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On January 18, 2019, a Gazan comedian Ali Nassman uploaded a satirical music video to his YouTube channel. The song shows Nassman and other young men dressed in humorous costumes and singing: "Hurry up, oh Qatar, where are your dollars and diesel?... The people are besieged and in danger. Where are you?... Send us [your envoy] Al-Emadi!... Hurry up, the people are about to explode… The air is hot and it is leading to a big explosion. The solution is [burning] tires and flying [incendiary] balloons." The video also shows a man dressed in a Qatari headdress responding by saying: "Leave me alone," "We want calm," "Don't you have anyone else to turn to?" and "I'm on my way." According to January 24 media reports, Nassman was arrested for interrogation and later released. Nassman is critical of what he perceives as efforts by Qatar and Hamas to reduce tensions with Israel.
Singer: Oh Qatar!
Gazan Man: C’mon, send it over!
Singer: Oh Qatar:
Gazan Man: C’mon, send your dollars, man!
Gazans: Hurry up, oh Qatar, where are your dollars and diesel?
Man in Qatari Headdress: Leave me alone!
Gazans: No, no, oh Qatar, the people are besieged and in danger! Where are you?
Man in Qatari Headdress: We want calm!
Gazans: Hurry up, oh Qatar, where are your dollars and diesel?
Man in Qatari Headdress: Don’t you have anyone else to turn to?
Gazans: No, no, oh Qatar, the people are besieged and in danger! Where are you?
Man in Qatari Headdress: Here I am, filling it up [with diesel]!
Singer: Our power station is really screwed up, oh Qatar! Pump some diesel here, it is very expensive! Oh Qatar, send [your envoy] Al-Emadi.
Gazans: Send us Al-Emadi!
Singer: It’s enough if you send some diesel and dollars to make us calm down, oh Qatar. C’mon Qatar, hurry up, the people are about to explode.
Man in Qatari Headdress: I’m on my way!
Singer: Where are you, oh Qatar? The calm is about to explode. C’mon Qatar!
Man in Qatari Headdress: Just sign with your fingerprint!
Singer: The air is hot and it is leading to a big explosion. The solution is [burning] tires and flying [incendiary] balloons. The air is hot and it is leading to a big explosion. The solution is [burning] tires and flying [incendiary] balloons. Oh Qatar, give us…
Gazans: …give us our dollars!
Singer: Send us Al-Emadi…
Gazans: …So we can sign with our fingerprints!
Singer: It’s enough if you send some diesel and dollars to make us calm down, oh Qatar.
Gazans: Hurry up, oh Qatar, where are your dollars and diesel?
Man in Qatari Headdress: I’m on my way!
Gazans: No, no, oh Qatar, the people are besieged and in danger! Where are you?
Man in Qatari Headdress: I have the dollars and the diesel.
Ali Nassman: Do you want calm? Give us dollars and lift the siege, brother!
Singer: Oh Qatar, give us…
Gazans: …give us our dollars!
Singer: Send us Al-Emadi…
Gazans: …So we can sign with our fingerprints!
Singer: It’s enough if you send some diesel and dollars to make us calm down, oh Qatar.
Man in Qatari Headdress: We want calm!
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