The Arabic and Hebrew music landscape has been shaken up dramatically by the Israel-Hamas war — first by shock, then silence, and now a burst of new songs. Israeli music critic Einav Schiff and ...

Long before a political consciousness became the hippest artist accessory in music, hip-hop understood the difference a message could make. Styling itself as a voice for the voiceless, it's risen out ...

Police bolstered their presence around a festival in Haifa as protesters attempted to disrupt an Arab rapper after the culture minister called for his invitation to be withdrawn. Two people were ...

TEL AVIV — Tamer Nafar, a 34-year-old rapper who has been described as the Chuck D of Palestinian hip-hop, was standing on a sidewalk dressed in a skin-tight black bodysuit and wearing a silky red wig ...

A controversial Arab-Israeli rapper who in the past called IDF soldiers terrorists and said he “understood” the motivations of suicide bombers will perform at a concert in Haifa during the Sukkot ...

Subtlety was never the strong-suit of helmer-activist Udi Aloni, although his agitprop works have a justifiable righteous anger that gets them touring fests. “Junction 48” is a classic example, ...

Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar was set to perform, as planned, on Tuesday evening at the opening of a community theatre festival in Haifa running in conjunction with the annual Haifa Film Festival.