Jerusalem – Jordanian Rapper Sues Netanyahu And His Party Over Campaign Clip

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    Jerusalem – A Jordanian hip-hop group has taken legal action against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party after one of its songs was used in a campaign video for Israel’s election next month.

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    Firas Shehadeh, founder of the group Turabyeh (“Of the Soil”), filed an injunction with the Haifa District Court on Monday stating that the song had been used without permission, Iyad Jubran, the group’s attorney, told Reuters.

    “They were stunned by Likud’s shamelessness and outright theft,” the Israel-based Jubran said.

    Representatives of Likud and Netanyahu declined to comment.

    The song, entitled ‘Gorbeh’ (Alienation), is being used in a 40-second online video posted on Netanyahu’s YouTube channel.

    The video, under the title “Us or Them, ISIS’s Version”, depicts four men dressed as Islamic State militants driving across sandy terrain. At one point, the driver stops to ask the driver of a car next to them in Arabic-accented Hebrew: “How do we get to Jerusalem, brother?”

    The Israeli driver replies: “Turn left.”

    The message appears to be that if the center-left defeats Netanyahu’s right-wing party in the March 17 parliamentary election, ISIS will end up taking over.

    Shehadeh said he learned of the clip from friends on Saturday, shortly after it was posted online.

    “I was shocked, it was craziness,” he told Reuters by phone from Spain. “We are against ISIS and against Israel.”

    The court petition says the clip creates the impression that the group supports ISIS and could expose them to reprisals by those who oppose Islamic State. Its use in the campaign of an Israeli right-wing party could also deter their fans.

    Turabyeh has four members, three of them descendants of Palestinian refugees, millions of whom now live in Jordan. The song is about their political alienation and longing for a return to their Palestinian homeland, Shehadeh said.


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    9 years ago

    Throw him a quarter!

    rhillel
    rhillel
    9 years ago

    Once you’re against Israel you are an enemy. Israeli’s are not interested whether an enemy likes chocolate or vanilla, ISIS or Iran. As a matter of fact its good that your music is depicted as ISIS so the Jordanians keep a watch on you. Most likely you are looking to encourage or celebrate violence against Israel. For that every Jew should sue you. You should be sued because you said on the news you are against Israel.