We'll Con The World
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mahnmutIsraeli spoof on Gaza flotilla clash gets nearly 1 million hits
Video of 'Flotilla Choir' singing 'We'll con the world' aims to battle 'one-sided' coverage of events.
An Israeli-produced parody taking on the world's criticism of Israel following the Gaza flotilla clashes has garnered nearly one million views on YouTube.
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Sung to the tune of "We are the world," originally recorded to raise funds for Africa in the 1980s, the re-written song attacks the supposedly one-sided portrayal of events that has been broadcast across the world with their version called "We'll con the world."
The video is interspersed with clips from the recent Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, showing activists attacking Israeli soldiers in the clashes that would eventually claim the lives of nine activists and leave dozens, including Israeli commandos, injured.
The song is sung by "flotilla activists" going by the name of "Flotilla Choir."
"We'll make the world abandon reason. We'll make them all believe that the Hamas is Mama Theresa," the group sings. "The truth will never find its way to your TV."
The Israeli government spokesperson's office accidentally circulated a link to the clip on Friday, after which they stated the video was "not intended for general release. The contents of the video in no way represent the official policy of either the Government Press Office or of the State of Israel."
The clip was created by a Hebrew-language media satire site called Latma.
Video of 'Flotilla Choir' singing 'We'll con the world' aims to battle 'one-sided' coverage of events.
An Israeli-produced parody taking on the world's criticism of Israel following the Gaza flotilla clashes has garnered nearly one million views on YouTube.
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Sung to the tune of "We are the world," originally recorded to raise funds for Africa in the 1980s, the re-written song attacks the supposedly one-sided portrayal of events that has been broadcast across the world with their version called "We'll con the world."
The video is interspersed with clips from the recent Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, showing activists attacking Israeli soldiers in the clashes that would eventually claim the lives of nine activists and leave dozens, including Israeli commandos, injured.
The song is sung by "flotilla activists" going by the name of "Flotilla Choir."
"We'll make the world abandon reason. We'll make them all believe that the Hamas is Mama Theresa," the group sings. "The truth will never find its way to your TV."
The Israeli government spokesperson's office accidentally circulated a link to the clip on Friday, after which they stated the video was "not intended for general release. The contents of the video in no way represent the official policy of either the Government Press Office or of the State of Israel."
The clip was created by a Hebrew-language media satire site called Latma.
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Date: 2010-06-06 10:15 pm (UTC)"The Israeli government spokesperson's office accidentally..."
ACCIDENTALLY? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
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