The Israeli government has apologised after its press office emailed to journalists a spoof video about the flotilla which tried to dock in Gaza.

The video shows people dressed as peace activists singing "we con the world" to the tune of We Are the World.

A spokesman said the video did not represent the Israeli government´s view.

The video contains real footage of the Israeli raid on the flotilla in which nine activists died.

´Bluff´

In the clip, which parodies the video made for the 1985 charity song, the singers are dressed up in costumes representing the captain of the flotilla, western peace activists, and Arabs wearing keffiyeh scarves.

"There´s no people dying, so the best that we can do, is create the greatest bluff of all", they sing.

"We are peaceful travellers, we´re waving our own knives," the song goes.

The song builds to a chorus of "we con the world, we con the people. We´ll make them all believe the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is Jack the Ripper."

I´ve read studies that showed the same thing...a full head of hair and being taller counts too. It is unfortunate, really that we (humans) are so shallow. That is why marketing works so well. Have you seen Century of Self? It´s a good series. Informative indeed.

Torches of Freedom......ugh.....

When did you have this baby? I must have missed that.....I thought you had a couple of boys...who are not still teething.

Don´t flatter yourself, my feelings regarding you.  If you really knew what my feelings are towards you,  you would not like it.......but you have a loud voice that is difficult to not hear.  It was not difficult to notice your many posts regarding Kurds in the last week, and a deafening silence regarding the murder and mistreatment of your own countrymen on a humanitarian mission. Quite frankly, I haven´t read your recent columns, so I didn´t notice all your answers to the many questions...but I did notice all your comments regarding Kurds.

You are aware of the fact that the Likud party platform does not allow for any Palestinian state?

"Self-Rule. The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan River. The Palestinians can run their lives freely in the framework of self-rule, but not as an independent and sovereign state. Thus, example, in matters of foreign affairs, security, immigration and ecology, their activity shall be limited in accordance with imperatives of Israel´s existence, security and national needs."

You actually think shouting "Allah Akbar" is antisemetic? Someone saying Allah Akbar scares you? Hearing recitations of the Quran scares you? What do you think the very idea of Eretz Israel is about? Then there are the Christian Zionists....

You talk about marters....Rachel Corrie was one, as was Emily Henochowicz, the girl who recently lost her eye....I don´t think they set out to be martyrs.  Rather, they were standing up for their ideals.  Most can only talk the talk, they can´t walk the walk.  I admire Rachel and Emily. I think it´s called moral fortitude...some have it, most don´t. 

..........I worked as a volunteer on his campaign...I can´t say I expected as big a change as many, however the alternative was much worse.  Think about it, it could have been John McCain and Sarah Palin.The kill the wolves and  "Drill Baby drill" team.....

Who I really wanted was Dennis Kucinich, but he didn´t have enough money. He was not popular with the "right" people. 

Quoting Daydreamer

"...I´m not the only user asking for links and sources in this forum (right, Alameda) ...

 

 

right....and mostly ignored I might add....

Excuse me, but there are almost two dozen posts about some aspect of Kurds, and nothing regarding the murder (of your own countrymen) and brutal mistreatment of peace activists bringing aid to the Gaza people.Shot in the back of the head...shot in the back?...but no time to discuss this....you have more important things to disguss.

We all have our priorities.

As usual, divert attention and change subject of the conversation...but....it doesn´t always work. In fact, it more often directs attention.........

I do that too sometimes. Then the way I write or speak to say, my elders, is not the same as I would communicate with my peers.  Then how I speak to children is again another "language", so to speak.

Is it not comprehensible that one´s language style changes as the thing being communicated changes?

It would appear he worked on these statements for a while in a word processor and then pasted the work.  That resulted in funny looking text. I know my style of writing changes depending on what I´m writing about.

Many of use here study the Turkish language. Of course our style would change after months or years of study.