This is very shocking and callous:

The Israeli government has been forced to apologise for circulating a spoof video mocking activists aboard the Gaza flotilla, nine of who were shot dead by Israeli forces last week.

The YouTube clip, set to the tune of the 1985 charity single We Are the World, features Israelis dressed as Arabs and activists, waving weapons while singing: “We con the world, we con the people. We’ll make them all believe the IDF (Israel Defence Force) is Jack the Ripper.”

Here’s the video

It features a group led by the Jerusalem Post’s deputy managing editor Caroline Glick (so much for journalistic balance) and includes the lyrics: “There’s no people dying, so the best that we can do is create the biggest bluff of all“.

There’s also: “We must go on, pretending day by day, that there is in Gaza, crisis hunger and plague“.

Israeli spokesperson Mark Regev tells the Guardian: “I called my kids in to watch it because I thought it was funny.”

I’m sure those imaginary dead people from the Flotilla appreciate the humour.

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