For the Homeland

For the Homeland is the national anthem of Beiteynu. It was written by members of the Beiteynu Resistance Committee following the Declaration of Re-Independence of the Fourth Jewish Homeland to be used as the official anthem. Depsite "The Hope" having been the national anthem for the three previous Jewish Homelands many felt that it had been soured by the dictatorial conditions that the Third Homeland had descended into and so a new one was needed.

A little known fact is that "For the Homeland" did not legally replace "The Hope" as the national anthem as, in a move designed to antagonise the Pontesian Catholics as well as Istalians that declared a "Holy Crusade against Jews", the government initially changed the anthem to a piece entitled "No Catholics allowed". However within a day this was switched to "For the Homeland".

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Our people strewn across the lands, With sharpened crosses and books of lies, By sinful minds and brutal hands, They smote with hatred in their eyes,

Our Jewish spirit beat so strong, Our children took to the streets with heart, Yet guns curtailed our Jewish Song, Their blades to rip our kin apart,

But now we see a brighter day, And glories from a clearer sky, We'll see our brethren and we shall say, The Lords day now is truly nigh,

For the Homeland! For the Homeland!

In all we do and all we love, We aim for one uniting goal, Never again shall the tyrants' gloves, Brandish our bodies, sheathe our soul,

For the Homeland! For the Homeland!

The Hope
As long as in the heart, within, A Jewish soul still yearns, And onward toward the East, An eye still watches toward Zion.

Our hope has not yet been lost, The two thousand year old hope, To be a free nation in our own homeland, The land of Zion and Birahteynu.

No Catholics Allowed
No Catholics allowed, 'Cos they like to rape kids, And they like to kill Jews.