Sfatayim (, , "lips") was a

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Sderot Sderot (, , ; , sometimes Romanized as "Sederot") is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel. In , it had a population of . Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza St ...

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. The band is considered to have consolidated an Israeli Moroccan style, blending the music of the mostly Moroccan immigrants of Sderot with international rock. The lead singer was

Haïm Ulliel Haim Uliel (; born 22 December 1956) is an Israeli singer and musician. Uliel is part of a movement that blends traditional Moroccan music with contemporary rock. Uliel was born in Sderot and was the leader of the band Sfatayim. Ulliel is regar ...

. Keyboardist Yaakov Uzan started a band called HaHotzaa LaPoal (The Executioner) in 1988. In 1990, he renamed the group to Teapacks and himself to Kobi Oz. In 2016, he wrote the song ''Avodot kapayim'' about his time in Sfatayim, which also became the title track of the Teapacks album released that year.

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