IDF plays soccer with 'Palestinians,' moonbats object
An ad by Cellcom, one of Israel's four cellular phone companies, featuring IDF soldiers playing soccer with 'Palestinians' over Israel's 'security fence' has infuriated Israel's leftist moonbats (sorry, Hebrew only, but an article follows).Let's go to the videotape.
But there's a Facebook group that's trying to get Cellcom to pull the ad.
The commercial, produced by the Israeli branch of international advertising powerhouse McCann Erickson, shows IDF soldiers on patrol along the separation fence who stop their jeep when it is hit by a soccer ball from the Palestinian side of the fence.And the fact that the Israeli soldiers alongside the wall yearn for peace and just want to have fun? Hey - we can't depict IDF soldiers that way. It would ruin their image in much of the world.
The ball soon bounces back to the Israeli side, at which point the soldiers decide to hold an impromptu game with the Palestinians, cheered on by female soldiers.
The voiceover accompanying the advert says: "After all, what are we all after? Just a little fun."
The Facebook group, called "I too got nauseous watching the new Cellcom ad," severely criticized McCann Eriksson's use of the separation fence in its advert.
"We could go into the media messages spouting racism any which way, but if you have come here than you too think they're uncalled for," reads the introduction to the Facebook group. "The McCann Erickson copywriter displayed an unbelievable propensity for bad taste."
The group also centered on what they feel is offensive in the new commercial, pointing out the fact that the supposedly "good" soldiers fear the possibility that the "monster living on the other side of the wall could steal the ball - but when the ball returns to Israeli hands, we discover that that monster isn't fierce at all, and actually feels like playing with the soldiers - oh joy!"
"Good enough reason to set up a beach party under the wall, complete with sexy female soldiers and musical instruments."
The group ends by demanding the immediate removal of the commercial.
The problem is that the image is wrong. The commercial is the reality.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:26 PM
2 Comments:
"The problem is that the image is wrong. The commercial is the reality."
That's the truth.
Exactly. The Palestinians need the fence to justify their aversion from Israel. It was only 20 years ago the Palestinians would appear with the Israelis on "Nightline" only if a symbolic wall was constructed between the two peoples.
It exists to this day and that's the truth.
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