Two Israeli rappers have called for the murder of three Muslim celebrities – singer Dua Lipa, model Bella Hadid and ex-pornstar Mia Khalifa – in a controversial rap song that has become their county’s unofficial war anthem.
The rappers, Ness and Stilla, released their drill song Harbu Darbu three months ago and it has since gone on to be watched 18m times on YouTube.
In the song, the musicians threaten the three celebrities, who have all expressed anti-war sentiments, claiming that the IDF will ‘rain a storm down on them’.
Ness and Stilla dance their way through the music video, making gun signs to the backdrop of the desert.
The song is in Hebrew but when translated into English, it is clear right from the get-go that it is going to be aggressive. The title, Harbu Darbu means mayhem.
The rappers, Ness and Stilla, released their drill song Harbu Darbu (pictured) three months ago and it has since gone on to be watched 18m times on YouTube
In the song, Ness (left) and Stilla (right) threaten the three celebrities, who have all expressed anti-war sentiments, claiming that the IDF will ‘rain a storm down on them’.
The first two lines are: ‘A bunch of f***** rats getting out of the tunnel.
‘Acting like thugs you idiots I swear there will be no forgiveness.’
To the backing track of a drill beat, it goes on to talk about how the IDF are ‘in the mood for Harbu Darbu on your head’.
Ness and Stilla go on to mock Hamas, claiming that when they chant ‘Palestine for free’ it sounds like a ‘holiday sale’.
The last verse begins by saying ‘we will rain a storm down on you, you f****** and repeats the line: “Every dog gets what he deserves in the end”.’
The rappers then list all the people on their list – or, as they claim, the IDF’s list.
In the song, this begins with Hamas and Hezbollah chiefs, but then they turn their attention to the three celebrities.
‘Every dog gets what he deserves in the end.
‘Bella Hadid, Dua Lipa, Mia Khalifa.
‘Every dog gets what he deserves in the end.
‘All IDF units are coming to do Harbu Darbu on their head.’
The reason Dua Lipa is on the rappers’ ‘kill list’ is because of her calls for a ceasefire in the on-going war in Gaza between the IDF and Hamas on social media.
The reason Dua Lipa (pictured on February 4) is on the rappers’ ‘kill list’ is because of her calls for a ceasefire in the on-going war in Gaza between the IDF and Hamas on social media
Bella Hadid, who is Palestinian on her father’s side, also tweeted her way onto the rappers’ list
In a post that has now been removed, the Albanian-British singer wrote: ‘With each passing day, my heart aches for the people of Israel and Palestine.
‘Grief for the lives lost in the horrifying attacks in Israel.
‘Grief as I witness the unprecedented suffering in Gaza, where 2.2 million souls, half of them children, endure unimaginable hardships.
‘For now, I desperately hope for a ceasefire in Gaza and urge governments to halt the unfolding crisis.
‘Our hope lies in finding the empathy to recognize this dire humanitarian situation.
‘Sending love to Palestinian and Jewish communities worldwide, who bear this burden more heavily than most.’
Bella Hadid, who is Palestinian on her father’s side, also tweeted her way onto the rappers’ list.
One of her tweets read: ‘While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them include the harm of a Jewish person.
Mia Khalifa, who is Lebanese, has courted more controversy with her views on the conflict. In fact, she even praised the Hamas terrorist’s immediately after the October 7 Israel massacre
‘The terrorising of innocent people is not in alignment with and does not do any good for the ‘Free Palestine’ movement. The idea that it does has fueled a painful, decades-long cycle of back and forth retaliation.
‘No innocent civilian, Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to be a casualty.’
Mia Khalifa, who is Lebanese, has courted more controversy than the others with her views on the conflict. In fact, she even praised the Hamas terrorist’s immediately after the October 7 Israel massacre.
Her tweet referenced the recording of the attack and read: ‘Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal.’
She later apologised for her comments.
Reacting to the song in December, Khalifa wrote on X (formerly Twitter): ‘Y’all that song calling for the IDF to kill me, Bella, and Dua is over a DRILL beat, they can’t even call for genocide in their own culture, they had to colonize something to get it to #1.’
But Harbu Darbu has been welcomed with open arms by IDF troops with videos on YouTube and TikTok of soldiers driving tanks to the rallying tune.
Harbu Darbu has been welcomed with open arms by IDF troops (seen operating on Wednesday) with videos on YouTube and TikTok of soldiers driving tanks to the rallying tune
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Israeli music promotor Hillel Wachs spoke to the country’s newspaper The Jerusulam Post and said: ‘There is a long tradition of some iconic song that comes out of a war, that becomes the song that is identified with that war.’
He went on to tell the paper that Harbu Darbu could be that song.
Ness and Stilla say that it is time to replace sorrow with anger.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict.