Check out this new commercial from the Israeli cellular provider Cellcom:
Noam Sheizaf translates the ending, "What do we all want? Some fun, that’s all." He then adds "And what’s more fun than not seeing the Palestinians around anymore, thanks to the 10 meters high wall?"
Here's how this encounter usually plays out in reality:
This video was taken yesterday in the West Bank village Nil'in, where in the past year over 70 men and boys have been taken and imprisoned by the Israeli military for protesting the Wall.
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Wow! That wall's responsible for a lot of good clean fun!
What a sickening example of the Israeli dissonance of themselves as fun-loving jokers instead of religious colonial zealots. Just to feel a bit better I imagined my own alternate ending: after the last kick over the football, loaded with TNT explodes wiping out the whole brigade of Zio-nazi's. On the other side you see Palestinians celebrating widely….
Wow.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED! Dear Friends, I wish I had more time to write — maybe I will be able later — but I wanted to send a brief update now, as I have internet capability here in Alexandria. Let me explain where we stand now. Most of the Convoy participants gathered n NYC on July 3, most flying out together on July 4 and 5, but with many others — including me — having made other arrangements to get to Cairo from various parts of the US, Europe and the Middle East. The group is very impressive — about 250 people all told — led by British MP George Galloway and some of his staffers, plus a variety of organizers from around the US — including a young Iranian-American woman named Fatima from Idaho(!) and many Palestinian-Americans. Perhaps 2/3 of the Group are youngish Palestinian-American youth, mostly from NY-NJ or California. It is touching and inspiring to listen to these youngsters, whose parents or grandparents suffered the Nakba/expulsions of 1948/1967 and who have raised money in the community for their participation. They are very Arab and very "American" too! You hear them talk in a hybrid Arab-US hiphop mode, like Shu hadda, Bro' ("What's this, Bro'?") Let's go Shabbab ("Guys"). . . Most are Muslims — as are the older Palestinian-Americans and they pray when they can along the way or when we have had a chance to visit mosques in Cairo or Alexandria ("Alex"). Among the group are some men, US citizens, in their 40's who have family in Gaza and are hoping to be able to see them — this is their only hope in the face of the Israeli blockade. Maher went to Gaza with his wife in the 1980's and returned a few years ago to his job in the US. He left his wife and three children — al US citizens — behind in Gaza and they have not been able to get out; Mohammad and Abdurrauf ("Ralph") both have siblings aged mothers in Gaza — Mohammad's is 90 years old — and none of them wrote or phoned ahead that they were coming in fear of disappointing their families if we don't succeed in getting into Gaza. (Of course you don't have to worry about relatives being "away" when you visit unannounced from far off because there is no place to go if you are trapped in Gaza!) We gathered in Cairo (Giza, actually) earlier last week, about 250 strong, arriving with all the medical supplies that had been donated or bought in the US — including wheelchairs, walkers, blankets and medicine — while teams were spread out to gather donations from Egyptians — there has been a lot of publicity here, despite a near blackout in the US. Surprisingly, one of the real shortages is paper, which the Israelis will not allow into Gaza, so as to make basic organization and administration more difficult. Fundraising in the US was tireless, mostly in the Arab community and through speaking events across the country by George Galloway. Over $1 million has been collected and successfully transferred to Egypt, where we are purchasing supplies and vehicles for transport — actually 4 ambulances (Fords and Toyotas) and 57 vehicles imported into Egypt from China (manufactured by a subsidiary of Mitsubishi) — 7 pickup trucks, 7 mini-buses and the rest cars, all of which will be left in Gaza, as transport is sorely lacking there. Because the vehicles are being picked up from the Alex port of entry and will be driven to our staging place at El Arish — we hope tomorrow (Sun.) — the group split up, with the drivers (me included) going to Alex to get the vehicles and the remainder staying in Cairo continuing to gather relief contributions. Everyone is planning to meet up in El Arish, where our vehicles will be loaded — and decorated with US and Palestinian flags and signs — for the short drive to Rafah and (Inshallah — We hope) to Gaza. People in Egypt have so far been very supporting of our effort, often which us well on the street (many of us where "VivaPalestina/US Convoy T-shirts). I will try to be in touch when I can. You may be able to follow our progress through http://www.vivapalestina-us.org Wish us luck! Peace / Salaam, Jaffr
Something about that Ni'lin video was particularly sickening to me… I can't describe it, other than to attribute it to the atmosphere created by the apparent routineness of the IDF's guile and brutality. How would the world look upon it if Hamas were discovered to have sent operatives into Israel, disguised as Orthodox Jews, not to conduct suicide bombings or aggressive operations, but merely to collect intelligence? I'd imagine the reaction would still be one of extreme disgust and contempt. The IDF's moral turpitude knows no bounds. As for the advertisement, it's so well-analyzed here by the original poster, Dimi, that I can't find anything else to say.
RE: Israeli cellular provider Cellcom SEE: "Secret clause lets Shin Bet get data from cell phone firms", By Yuval Yoaz, 09/25/07 (EXCERPT) The licenses that Israel gives to cell phone companies contain a secret codicil requiring them to give the Shin Bet security service information about conversations and messages that its customers transmit on their cell phones, according to the Movement for Freedom of Information in Israel (FOIM). However, the cellular companies – Pelephone, Cellcom, Partner and Mirs – as well as the Communications Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, which oversees the Shin Bet, all declined to confirm the existence of such a directive. If this addendum does exist, it would potentially impair the privacy rights of millions of cell phone customers in Israel without their knowledge. FOIM says that the security appendix "permits the security services to access citizens' communications data, including in real time, without judicial oversight or other supervision and without the citizens' knowledge." ENTIRE ARTICLE – http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/906489.html
I have already said every bad thing I can think of to say about Israel so I pass.
Where did you see mistreatment?
Adam, just when I think I have seen it all in the 30-odd years of observing and studying this conflict, this ad had me banging my keyboard with my head. Oh, Richard. (Bangs head on keyboard again.)
Thank G-d.
Is that supposed to be funny? At 2:32, the young Palestinian who is not resisting, and being successfully subdued by three armed officers/soldiers, is struck with a baton in the ankle — in the United States, anyway, law enforcement officers are not allowed to strike at joints. At 2:45, he's struck again in what looks to be the lower arm or wrist, ostensibly to force him to bring his arm behind his back to be ziptied — there's no need for a strike in that situation, as the young man wasn't resisting and undoubtedly would've responded to verbal commands; at the very least, the three officers, backed up by a platoon of soldiers, could have pulled his hand far enough back to ziptie it without hitting him with a baton. At 4:16, the undercover officers appear to be pulling the detained man by the neck and head rather than the arm; this isn't proper procedure for any element of the U.S. military, U.S. military police or civilian police, and if it is for the IDF, it speaks volumes about that entity's character and Israeli law. We can only speculate as to what other "mistreatment" occurred. I doubt these acute incidents I mentioned were the worst parts of their respective ordeals.
Just another example of why Zionism has to be defeated. These people in the West Bank are just trying to keep their village's land so they can educate their kids. Zionism can't tolerate any dissent. It must be too fragile. Another 2 kids to add to the 11000 already in Israel's gulags.
"for protesting the Wall." Protesting the fence, you mean. And they were cutting through the fence, violently destroying government property. In Arab lands, they would have been shot.
Ismail, lets use your logic: if police dog was to use your front lawn as a toilet, should you be arrested for removing the dog's turd, which is, strictly speaking, police property?
No a fence is not made of 10m high concrete Ismail. If the Berlin Wall is referred to as a wall, then Israel's version, which is much bigger must also be a wall. The Wall also cuts up to 8km into Palestinian territory, therefore it is illegal and the Palestinians have every right to do to it whatever they wish. "In Arab lands, they would have been shot" The West Bank is Arab land and yes, Palestinians are frequently shot, especially children, which is the IDF's favorite target.
Good catch. Speaking of that, in the blog I linked in my initial comment above, the author notes that the president and director general of Cellcom, Yaakov Peri, also used to be director of Shin Bet. Food for thought.
yeah nothing better than killing jews huh? you piece of shit
Did you guys notice how the Israeli soldiers wear ski masks? Are they so ashamed of themselves, or are they afraid of prosecution and retribution?
"We can only speculate as to what other mistreatment occurred". That is the problem, that the description is defined by what you imagine, rather than what you see and research. A picture worth a thousand words. I saw Palestinians destroying the fence, running into Israel, and Israeli soldiers securing it. If you hold that the fence is wrong, then all "resistance" against it is non-violent, just, appropriate. But, its not non-violent, not law-abiding, so you really can't expect individuals involved to be immune from arrest.
I didn't find the ad to be offensive. The ad made the front page in today's Haaretz. I have close friends that organize Israel-Palestinian soccer and ultimate frisbee tournaments and integrated pick-up games. I would hate to imagine that you would regard those efforts as racist because they are oriented to "fun"..
There was another much more benevolent element of the ad that the "anti-racists" ignored. That is that when the ball came over the fence, to the Israeli soldiers the ball could have been a bomb. Instead, noting that it was a soccer ball, they merely kicked it back, a statement of trust IN SPITE OF THE WALL, that that interaction was actually a statement of the absurdity of the wall.
Integrated frisbee games! My God, you are fucking bonkers! Every cynical or phoney act is fine as long as the community activist hat is on. Is this typical, or what?
That is the problem, that the description is defined by what you imagine, rather than what you see and research. If you read my description, you'd have noted I was careful to describe only what could clearly be seen from the video. My commentary in relation to U.S. military procedure comes from experience: I am a veteran of the U.S. Army, who served as a military policeman in a combat role in Iraq, and as a law enforcement officer on a high-crime Army post in the United States. I saw Palestinians destroying the fence, running into Israel, and Israeli soldiers securing it. A fence that was declared in contravention of international law by the International Court of Justice, this particular stretch of "fence" being ordered by the Israeli Supreme Court to be redrawn because it isn't erected on Israel's border. What you saw, technically, was Palestinians destroying the fence and running into Palestinian territory, then turning around and running back into Palestinian territory. The Israeli soldiers exited from their vehicle on Palestinian territory and ran through the breach further into Palestinian territory. At no point did any Palestinians cross onto Israeli land.
Some of the voices in the background shouting "Free Palestine" didn't appear to be Arab accented. Were these people community activist types gone abroad, or were they the Israeli plants? Either way, the chant is "Free Palestine," not "Free the Occupied Territories." I despise Israel and the Jewish influence in America that makes Israel a U.S. concern, whether the influence is Zionist or anti-Zionist. But I'm not surprised at the violence. What is happening in Palestine is a war. Why should anyone be surprised at violence? What I find disgusting is the "activists" who show up for the demonstrations, and provoke the situation knowing full well that they will probably not get the full Palestinian treatment. Does the game ever change? The first video was no surprise. Israeli culture is very warped. I would be very interested to know what, if any, links exist between Israelis and their conterparts in the U.S. entertainment and advertising industries.
yes but: the perversity, the warp, the self (israel)-deception of this ad cannot be compared to other integration (fun) efforts. this ad makes my stomach turn. having been at the wall a couple of times, it is a grim and dehumanizing thing, no FUN can be connected to it except by delusion or perversity.
Why don't you ask Stevieb. He seems to be content with the Palestinians throwing over a ball packed with TNT to kill a few "Zio-nazis"
You may be feeling the total lack of romantic epic or grandeur as compared, say to Leni Reifeinstahl's movies. The Ni'lin video is so low it doesn't even compare to a video ad of any US basketball team's owners. The fact that the I-P situation is not a ball game makes it even lower. I know nothing to compare this video clip to except Israel's trashy video clip of Israel-India dancing harmony–which unintentionally looks like a Borak clip. If Cohen was a goy, he'd be right on this. Any goy got the economic privilege to mock this? NO. Wake up goys!
Shrub tried his best to so the same. Obama isn't doing much about that legacy. He seems more wanting to submerge the information or at the very least forgive all the internet service companies in cahoots with the US regime. Well, we do our best to copy the Israeli government in every way, preemptive war, to torture, to spying on our own citizens. Hey, Hey JewASA!"
Thank D-g.
A pic is worth a thousand words–the American Jew Dr. Goldstein shot all those praying muslims in their temple. Witty, would you like to see that pic? No pic available? Oh jeez, Witty, got a pic of the actual gassing of Jews in any concentration camp?
Sure. Recall the classical music played by Jews in the SS camps.
educate there kids, ha ha ha, w/ what Seafoid, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
This disturbing video reveals the IDF's tactics to demoralize and disrupt Palestinian/Jewish non-violent demonstrations against the separation barrier. I just took another look for this video and the clip has been removed (Sunday 3 pm CST).
The bucket list is heavy, You do not even need it for to say which way the Dylan winds blows.
The Israelis are environmental contaminants. They are a form of pollution, a potent septage. They need to be buried in a toxic waste dump.
thanks so much for sharing this! I did some fundraising for VP in San Francisco and wish I could be with you!
ROFL. I love how throwing fist sized, jagged pieces of concrete at cars being driven and people is "a non-violent demonstration". In the U.S. we have had people in cars killed when a "non-violent demonstration" dropped a rock on their car from an overpass. I suppose by Palestinian standards, anything that doesn't involve guns and bombs is "non-violent".
"I love how throwing fist sized, jagged pieces of concrete at cars being driven and people is "a non-violent demonstration". Are you referring to the Israeli settlers who do that?
Nothing better than killing Nazis? Nope…
The film that I saw included rational and not abusive treatment of those destroying property. The political argument carries no weight on the ground for the IDF responsible to secure the fence. If shown widely, it would show hooligans gleefully cutting the fence for no prospective future political follow-up. Maybe they should continue it, with the small note that fence is an intrusion, and eventually that will be considered. But, as cause celebre, there is as much distrust engendered by the wirecutting as there is sympathy for the political isolation. For example, there was NO comment that the both sides of the fence are considered Palestinians' property. If that were stated (and accurate), then the absurdity the fence might make a different impression.
If your agenda is to humanize the other, friendly CONTACT is what accomplishes that. Its not a paliative, and your logic leads to the worsening of Palestinian civilians condition as poster-children for BDS, that has a REMOTE chance of success. Don't ridicule good and sincere efforts. You sound cynical, and then MAKE cynical isolation the functional goal of dissent.
Do you believe that a Zionist activist with a frisbee could convince Palestinians to accept their fate?
The commercial is like Paul McCartney clip Pipes Of Peace sans the humanity of the other side. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ErrZ-ipoE It is hypocrite at best.
as someone who speaks hebrew and english-I that never actually happened or was there…what a fucking joke!
you are a pretty nasty racist. I hope you get smitten with Hezbollah's rocket, you fuck….
smitten?
The truth well told? McCann Erickson and the Cellcom commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgIlvYSEQPA
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