Electronic Intifada Punks Israeli Collaborator Hotline

by Charles Lenchner · 2009-01-11 19:36:00 UTC
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This is a week old, but worth spreading around. h/t to Mobius for spreading the word. This is a phone call between a blogger and an Israeli intelligence hotline set up to recruit Palestinians willing to snitch on Hamas.

Excerpt:

EI: So what's your name?

Israeli officer: I'm Abu Ibrahim.

EI: So you don't want to give me your name?

Israeli officer: And you, you too don't want to ...

EI: As far as the Israelis are concerned all Arabs are called Ahmad or Muhammad so what's the difference?

Israeli officer: So you want to know my full name, if I asked you your full name ... let me say a few words to you. Look, I'm a Jew and I'm from the Israeli Defense Forces. But unlike you, my great, great, great grandfathers were all born here, going back thousands of years. We never left the country. You Palestinians have never been a nation. The Palestinians settled here recently, only a short time ago. What's that got to do with me?

EI: Ok, the person who wants to help the people of Gaza talks like that about the Palestinians? You deny their existence?

Israeli officer: Look, I'll tell you ...

EI: You really want to help the Palestinians and this is what you say?

Reading the whole transcript reminded me of watching classic dialogue drama, a-la Waiting for Godot.

Charles Lenchner
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