Israel phone firm's West Bank wall gag fails to amuse ("Causes Palestinian Suffering")

Reuters via Yahoo ^ | 7-12-09 | Joseph Nasr and other Rooters hacks

[atomic conspiracy]

A television advert for an Israeli cellphone firm showing soldiers playing football over the West Bank barrier has sparked cries of bad taste and prompted Arab lawmakers on Sunday to demand it be taken off air. The jaunty commercial for Israel's biggest mobile phone company Cellcom makes light of Palestinian suffering and shows how far Israelis fail to understand their neighbours, critics said. The company stood by the ad, however. It shows a ball falling on an Israeli army jeep from the far side of a towering wall. A game ensues, back and forth with the unseen Palestinians after a soldier dials up "reinforcements," including two smiling women in uniform, to come and play. The advertisement made by McCann Erickson, part of U.S. Interpublic Group, ends with the upbeat voiceover: "After all, what are we all after? Just a little fun." 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. Ahmed Tibi, an Arab member of Israel's parliament, said he had written to Cellcom demanding it pull the ad: "The barrier separates families and prevents children from reaching schools and clinics," he told Reuters.

[atomic conspiracy]

Other than the company spokesman, they only interviewed blogger-hacks who hate the wall. These are a tiny minority in Israel since everyone else knows that the wall has cut suicide bombings by something like 99%. Those who seek to have it dismantled want a resumption of near-daily suicide bombings and nothing less.

[tet68]

They should have had the Israelis kick a ball over and
have a hand grenade come sailing back. More realistic.

[Pan_Yan]

Ahmed Tibi, an Arab member of Israel's parliament, said he had written to Cellcom demanding it pull the ad: "The barrier separates families and prevents children from reaching schools and clinics," he told Reuters

Ahmed Tibi, an Arab member of Israel's parliament, said he had written to Cellcom demanding it pull the ad: "The barrier separates jihadists and prevents bombers from reaching their targets," he told Reuters

Better.

[rawcatslyentist]

Oh, the poor poor palesimians!!!

How are they supposed to get into satanallahs whorehouse if the Jews wont let themselves be murdered?

Thank You Satan

Rev13:3

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

The barrier separates families and prevents children from reaching schools and clinics," he told Reuters.

It also keep suicidal, homicidal maniacs in the cage they belong in?

[beagleone]

There are liberals in Israel who will freely admit that removing the wall will lead to a resumption of bombings but they still think it should be done on principle. This is the sick mindset we are dealing with.

[steven33442]

This is the commercial referenced.

http://tinyurl.com/ncwfhe

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Lets see, there are about 25,000 Palis in the West Bank. You can get a good cell phone for about $100?

The No. 1 Sponsor of Terror (and our "allies", RIGHT!) the corrupt House of Saud, earns $274,000,000 A DAY from oil!

Therefore, if the Saudis would give up about 20 minutes worth of revenues, they could buy every Pali a cell phone

Problem solved

In the meantime, while we are all waiting, allow me to play a couple of verses of hearts and flowers:

[Frank_2001]

“prevents children from reaching schools”

Oh boo-frickin’ hoo! Now the li’l terrorists won’t be able to enjoy the latest adventures of “Assud, the giant Jew-killing rabbit” ! Keep the wall UP until those fanatical idiots learn how to deal with problems in a way that does not involve murder.