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<font size=4><b>Israel thumbs nose at world anger<br><br>
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</a>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:11:21 GMT<br><br>
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The Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound convoy drew instant condemnation
across the world.<br>
Israel has triggered a new tide of global outrage after it started
circulating a video that pokes fun at the Freedom Flotilla activists,
recently attacked by armed Israeli commandos. <br><br>
While world countries and international organizations are up in arms over
a deadly Israeli attack on a ship carrying aid for Gazans, Tel Aviv
continues to refuse to show any remorse for its violent actions.
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In a move that further added insult to injury, the Israeli Press Office
(GPO) distributed a link to a highly offensive musical video, dubbed
"We Con the World", which was put together by a former member
of the Israeli military, Caroline Glick. <br><br>
Set to the tune of the 1985 hit, "We are the World", the video
shows over a dozen Arab lookalikes sporting traditional clothes and
singing satirical verses, such as "There's no people dying, so the
best that we can do is create the biggest bluff of all." <br><br>
The move raised a storm of protest across the globe, which was instantly
shrugged off by Glick, who described the video as "an important
Israeli contribution to the discussion of recent events." <br><br>
Glick, who now serves as a columnist for an Israeli daily, said she hoped
the video would be distributed "far and wide." <br><br>
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev, unabashed by the tidal wave of
world condemnation, also brushed aside criticism over the video link,
saying he actually thought it was "funny." <br><br>
"I called my kids in to watch it because I thought it was
funny," he said, adding that he first noticed the video on the
<i>New York Times</i> website. <br><br>
"It is what Israelis feel … The GPO distributes non-government
items, things that we think that show our side of the story," Regev
said. <br><br>
The new move by Israel comes as twenty-eight children lost their fathers
as a result of the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy.
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Nine people died on May 31 when Israeli soldiers opened fire on the
Turkish vessel M.V. Mavi Marmara as it attempted to transport
humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip. <br><br>
SBB/CS/MMA<br><br>
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