Twitter uproar over pic of 'applauding' Israelis watching night attacks on Gaza

[yankeedoodle]

Does this remind anybody of the "dancing Israelis"?   

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An image of Israelis in Sderot who gathered on a hill to watch and celebrate Gaza being bombed has gone viral on Twitter. The photo posted by a Danish journalist caused uproar online.

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Allan Sørensen, the Middle Eastern correspondent for the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad, said that he took the image on Wednesday in Sderot, a city about two kilometers from Gaza.


In just a few days the scandalous image has gathered about 8,500 retweets.

The picture sparked confusion and outrage among social media users, with many questioning the morality of making a scene of murder a public spectacle and celebrating it.


One more user commented that people like those in the picture were "encouraging a culture of death."

The newspaper's follow-up article on Friday described the scene in details where over 50 people had gathered for a "party."

"The hill has been transformed into something that most closely resembles the front row of a reality war theatre. It offers a direct view of the densely populated Gaza Strip," wrote the paper's Middle Eastern correspondent Nikolaj Krak.

The article said that while the majority of the 25,000 residents of Sderot hid in their homes in fear of another attack from Gaza, others brought chairs and sofas to watch Israeli night airstrikes while enjoying pop-corn, hookah and chit-chatting.

"We are here to see Israel destroy Hamas," Eli Chone, a 22-year-old American living in Israel told Kristeligt Dagblad. He then pointed to a dot of light in the sky explaining that, "it is a fighter who is about to dive. This means that it is about to shoot."

Following the airstrike the spectators on the hill started cheering, and "solid applause" followed, the Danish correspondent wrote.


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Comments (25)

Marcel 12.07.2014 15:06
So sad to read this article ... where is our humanity?

Jewish Cowards Murder Children 12.07.2014 15:04
Israelis are the most disgusting cowardly pigs on the planet. This race of pigs will never engage in a fair fight because they are the world's number one COWARDS. Israel is a cesspool sewer harboring the most dirty filthy race of people on the planet. Let's hope some nukes this country ASAP.

Daniel Jones 12.07.2014 15:00
Daniel Tyler 12.07.2014 14:40
I guess they should have been hiding like the rest? Which means Israel was under fire if others were hiding, right? Not sure what this war is about, I guess the 2 biggest kids on the block, as with all wars.
 

No .If Israel was under fire EVERYONE would have been hiding. The Illusion of Israel being under attack is a propaganda from the Likud party to justify their killings - these lots knew very well that they were safe hence the popcorns and sofas. Here is a question to you,how many have been killed on the Israel side?ZERO.

[Idaho Kid]

I thought the pro-Jew propaganda was a little strong on the Jew Tube last night.  ABC had Jews cowering in the streets covering their children, etc.  Sawyer has "apologized" for lying about the video used in an earlier program, but I assume they did not do an on-air correction.