Israeli Soldiers Punished After Dancing “Gangnam Style” With Palestinians [video included]

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By JG Vibes
Intellihub.com
August 29, 2013

There is definitely an unfortunate amount of misunderstanding and hate in the Middle East, especially involving the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

However, despite the current political situation, most of the average people on both sides just want peace, and Independence.  It is the governments and groups seeking political power on both ends of the conflict who keep these tensions stirred up.

Some of the worst encounters in these areas take place during military patrols, where Israeli soldiers who were forced into conscription are sent through Palestinian refugee camps.  Recently though, one friendly encounter with the military was actually aired on local television, but as expected the government had a hostile reaction to the footage.

Stuff.co.nz reported that “the soldiers were making the rounds in the city of Hebron when they entered a dance hall and joined dozens of Palestinian men dancing to the hit ‘Gangnam Style’. The Israeli military said it considers the incident ”serious,” adding ”the soldiers exposed themselves to unnecessary danger and were disciplined accordingly,” without elaborating.  Footage aired on Israeli Channel 2 TV shows the solders in uniform, flak jackets and carrying guns. One was shown hoisted on the shoulders of Palestinian dancers. Other soldiers joined hands and grooved with the partygoers.[1]

Sometimes music can actually bring people together, even when they belong to collective groups that are taught to hate one another.

For well over a year now peace activists in Palestine have been teaming up with other peace activists in Israel as well as the United States and Iran to spread a message of love and unity among people of all geographical locations…..regardless of what all the crazy politicians say.

Some of the most popular of these efforts is the Palestine loves Israel and Israel loves Palestine campaigns, which started out as a viral Facebook phenomena where Palestinians and Israelis would send messages of love to one another and reassure each other that the hateful rhetoric put forward by governments and media outlets are totally out of line with the true feelings of the average person.

Last month we reported that Israeli band Orphaned Land is joining forces with the Palestinian band Khalas for an 18 gig tour that will visit 6 different countries.  The purpose of the tour is to promote peace and unity between the Palestinian and Israeli people.  The bands will live together and share a tour bus for their tour, and they also plan on working together in the future.  Members of each group have told the media that they hope their children will one day form their own band.[2]

Sources:

[1] Israeli soldiers dance with Palestinians – Stuff.co.nz

[2] Israeli and Palestinian Metal Bands Unite for ‘All is One’ Tour – Intellihub

Writer Bio:

JG Vibes is an Intellihub.com investigative journalist, staff writer and editor. He is also the author of “Alchemy of the Modern Renaissance”, an 87 chapter e-book and is an artist with an established record label.

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August 29, 2013 | Categories: Israel, music, news, Palestine, protests, tyranny, videos, war | Leave a comment