Israel's PM and Foreign Minister officials caught promoting fake video of an "American leftist" who - Polidicks

[quote] Did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office distribute a fake anti-flotilla video? This is exactly what some American bloggers have been claiming, after probing a video that was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday. The video, nearly three minutes long, featured a young man who called himself Marc and claimed to be a gay and human rights activist. The man recounted a story in which he asked the organizers of the upcoming Gaza flotilla to join their mission, and claimed that his request was allegedly denied on the grounds that participation of the gay and lesbian group with which he was affiliated would not serve the flotilla’s “interests.” Did Netanyahu's office distribute a fake video against Gaza flotilla? [B]YouTube video features man who claims he is a gay and human rights activist who was denied joining Gaza flotilla because his group does not serve interest of organizers. [/B] Did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office distribute a fake anti-flotilla video? This is exactly what some American bloggers have been claiming, after probing a video that was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday. The video, nearly three minutes long, featured a young man who called himself Marc and claimed to be a gay and human rights activist. The man recounted a story in which he asked the organizers of the upcoming Gaza flotilla to join their mission, and claimed that his request was allegedly denied on the grounds that participation of the gay and lesbian group with which he was affiliated would not serve the flotilla’s “interests.” “Marc” explained in the video that he understood why his request was denied only after he researched the people organizing the aid flotilla and found that they had strong ties to Hamas, “whose foreign minister has called homosexuals a minority of perverts, mentally and morally sick,” he said in the video. “Didn’t they hear that Hamas shuts down the offices of human rights NGO’s? They are slowly taking away the rights and freedoms of women… these are the people the flotilla groups are hugging,” he added. Following the YouTube video’s release, U.S. blogger Max Blumenthal found that the recording, which was distributed by Israeli government employee Neil Lazarus on his Facebook page, was a hoax, and that the man who appears in it was actually an Israeli entrepreneur and public relations expert named Omer Gershon. The video was also tweeted later by Guy Seeman, who was apparently working as an intern in the prime minister’s office, Ali Abunimah posted on the blog Electronic Intifada. The premier’s office refused to comment about Seeman’s employment. Seeman himself told Ali Abunimah that he did not know that the video was a hoax, and that he did not post the link to the video on behalf of the government, but on his own private Twitter account, and added that he decided on his own to distribute the link after he received it via email. Haaretz sent the prime minister’s office a series of questions inquiring whether the office was involved in the production of the video in any way. The premier’s office in response did not deny that that the government was involved in the video’s production, and admitted that government bodies had distributed the link. “Various bodies dealing with international media campaigns continuously monitor and distribute internet content when they recognize content that can serve Israel’s campaigns,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement. Omer Gershon was not available for comment on his Facebook account or on the phone.[/quote][URL="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/did-netanyahu-s-office-distribute-a-fake-video-against-gaza-flotilla-1.370030"]Article[/URL] Typical israel behavior.. [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair[/URL]

Wow, how in the... Why would... [B]WHY?[/B]

Never live it down Israel

[QUOTE=Stany01;30763669] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair[/URL][/QUOTE] That wiki article is pretty depressing. [release] The Lavon Affair refers to a failed Israeli covert operation, code named Operation Susannah, conducted in Egypt in the Summer of 1954. As part of the false flag operation,[1] a group of Egyptian Jews were recruited by Israeli military intelligence for plans to[B] plant bombs inside Egyptian, American and British-owned targets[/B]. The attacks were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Communists, "unspecified malcontents" or "local nationalists" [B] In March 2005, Israel publicly honored the surviving operatives[/B], and President Moshe Katsav presented each with a certificate of appreciation for their efforts on behalf of the state, ending decades of official denial by Israel.[/release]

Too bad none of this matters and people will continue to turn a blind eye to anything the Israeli government does.

Kill all israelis. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling again (perma if I get banned one more time)" - Starpluck))[/highlight] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling again (perma if I get banned one more time)" - Starpluck))[/highlight]

After all that shit with Israel paying people to go into Israel-related discussions on other forums and talk good about Israel, I'm not amazed they'd do something like this to.

[QUOTE=Uberman77883;30763859]Kill all israelis.[/QUOTE] Now that's just like saying [I]Kill all muslims[/I] for what Taliban has done :colbert:

[QUOTE=Van-man;30763910]Now that's just like saying [I]Kill all muslims[/I] for what Taliban has done :colbert:[/QUOTE] Meh, could be worse

[QUOTE=Van-man;30763910]Now that's just like saying [I]Kill all muslims[/I] for what Taliban has done :colbert:[/QUOTE] No I would say kill all afghanis. Saying kill all muslims is racist.

you lost me during the headline already :saddowns:

Longest thread title ever?

I've never ever seen a 2 lined title in all my 3 year history here.

why the problem is that the allied powers in ww2 gave them their land, and if we never did that, then their country would cease to exist. did someone fall on their head or something

Just to point it out it is still unclear who produced the video, nor if it's actually fake. But if it is and 3 major ministers actually promoted it, you probably know were to point your finger.

And in the left corner we have...wait...who the fuck is that? [editline]28th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=ConArtist;30764005]why the problem is that the allied powers in ww2 gave them their land, and if we never did that, then their country would cease to exist. did someone fall on their head or something[/QUOTE] We forcibly took the Palestinian land :v:

This thread title takes up half of the 'Popular' page.

Well "Israel's PM and Foreign Minister officials caught promoting fake video" had been a better thead topic.

Stay classy Israel. As long as you still can.

[QUOTE=Uberman77883;30763859]Kill all israelis. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling again (perma if I get banned one more time)" - Starpluck))[/highlight] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling again (perma if I get banned one more time)" - Starpluck))[/highlight][/QUOTE] Holy SHIT this guys ban history :v: Bye bye

Longest thread title in FP history.

Not surprised, Israel needs propaganda and trickery in order to gain support.

[QUOTE=VaSTinY;30764445]Holy SHIT this guys ban history :v: Bye bye[/QUOTE] It's all trolling and flaming. Im surprised he wasn't permabanned.

Yeah I should've.

:frog: I don't even know anymore.

This raises a lot of interesting questions, like "why does the US continue to support Israel despite all their bullshit" and "how did the OP make the title so big?"

[QUOTE=VaSTinY;30764445]Holy SHIT this guys ban history :v: Bye bye[/QUOTE] Have you seen JDK's?

[QUOTE=Mingebox;30766260]This raises a lot of interesting questions, like "why does the US continue to support Israel despite all their bullshit" and "how did the OP make the title so big?"[/QUOTE] Military ally in the middle east. The millions/billions in arms deals to Israel. Well funded Israeli lobbyists. Take your pick.

oh god this dude really doesnt know how to play

[QUOTE=MrEndangered;30766536]Military ally in the middle east. The millions/billions in arms deals to Israel. Well funded Israeli lobbyists. Take your pick.[/QUOTE] It's really just the lobby. AIPAC. Their grip on the Congress is so tight that it's one of the only thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on (their support for Israel) Netanyahu got 29 standing ovations during his address to the Congress, more than Obama. It is doubtful that Netanyahu would get even one standing ovation in any other parliament in the world - and that includes Israel's.