Superficially, the Band’s Visit tells the story of an Egyptian army orchestra group invited to play in Israel by the Arabic Cultural Center of Petach Tikva. Due a language barrier, they mistakenly end up in Beit Hatikva, and the play progresses by showing the various relationships made over the day and night they spend there. On a deeper level, it is obvious that this play is apolitical to the point that it had to be done on purpose. While politics does not need to to be the main focus of the play, it would make sense for some comments to be made about a group of Egyptians arriving in Israel. The complete lack of politics suggests that this was an intentional choice made by the writers. Perhaps this was done to infuse the play with a message of hope–these were not just any relationships formed in Beit Hatikva, but hopeful, future, relationships. Perhaps, in a time of peace in the Middle East, this is what relationships between different countries would look like.