Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 01:09 AM Jun 2015

'South Park'-style video mocking Gaza war coverage angers foreign journalists in Israel

Source: Haaretz

Board of Foreign Press Association says 'surprised and alarmed' by Foreign Ministry's video: 'Posting misleading and poorly conceived videos on YouTube is inappropriate, unhelpful and undermines the ministry.'

An animated video clip mocking the coverage of last summer’s conflict in Gaza released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry has raised the ire of the foreign press corps in the country.

A statement released by the board of the Foreign Press Association said that it was “surprised and alarmed by the Israeli Foreign Ministry's decision to produce a cartoon mocking the foreign media's coverage of last year's war in Gaza.”

It continued: “At a time when Israel has serious issues to deal with in Iran and Syria, it is disconcerting that the ministry would spend its time producing a 50-second video that attempts to ridicule journalists reporting on a conflict in which 2,100 Palestinians and 72 Israelis were killed. Israel's diplomatic corps wants to be taken seriously in the world. Posting misleading and poorly conceived videos on YouTube is inappropriate, unhelpful and undermines the ministry, which says it respects the foreign press and its freedom to work in Gaza.”

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'South Park'-style video mocking Gaza war coverage angers foreign journalists in Israel (Original Post) Little Tich Jun 2015 OP

There's already 2 topics on this. grossproffit Jun 2015 #1

The other two are superfluous. n/t Little Tich Jun 2015 #2

They're their own worst enemies in many respects...this is disgraceful. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #3

I think the OP correctly describes the reaction of most people to the clip. Little Tich Jun 2015 #4

Agreed oberliner Jun 2015 #5

That's certainly a valid point. Little Tich Jun 2015 #6

The Palestinian side has PR people who are good at framing oberliner Jun 2015 #7

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)

1. There's already 2 topics on this.

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:17 AM

Jun 2015

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134106566

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134106566

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

2. The other two are superfluous. n/t

Reply to grossproffit (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:07 AM

Jun 2015

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

3. They're their own worst enemies in many respects...this is disgraceful. n/t

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 07:35 AM

Jun 2015

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

4. I think the OP correctly describes the reaction of most people to the clip.

Reply to Jefferson23 (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 08:48 AM

Jun 2015

The foreign ministry should sack their spin doctors asap.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

5. Agreed

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 10:13 AM

Jun 2015

I would point out that these characters have been appearing in these cartoons for about a year. It's interesting that only now do people seem to be noticing how stupid they are.

Israeli PR is almost always pretty poorly done. Not surprising considering who has been in charge over there for the last couple of decades.

The Palestinian side is much better at PR.

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

6. That's certainly a valid point.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 10:47 AM

Jun 2015

The Palestinian side has a new, exciting product that almost sells itself.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

7. The Palestinian side has PR people who are good at framing

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:13 AM

Jun 2015

The Israeli side does not.

Like the whole "washing" thing. Palestinian PR has created a method by which any positive Israeli PR is identified as "washing" and therefore deemed not only not positive but also a nefarious attempt to distract and deflect.

That is quite an ingenious construct that is pretty unassailable. It works against any kind of positive Israeli press (support for gay rights, helping disaster victims overseas, you name it).

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