Palestinian Co-Opts ALS Icebucket Challenge

Unless you have been in a cave (or not on social media, same difference), you would already be familiar with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, dumping a bucket of ice water on one’s head or donating to the ALS Association.. Celebrities have joined in on the act, with virality ensuing.

Now palestinian photojournalist Fadi Arouri has found a way to politicize it.

Another disgusting exploitation of a nice gesture.

He’s certainly poured cold water on the notion he might be objective.

10 thoughts on “Palestinian Co-Opts ALS Icebucket Challenge”

  1. Norman_In_New_York

    A byproduct of this protracted conflict is that these acts are wearing thin except among the true believers. I think that by now the media are starting to groan, “More of the same old.”

  2. Nice green garden he chose as a backdrop for his ‘water crisis’. Perhaps it would have looked more convincing had he chosen a piece of desert? lol!

  3. Not really into social media, and I don’t live in a cave. But this ice bucket challenge looks so simple, even a cave man could do it, I’m thinking.

  4. Most readers if Israellycool probably are already familiar with the Israeli/Palestinian water situation. But for anyone who is not, here are links to a few articles that explain what is really happening:

    The Truth Behind the Palestinian Water Libels
    http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/truth-behind-palestinian-water-libels/

    The Myth of the Thirsty Palestinian
    http://www.thetower.org/article/the-myth-of-the-thirsty-palestinian/

    Water: Facts about Israeli and Palestinian Use, Agreements
    http://www.theisraelproject.org/water-facts-about-israeli-and-palestinian-use-agreements/

    Palestinian lies like water
    http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Palestinian-lies-like-water-319582

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