call and say you stand with israel - 1.800.555.1212 (new commercial on MSNBC)

[StudsT]

just now... did any one else catch that?

They are making it out to seem the exact opposite of what the current reality is, or as also known as 'the facts on the ground'

they got a guy in a flak jacket talking about how the Israeli's are under constant attack and of being in real jeopardy of being pushed right into the sea... right now... unless you call, of course.

while, it may be true that they are attacked here and there, by small assaults... but who is currently, locked in and being pounded relentlessy, day and night, by air, sea and land... with some of the most sophisticated weapons known to modern man?

the power of marketing i suppose.

and so it goes...

StudsT

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. I saw it too

Did you happen to see who the commercial was sponsored by?

[StudsT]

11. i couldn't read the website it had... googling now to see if i can find it

i'll post link if i do :hi:

StudsT

[StudsT]

36. foundt it -> ifcj.org

http://www.ifcj.org

they just showed it again :puke:

StudsT

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

2. I wonder how long this thread will last...

[leftchick]

4. not

long. :(

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[NoPasaran]

13. LOL!

:rofl:

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. Not long. It will be sent to Siberia (Israeli/Palestine forum)

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[babylonsister]

3. Yes, it's gross. It was on last night also. And the 'weepy' commentator...

:puke:

[KamaAina]

5. Might want to do reverse lookup on the (real) phone number

(somehow I doubt they want you to call toll-free information :-) ).

Unless they were careful, that might point to who's behind it.

http://www.superpages.com then "Search Options"

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. My throat still hurts from shouting obscenties at that obscenity.

I could see FAUX running that shit, but I don't want to see it. :puke:

[leftchick]

8. I wish someone would make a commercial of the hundreds of thousands

of victims in Gaza. :(

As usual, this cartoon-like version of events omits a great deal of nuance and background.



Seventy per cent of Palestinian children suffer from psychological trauma


While firing rockets at civilians is a crime so, too, is the Israeli blockade of Gaza, which is an egregious violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions.

According to the UN, most of Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinian refugees subsist near the edge of hunger. Seventy per cent of Palestinian children in Gaza suffer from severe malnutrition and psychological trauma.

Medical facilities are critically short of doctors, personnel, equipment, and drugs. Gaza has quite literally become a human garbage dump for all the Arabs that Israel does not want.

Gaza is one of the world's most-densely populated places, a vast outdoor prison camp filled with desperate people. In the past, they threw stones at their Israeli occupiers; now they launch home-made rockets.

Call it a prison riot, writ large.

[StudsT]

10. would any network even air it?

i wonder but that would certainly be a way to help spread the word of the other side of the story, if a network would even air it.

has anyone seen an add like that for the poor suffering souls in Gaza on any U.S. teeVee network, yet?

StudsT

[leftchick]

16. no

I know but I can still hope. :(

[question everything]

31. This is what Israel did wrong

It did not saturate the the news with photos of homes and cities being bombarded by Hamas for the past 8 years.

Not that anyone here would feel any compassion for the pain of Jews.

[laststeamtrain]

9. Any FERRANTI & TEICHER music? That used to work. n/t

[Brazenly Liberal]

12. I sat here yelling at the TV.

I couldn't believe the utter bullshit coming at me from the magic picture box!

[NoPasaran]

17. The magic picture box can't hear you!

Next time, try shooting it!

It worked for Elvis.

[DRoseDARs]

21. I was gonna say, it can if you use a gun.

I need ta git me one of them fancy-pants aych-dee teevees. :)

[Brazenly Liberal]

22. Ah, got it. That explains it.

I was beginning to think all those little people who live in there had a bad attitude.

[FLAprogressive]

14. I saw it too! They use a computer-generated explosion on a house....stupid fuckers.

This is fucking propaganda.

[bdamomma]

45. exactly propaganda.

[Selatius]

15. I cannot say I would call to support Israel, especially after it blew up 4 United Nations compounds.

One of the compounds was a school.

[question everything]

29. From which Hamas was shooting

The cowards who hide behind women and children to shoot at Israelis and then complain about innocent victims.

[Selatius]

32. That's what the IDF claimed about the school. The UN staffers there claimed differently. nt

[burythehatchet]

43. I have it on good authority that the IDF will conduct an investigation and that the IDF will be

cleared of any wrongdoing.

[tkmorris]

33. Hamas was shooting from 4 UN compounds?

Do you actually believe that?

[Smith_3]

35. Bla bla bla

Are you really that ignorant or are you just trying to stir shit?

[burythehatchet]

44. its a reflex (gag reflex)

[slipslidingaway]

47. question everything !!!!

[lonestarnot]

18. Stunning.

[DRoseDARs]

20. I love how in the first few seconds, they had to FAKE a rocket exploding among houses.

It isn't like there isn't real footage of such things recorded from a distance available in the public realm or even from sympathetic news media sources, protecting the identities of the victims. I have to imagine this was the brainchild of their legal department.

And 1.800.555.1212? I'm getting all sorts of different hits for that number on Teh Googly, except this outfit.

[bdamomma]

23. I saw it too. Support the carnage is more like it.

[GodDamLiberal]

24. Here it is

Here's a poor copy of the "commercial".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK8RKyCkv5E

[PerfectSage]

46. I give it two Borat thumbs up!!!

I didn't know it was possible for jews to make anti Israel propaganda that funny. :sarcasm:

[TheKentuckian]

25. That's a directory assistance line

which is disappointing.

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[Uzybone]

27. It's like the stupid K&R threads

please K&R if you stand with me. Please call my number if you stand with me.

[Indi Guy]

28. What do you believe here?

[LaPera]

34. This, I'm sorry to say can not be done...I'm sorry.....

[spanone]

37. i saw it last night...it was pretty strange

[Ichingcarpenter]

38. Support from Reverend Hagee and Abramoff money got it on the air

And we have supporters of these assholes on DU

[rockymountaindem]

39. I don't support those guys n/t

[anigbrowl]

40. Republican/RW front group (95% certainty, see inside) - not put out by Israel

Registered through Domains-by-Proxy...same as a number of PUMA sites and astroturfing groups during the election. It's a favorite service of people who want to obscure their origin...might well be meant as a scam directed at credulous righties.

http://whois.domaintools.com/ifcj.org See also: http://www.rickross.com/reference/fundamentalists/fund140.html - the group has been the subjects of complaints from Israeli Rabbis for carrying out missionary work inside Israel.

I am not supportive of Israel's current military policy. But as far as I can tell, the sponsors of this ad are not affiliated with the Israeli government.

[Barack_America]

41. Were do I call to support the Palestinian children?

:shrug:

[L0oniX]

42. Yea ...I'd like to know that one too.