Kobi Shimoni, left, and Yoav Eliasi, right, a.k.a. Subliminal and the Shadow, pose for the photographer in Tel Aviv Monday Dec. 1, 2003. 24-year-old Shimoni and his partner Eliasi's mix of hip-hop attitude and right-wing politics has become an anthem for young Israelis hungry for a secular Jewish identity and worn down by three years of harsh conflict with the Palestinians.
Their Hebrew-language gangsta rap rocks nightclubs, army bases and pizza parlors from the Golan Heights to the Red Sea resort of Eilat.