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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:45 AM Mar 2012

Israel hearts Iran, Online campaign challenges tensions between the two countries.

Israel hearts Iran, Online campaign challenges growing tensions between the two countries.

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/israel-hearts-iran-0022109

Amid growing tensions between Israel and Iran, two Israeli graphic designers have created a Facebook campaign aimed at challenging the warmongering rhetoric, as first reported by +972 magazine.

Ronnie Edri and Michal Tamir designed an emblem that reads, “Iranians, we will never bomb your country. We <3 you” and now dozens of Israelis have added it to their Facebook photos. The campaign also spurred the creation of similar emblems by Iranians.

Here are some examples of the online campaign:

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Israel hearts Iran, Online campaign challenges tensions between the two countries. (Original Post) G_j Mar 2012 OP
Good! woo me with science Mar 2012 #1
well said! nt G_j Mar 2012 #3
Not a fan of Facebook Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #2

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
1. Good!
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:54 AM
Mar 2012

I hope it goes viral. Make it overwhelmingly clear that the people have had it with these bloodbaths propped up and orchestrated by well-fed profiteers.

Cirque du So-What

(25,902 posts)
2. Not a fan of Facebook
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:54 AM
Mar 2012

but anything that attempts to defuse tensions with alternatives to saber-rattling rhetoric is OK in my book.

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