Car Ad In Israel Shows “Power� By Running Over Palestinian Children

[Property Is Robbery]

I know I shouldn't be surprised that they get away with this shit but I am a little. Just fucking atrocious.

http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/subaru-car-ad-in-israel-shows-%E2%80%9Cpower%E2%80%9D-by-running-over-palestinian-children/


A new advertisement in Israel, meant to show the “power and durability” of the Japanese Subaru car, caused outrage after showing a Subaru driven by a Jewish settler striking two Palestinian children in occupied East Jerusalem.

http://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/subaru_add.jpg?w=377&h=261
The advertisement was published by the Subaru dealership in Israel, featuring an incident that took place last year when the settler struck two Palestinian children with his Subaru car.
The settler, known to the Israeli police, fled the scene after injuring the two children. The attack was capture on video.
“We Will See Who Can Stand Against You”, was written in the right corner of the horrific picture of a Palestinian child flying into the air after being rammed by the settlers’ Subaru.
The victims were two Palestinian children aged 10 and 12. The 10-year-old child suffered a broken leg. The settler is at large, and is not even wanted for his crime.
The Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas slammed the Subaru ad and described it as an act of aggression, promoting the harm and murder of Palestinian children.
The settler who rammed the children with his car was identified as David Be’eri, Director-General of the Elad settlement organization, an extremist settler real estate corporation that heavily promotes removing the Palestinians from Palestine, especially from Jerusalem, and replacing them with Jewish settlers.
The Elad movement heavily encourages Jewish settlers to move into Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, and provides them with financial support. Most of its financial comes from Zionist groups in the United States.

[Optiow]

Wow...just wow. What will it take for people to realize that Zionism is as racist as Nazism?

My opinion of humanity has just dropped a rung on the ladder...

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Israel has got be near fascism at this point.

[Property Is Robbery]

Doesn't this surprise you? I'm sure some Israeli's were horrified by this too. They can't all be that brainwashed

[Niccolò Rossi]

Gotta admit, that's pretty fucked up

Nic.

[lines]

The fact that that is an ad is atrocious and reflects poorly on israeli society.

The original incident was the fault of the rock throwers though, kids were standing in front of the car on the streets throwing rocks at it as a guy was driving.

As for the overall palestinian-israeli conflict it is atrocious that America has chosen sides on this conflict. It is a matter for the israelis and palestinians to decide amongst themselves and the USA should not be giving the israelis money or weapons. The USA shouldnt be giving either side money or weapons.

The USA should not be involved in this conflict and I am ashamed that I am a citizen of a government that has chosen sides in a foreign conflict.

[agnixie]

Okay this is making me mildly cross since I'm about to defend Israel as a political entity, something I almost never do. But this was a Subaru ad, not an ad by the ministry of tourism. Zionism is not by default "as racist as nazism", although some zionists do adhere to a distorted, fascistic version of it (the two state solution which today is decried as anti-Israel by the likudniks was the basic left zionist line since the 40s - it doesn't help that the ancestors of both Likud and Hamas (yay, British colonial policies) killed any hope of peaceful cohabitation). And finally, there are 7 million israelis, a majority of whom didn't even vote for Likud or their fascistic allies (who call their position "revisionist" zionism).

And with that said I feel sick seeing the ad :/

[Property Is Robbery]

Okay this is making me mildly cross since I'm about to defend Israel as a political entity, something I almost never do. But this was a Subaru ad, not an ad by the ministry of tourism. Zionism is not by default "as racist as nazism", although some zionists do adhere to a distorted, fascistic version of it (the two state solution which today is decried as anti-Israel by the likudniks was the basic left zionist line since the 40s - it doesn't help that the ancestors of both Likud and Hamas (yay, British colonial policies) killed any hope of peaceful cohabitation). And finally, there are 7 million israelis, a majority of whom didn't even vote for Likud or their fascistic allies (who call their position "revisionist" zionism).

And with that said I feel sick seeing the ad :/
Well naturally Israel didn't make the ad but if Subaru thought this would draw extreme criticism it wouldn't have made this ad. They obviously felt like this would be a good way to make profit so that means the general Israeli attitude is to run over/shoot kids who throw rocks. That's unacceptable. And when a specific religion/culture is tied into a government, especially in a dominant occupying government, xenophobia with fascist attitudes and tendencies are bound to be present.

[lines]

Okay this is making me mildly cross since I'm about to defend Israel as a political entity, something I almost never do. But this was a Subaru ad, not an ad by the ministry of tourism. Zionism is not "as racist as nazism", although some zionists do adhere to a distorted, fascistic version of it (the two state solution which today is decried as anti-Israel by the likudniks was the basic left zionist line since the 40s). And finally, there are 7 million israelis, a majority of whom didn't even vote for Likud or the fascists of Yisrael Beiteinu (who call their position "revisionist" zionism).

And with that said I feel sick seeing the ad :/

The fact a company publishes this ad reflects that they recognize that this ad would be appealing to a significant portion of the population.

Companies want to make money, if they felt that a majority of israelis would be horrified by this ad they wouldn't have made it.

As far as israel itself is concerned and questions as to whether it is racist or not. Israel clearly is an ethnocracy, a nation based on an ethnic group.

I am not concerned with what foreign countries do, I am an American and I would not want America to be an ethnocracy.

If Ireland wants to be irish(in an ethnic sense) or if Germany wants to be german or if England wants to be english or if Israel wants to be jewish I do not care. It is their decision, my only hope is that they respect the rights of minority communities among them.

As an American I am only responsible for the type of government that America has and my hope for America is that it embraces socialism and multiculturalism.

As for israeli palestinian conflict that is for them to decide, America should not choose sides.

[Hexen]

I think I was granted a visual image of what Nazi Germany would like if it was around today.

This is simply disgusting and it seems like Israel is not even hiding it anymore. The part gets even worse when they'll most likely pull the "Anti-Semite" card out of their shit-stained assholes when people try to criticize this ad and sadly most people still fall for that shit which is the main reason why Israel/Zionists get's away from these crimes.

[RadioRaheem84]

Isreal is approaching fascist level at this point. If Subraru feels like they can get away with such a racist ad then it shows that Israeli society is racist. Companies do a ton of research work and care a lot about public opinion when it comes to marketing. It's no mistake on their part.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Who's still thinking about buying a Subaru?

[MarxSchmarx]

It's abhorrent. It is also, even in the messed up context of Israel, somewhat incredulous that a major major international automobile company like Subaru would let this go unpunished.

And indeed there's a real question about what Subaru's people in Israel have apparently claimed it had nothing to do with the ad and can't find where it was first published:

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=217515

I can't seriously think that a Japanese car company with market share all over the world would let something like this fly in this day and age. I can't imagine that dealer would stay in business much longer - if for no other reason than that Subaru would shut them down. Capitalists do all sorts of horrible disgusting things everyday, but they aren't that stupid to risk market share the world over by pulling a stunt like this over a small economy like Israel's, much less the smaller segment that would find this ad appealing and also be in the market for a sedan.

[RadioRaheem84]

Maybe it's a hoax? The ad does look photo shopped.

[Le Socialiste]

Just fucking atrocious.


Yup. This is capitalism at its best (by which I mean worst): dividing the world into areas/regions of commercial and financial gain. If that means a company wants to advertise their newest car as condoning Israeli-Palestinian discrimination, violence, and bigotry - so be it. It is atrocious, but then what else can we expect from an economic system that feeds off its own inherent antagonisms and deficiencies? Way to go, capitalism! You've successfully marketed the products of your destructive nature as a commercial "good".

[gestalt]

Video from Al Jazeera:

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Also it does look rather amateurish, like a community college graphic designer rather than a commercial advertisement.

[RedSonRising]

Does anyone have an original video of the ad? It is very possibly a hoax with no connection to Subaru as the original source.

[RadioRaheem84]

Even if it is a hoax, if it was made by an Israeli, then it shows the level of sadistic humor some elements in that country engage in.

If it was made by a Palestinian or sympathizer to make Israeli look bad then it just shows the desperation to get people to at least take a look at Israel's racist settlements.

Point, is I don't put it past the Israelis to come up with racist faux-ads or some Palestinian supporter to take it upon him or herself to create a fake ad.

I mean was there anything to the fake funeral accusation by the Israelis? All I find for that are pro-Israeli sources.

[Dimmu]

Its a hoax.. I think it was made on 4chan or something..

[PhoenixAsh]

Though I am very much anti-zionism and pretty much detetst the state of Israel (NOT an anti-semite!!) I have two remarks:

* I do not believe the add to be true. Subaru claims it has nothing to do with it. PA acknowledges it does not rule out hoax. There is no official link to where the add is featured. As to the reasons and motivations behind the add...who knows. It could be somebody wanting (and failing) to be funny or it could have been a political statement....we don't know....

* I also hink the original incident is not clear cut. On one hand I think the car could have stopped sooner and backed away. On the other hand the kid did run straight into the car as it was driving. The video is too short to say if this was avoidable or intentional. He did seemingly break and try to avoid them..but given the rep sheet of Israel and settlers I will also not rule it out. But I can't tell. As for not stopping after the incident. He did. But given the context of the already explosive and agressive situation it is somewhat understandable the driver did not stick around with a big chance of being assaulted or lynched.



What I do with absolute certainty think is attrocious though...is that after this incident the boy was given house arrest....and another was tried for endangering human lives and frustrating transportation (http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=191685).

Its telling the kid did not want to get in the car. It shows the genuine fear of Palestinians to seek help even when they obviously need it and the above, though mild considering what can also happen in Isreal, is a clear indication as to why that is.

Absolutely disgusting!

[Property Is Robbery]

Yeah it's a hoax. When I posted it and heard it was related to Palestinians getting run over I thought of a different video I had seen where an Israeli man ran over a Palestinian, backed up and ran over him again and then again. But this picture is taken from another video of a real incident that gestalt posted. Sorry for not fact checking.
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[PhoenixAsh]

o...wauw... 0_0

That comment on the very end...

[Property Is Robbery]

o...wauw... 0_0

That comment on the very end...
Fuck I know right? Thats why I posted the Fox coverage