How low can the Jewish Israeli's go?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/06/israel-youtube-gaza-flotilla
Israel forced to apologise for YouTube spoof of Gaza flotilla
Israeli government press office distributed video link featuring Arabs and
activists singing
Rachel Shabi in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk <http://guardian.co.uk/> , Sunday 6 June 2010 22.44
BST
The Israeli government has been forced to apologise for circulating a spoof
video mocking activists aboard the Gaza flotilla, nine of who were shot dead
by Israeli forces last week.
The YouTube clip, set to the tune of the 1985 charity single We Are the
World, features Israelis dressed as Arabs and activists, waving weapons
while singing: "We con the world, we con the people. We'll make them all
believe the IDF (Israel Defence Force) is Jack the Ripper."
It continues: "There's no people dying, so the best that we can do is create
the biggest bluff of all."
The Israeli government press office distributed the video link to foreign
journalists at the weekend, but within hours emailed them an apology, saying
it had been an error. Press office director Danny Seaman said the video did
not reflect official state opinion, but in his personal capacity he thought
it was "fantastic".
Government spokesman Mark Regev said the video reflected how Israelis felt
about the incident. "I called my kids in to watch it because I thought it
was funny," he said. "It is what Israelis feel. But the government has
nothing to do with it."
The clip features a group led by the Jerusalem Post's deputy managing editor
Caroline Glick, wearing keffiyehs and calling themselves the Flotilla Choir.
The footage is interspersed with clips from the recent Israeli raid on the
Gaza-bound aid ship, the Mavi Marmara.
The clip has been praised in Israel, where the mass-circulation daily Yediot
Aharonot said the singers "defended Israel better than any of the experts".
But Didi Remez, an Israeli who runs the liberal-left news analysis blog
Coteret, said the clip was "repulsive" and reflected how out of touch
Israeli opinion was with the rest of the world. "It shows a complete lack of
understanding of how the incident is being perceived abroad," she said.
Award-winning Israeli journalist Meron Rapoport said the clip demonstrated
prejudice against Muslims. "It's roughly done, not very sophisticated,
anti-Muslim – and childish for the government to be behind such a clip," he
said.
A similar press office email was sent to foreign journalists two weeks ago,
recommending a gourmet restaurant and Olympic-sized swimming pool in Gaza to
highlight Israel's claim there is no humanitarian crisis there. Journalists
who complained the email was in poor taste were told they had "no sense of
humour".
Last week, the Israel Defence Force had to issue a retraction over an audio
clip it had claimed was a conversation between Israeli naval officials and
people on the Mavi Marmara, in which an activist told soldiers to "go back
to Auschwitz". The clip was carried by Israeli and international press, but
today the army released a "clarification/correction", explaining that it had
edited the footage and that it was not clear who had made the comment.
The Israeli army also backed down last week from an earlier claim that
soldiers were attacked by al-Qaida "mercenaries" aboard the Gaza flotilla.
An article appearing on the IDF spokesperson's website with the headline:
"Attackers of the IDF soldiers found to be al-Qaida mercenaries", was later
changed to "Attackers of the IDF Soldiers found without identification
papers," with the information about al-Qaida removed from the main article.
An army spokesperson told the Guardian there was no evidence proving such a
link to the terror organisation.
While the debate over accounts of the flotilla raid continues, Israel is
facing more boycotting. In the past week, three international acts,
including the US rock band the Pixies, have cancelled concerts in Tel Aviv.
Best-settling authors Alice Walker and Iain Banks have backed the boycott
campaign, with Banks announcing his books won't be translated into Hebrew.
Dockworker unions in Sweden and South Africa have refused to handle Israeli
ships, while the UK's Unite union just passed a motion to boycott Israeli
companies.
guardian.co.uk <http://guardian.co.uk/> © Guardian News and Media
Limited 2010
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Israel forced to apologise for YouTube spoof of Gaza flotilla
Israeli government press office distributed video link featuring Arabs and
activists singing
Rachel Shabi in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk <http://guardian.co.uk/> , Sunday 6 June 2010 22.44
BST
The Israeli government has been forced to apologise for circulating a spoof
video mocking activists aboard the Gaza flotilla, nine of who were shot dead
by Israeli forces last week.
The YouTube clip, set to the tune of the 1985 charity single We Are the
World, features Israelis dressed as Arabs and activists, waving weapons
while singing: "We con the world, we con the people. We'll make them all
believe the IDF (Israel Defence Force) is Jack the Ripper."
It continues: "There's no people dying, so the best that we can do is create
the biggest bluff of all."
The Israeli government press office distributed the video link to foreign
journalists at the weekend, but within hours emailed them an apology, saying
it had been an error. Press office director Danny Seaman said the video did
not reflect official state opinion, but in his personal capacity he thought
it was "fantastic".
Government spokesman Mark Regev said the video reflected how Israelis felt
about the incident. "I called my kids in to watch it because I thought it
was funny," he said. "It is what Israelis feel. But the government has
nothing to do with it."
The clip features a group led by the Jerusalem Post's deputy managing editor
Caroline Glick, wearing keffiyehs and calling themselves the Flotilla Choir.
The footage is interspersed with clips from the recent Israeli raid on the
Gaza-bound aid ship, the Mavi Marmara.
The clip has been praised in Israel, where the mass-circulation daily Yediot
Aharonot said the singers "defended Israel better than any of the experts".
But Didi Remez, an Israeli who runs the liberal-left news analysis blog
Coteret, said the clip was "repulsive" and reflected how out of touch
Israeli opinion was with the rest of the world. "It shows a complete lack of
understanding of how the incident is being perceived abroad," she said.
Award-winning Israeli journalist Meron Rapoport said the clip demonstrated
prejudice against Muslims. "It's roughly done, not very sophisticated,
anti-Muslim – and childish for the government to be behind such a clip," he
said.
A similar press office email was sent to foreign journalists two weeks ago,
recommending a gourmet restaurant and Olympic-sized swimming pool in Gaza to
highlight Israel's claim there is no humanitarian crisis there. Journalists
who complained the email was in poor taste were told they had "no sense of
humour".
Last week, the Israel Defence Force had to issue a retraction over an audio
clip it had claimed was a conversation between Israeli naval officials and
people on the Mavi Marmara, in which an activist told soldiers to "go back
to Auschwitz". The clip was carried by Israeli and international press, but
today the army released a "clarification/correction", explaining that it had
edited the footage and that it was not clear who had made the comment.
The Israeli army also backed down last week from an earlier claim that
soldiers were attacked by al-Qaida "mercenaries" aboard the Gaza flotilla.
An article appearing on the IDF spokesperson's website with the headline:
"Attackers of the IDF soldiers found to be al-Qaida mercenaries", was later
changed to "Attackers of the IDF Soldiers found without identification
papers," with the information about al-Qaida removed from the main article.
An army spokesperson told the Guardian there was no evidence proving such a
link to the terror organisation.
While the debate over accounts of the flotilla raid continues, Israel is
facing more boycotting. In the past week, three international acts,
including the US rock band the Pixies, have cancelled concerts in Tel Aviv.
Best-settling authors Alice Walker and Iain Banks have backed the boycott
campaign, with Banks announcing his books won't be translated into Hebrew.
Dockworker unions in Sweden and South Africa have refused to handle Israeli
ships, while the UK's Unite union just passed a motion to boycott Israeli
companies.
guardian.co.uk <http://guardian.co.uk/> © Guardian News and Media
Limited 2010
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5 opmerkingen:
Is dit oorlogspraat of gemeende bezorgdheid?
"Wat als een tragische confrontatie begon, neemt onverwachte proporties aan met grote strategische gevolgen voor de regio", zei Amos Gilad, een topman van Defensie op de radio van het Israëlische leger. "Stel u voor dat landen die vroeger bondgenoten waren, nu letterlijk tegenover elkaar staan: daar zitten we nu dicht bij."
http://www.hbvl.be/nieuws/buitenland/aid943634/een-hete-zomer-voor-de-kust-van-israel.aspx
The clip features a group led by the Jerusalem Post's deputy managing editor
Caroline Glick
Hierbij vergeleken is de NRC een krant met topjournalisten,Stan
The paper features a group led by a connection of the Russian Mafia.
anzi
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0607/white-house-correspondent-apologizes-israel-remarks/
"Veteran reporter Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House since the John F. Kennedy administration, is retiring immediately following her controversial statements about Israel, Hearst Newspapers reports," USA Today reports
Tja, als iemand als Lieberman roept dat er een atoombom op Gaza gegooid moet worden, of dat alle Arabische-Israëlische parlementsleden geëxecuteerd, en alle Palestijnse gevangenen in de Dode Zee verdronken moeten worden (en hij persoonlijk het transport daarvoor zal regelen), dan zwijgt de wereld. Verhagen noemde Lieberman, na zijn eerste ontmoeting met de extremist: “een bedachtzaam spreker”.
Nee, lekker spugen op een 89-jarige, moedig hoor.
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