways that were cruel?

At first they had gazed on the children in wonder

But when truth posed a threat, they tore them asunder

For they know by themselves what we know very well

That power and honor is what makes their hearts swell.

We must have stumbled on some great mystery

Maybe someone is trying to rewrite history

Otherwise there is no way to fathom

What led them down to this moral chasm.

How turn evil into good and good into evil?

They gathered against us as if we’re the devil

Why create a new story every few days?

When we’d watch the news, we’d be simply amazed.

True, we do dream of ending our people’s disgrace

Hoping one day to see the Temple in its rightful place

We believe that all of Israel is our eternal possession

And want our leaders to say no to secession.

This is what Jews prayed for throughout the years

Through gas and fire and blood and tears.

So why do they treat us as if we’re deranged?

What Jewish aspiration has changed?

Why did they arrest us with such needless violence?

And leave us to vanquish in cells of silence?

Police made a mockery of the law

And when they caused us pain, broad smiles we saw.

Why does terror continue despite Tzahal forces

While the world keeps silent and its media endorses?

Our leaders with stopping the terror just toy

But command the army, “Hilltop settlements destroy!”

The police did not emerge out of the blue

With every new government, it’s resurrected anew

Once again the British White Paper comes to pass

As each new government hopes that their power will last.

If someone notices that the emperor is sans his attire

He becomes a threat to be extinguished like fire

All the media join to burn the witch at the stake

With all of the threats and wild claims they can make.

You may feel that I am too rash in penning these words

But what we have here is a theater of the absurd.

Just one last question allow me to bring:

If my being free is the threatening thing

Maybe something very fundamental is the matter


Alright, enough, I will silence my breath

Lest jailers administratively detain this bad poet to death.

4 thoughts on “The Hilltop Youth

  1. my dear Meir your words are right and true.
    I am sad for you and all the men and women who are suffering because the wickers and evildoers. traitors to our people, Hashem´s people.

    I hope Hashem bless you a lot, and curse our enemies, too.
    I´ll pray for you and your friends and Hashem free you at soon as possible.
    my best wishes.


  2. Hi. I think there should be more use for this blog…lots of hilltop youth out there and many still in detention. Let’s fight for them together with our blogs!

    And, I’m sure we’ll hear more about Meir in the future as well.


    1. You are a shaliach m’Shamayim! Every day new arrows pierce into our heart, it is easy to get overwhelmed and distracted. But, focus is key. Toda raba for the reminder.


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