Oh, Sleepers Hush Yael Lyrics Meaning

by Amanda London Published December 12, 2020 Updated December 12, 2020 On Hush Yael, the writer narrates the murder of an Israeli family by a 16-year-old Samir Kuntar. The song is written from the perspective of the surviving member of the Haran family, Samdar. It details how Samir invaded their home and killed

On “Hush Yael”, the writer narrates the murder of an Israeli family by a 16-year-old Samir Kuntar. The song is written from the perspective of the surviving member of the Haran family, Samdar. It details how Samir invaded their home and killed her husband and daughter.

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The titular Hush Yael is a reference to the accidental killing of two-year-old Yael, who was unintentionally suffocated by Smadar in an attempt to keep them safe from Samir. As the writer mentions in the first verse, on April 22nd, 1979, Samir murdered Danny Haran, the father of Yael by shooting him in close range and drowning him. Thereafter he killed her older sister Einat by crushing her head against the beach rocks with his rifle’s butt. The rest of the song captures a call for revenge over the deaths of Samir’s victims and a plea to make him go through a slow painful death.

This track, released on September 6, 2011 was composed by the following:

  • Zac Mayfield
  • James Erwin
  • Micah Kinard
  • Shane Blay
  • Nate Grady

It appears as the fourth track on Oh, Sleeper’s 2011 album, Children of Fire.

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The Murder of the Harans

In April 1979, Samir Kuntar led other three militants of the Palestine Liberation Front to Israel to attack residents of Nahariya, Israel. In the course of their attack, they entered into the house of the Harans. They then took Danny Haran and one of his daughters, Einat, hostage. Danny’s wife, Smadar, managed to go into hiding with their younger daughter, Yael. The militants, however, took their hostages to the beach in an attempt to take them back to their base. After a crossfire with personnel of the Israeli police, Kuntar shot Danny at the back. He then smashed the skull of Einat against a rock with the back of his gun. Yael later died after she was unintentionally suffocated by her mum while she was trying to prevent her from making noise.

Decades after that heinous crime, Samir Kuntar himself was assassinated. His assassination occurred in Damascus, Syria in December of 2015 via an airstrike. He was 53 years old when he met his demise.

His death came 4 years after the release of “Hush Yael”.

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