The Haitian-French descent, American-born singer-songwriter Naika co-wrote the song with Kirel before the war began when Kirel was recording her latest album in the US.
Shemer, who died in 2004 at the age of 73, wrote some of the most enduringly popular songs of the Great Israeli Songbook, such as “Haderech Aruka Vehee Rabba” (The Long Road).
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