Yesterday Adam Horowitz landed on the repulsive Wall ad for an Israeli cell phone company–produced by McCann Erickson, a NY ad company– and cited Noam Sheizaf. Today the Washington Post got to the story. And great that they did– "Israel phone firm's West Bank wall gag fails to amuse," was the headline–and in the story Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Alastair Macdonald seem to land on the "hated symbol" aspect of the wall. They also quoted Sheizaf. But couldn't they have quoted some Palestinians?
Since the ad went out last week — as Palestinians marked the fifth
anniversary of a World Court ruling that Israel's walls and fences in
the West Bank were illegal — some Israelis have taken to blogs and
social networking sites to voice dismay.
"Aside from being a great contender for the 'creepiest ads of all
time', this one-minute ad says a lot about how mainstream Israel likes
to see itself and the Palestinians," journalist Dimi Reider wrote in a
blog which concluded most of his fellow Israelis did not understand
Palestinians' rage at the barrier.
Post said that few Palestinians watch those TV stations. Yeah but Horowitz doesn't either, and he was disgusted by the thing…
