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June 6, 2010 | 4:36 pm
Israel gov’t press office apologizes for flotilla parody e-mail
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Israel’s press office has apologized for circulating a link to “We Con the World,” a flotilla parody video produced by Caroline Glick’s Latma, set to the 1985 charity tune “We Are the World.”
From The Guardian:
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.
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This parody was really a stinging fun. But its sound, reasonable down-to-earth logic is very haunting; challenging every mind of a realistic critically thinking individual. Personally it was so far the best down-to-earth way for defending Israel actions, no diplomatic, academic, legal, nor liberal expert can ever rebutt.
It could hardly believe it! As for me it is miraculous! One funny comical show can silence, like a hammer, all the ferocious malice spread by Israel enemies throughout the world.
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