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| − | Latma is a right-wing Israeli media project which satirizes critics of Israel and what it calls the "egregious leftist slant of news coverage" in Israel.<ref>Ruthie Blum Leibowitz, '[http://www.jpost.com/Features/InTheSpotlight/Article.aspx?id=136395 One on One: Right hook to the funny bone of the body politic],' ''Jerusalem Post'', 18 March 2009</ref> The project is run by Jerusalem Post editor [[Caroline Glick]] and funded by the Washington-based [[neoconservative]] think tank [[Center for Security Policy]]. The Israel lobby group [[AIPAC]], [[Christians United for Israel]] (CUFI) and the Israeli embassy distributed its videos as part of the media campagin to discredit the activists massacred on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.<ref>Didi Remez, [http://coteret.com/2010/06/06/caroline-glicks-we-con-the-world-and-the-tea-partying-of-the-us-israel-relationship/ Caroline Glick’s “We Con the World” and the Tea Partying of the US-Israel relationship], ''Coteret'', 6 June 2010</ref> | + | Latma is a right-wing Israeli media project which satirizes critics of Israel and what it calls the "egregious leftist slant of news coverage" in Israel.<ref>Ruthie Blum Leibowitz, '[http://www.jpost.com/Features/InTheSpotlight/Article.aspx?id=136395 One on One: Right hook to the funny bone of the body politic],' ''Jerusalem Post'', 18 March 2009</ref> The project is run by Jerusalem Post editor [[Caroline Glick]] and funded by the Washington-based [[neoconservative]] think tank [[Center for Security Policy]]. The Israel lobby group [[AIPAC]],<ref>Andrew Sullivan, [http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/06/aipacs-latest-email.html AIPAC's Latest Email], ''The Daily Dish (The Atlantic)'', 20 June 2010</ref> [[Christians United for Israel]] (CUFI) and the Israeli embassy distributed its videos as part of the media campagin to discredit the activists massacred on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.<ref>Didi Remez, [http://coteret.com/2010/06/06/caroline-glicks-we-con-the-world-and-the-tea-partying-of-the-us-israel-relationship/ Caroline Glick’s “We Con the World” and the Tea Partying of the US-Israel relationship], ''Coteret'', 6 June 2010</ref> |
==Principals== | ==Principals== | ||
*[[Caroline Glick]] | *[[Caroline Glick]] | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 21 June 2010
<youtube size="tiny" align="right" caption="'The Three Terrors' - A racist video produced by Latma and distributed by AIPAC">VmffgIqlAYA</youtube> <youtube size="tiny" align="right" caption="'We con the world' - Latma mocks the Flotilla activists">lnSR6RhdqxM</youtube> Latma is a right-wing Israeli media project which satirizes critics of Israel and what it calls the "egregious leftist slant of news coverage" in Israel.[1] The project is run by Jerusalem Post editor Caroline Glick and funded by the Washington-based neoconservative think tank Center for Security Policy. The Israel lobby group AIPAC,[2] Christians United for Israel (CUFI) and the Israeli embassy distributed its videos as part of the media campagin to discredit the activists massacred on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.[3]
Principals
- Caroline Glick
- Shlomo Blass - site editor
- Tal Gilad - writer (wrote the lyrics to the flotilla satire).
- Noam Yaakobson - plays 'Captain Stabbing' in the flotilla satire
- Karni Eldad - daughter of Israeli MK Aryeh Eldad who also appears in the flotilla satire.
Affiliations
Contact
Resources
- MJ Rosenberg, AIPAC Circulates Racist Anti-Turk, Anti-Arab Video, Huffington Post, 19 June 2010
- Didi Remez, Caroline Glick’s “We Con the World” and the Tea Partying of the US-Israel relationship, Coteret, 6 June 2010
- Ali Gharib, Tax-Exempt US $$ Fund Tasteless Israeli Flotilla Satire, Lobelog.com, 5 June 2010
- Ali Gharib, Flotilla satire IS “official policy” of Israel, Lobelog.com, 5 June 2010
- JPost.com Staff, Swedish anti-Semitism satire clip a hit, Jerusalem Post, 18 September 2010
- Ruthie Blum Leibowitz, 'One on One: Right hook to the funny bone of the body politic,' Jerusalem Post, 18 March 2009.
Notes
- ↑ Ruthie Blum Leibowitz, 'One on One: Right hook to the funny bone of the body politic,' Jerusalem Post, 18 March 2009
- ↑ Andrew Sullivan, AIPAC's Latest Email, The Daily Dish (The Atlantic), 20 June 2010
- ↑ Didi Remez, Caroline Glick’s “We Con the World” and the Tea Partying of the US-Israel relationship, Coteret, 6 June 2010
