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the reality that Tel Aviv has always tried to cover up and promote acceptance of the alleged normalization train, was reflected in the state of frustration expressed by the Israeli Channel 12 delegate, Ohad Haimo, to cover the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, by refusing Arab soccer fans of several nationalities to give interviews to the channel. Israeli, as an expression of their rejection of normalization with Israel and support for the Palestinian people.
In an attempt to get out of the state of frustration, he conducted a live broadcast with a Qatari fan to talk to the official Israeli TV "Kan", but the Qatari refused to speak when he learned that the conversation was taking place with an Israeli journalist, as the Israeli media believed that normalization and the "Abrahamic agreements" signed between Tel Aviv and Arab countries will motivate the Arab masses in the World Cup to receive it "warmly".
In the face of the boycott and refusal to give interviews to Israeli television teams, and the Arab masses and those advocating for the Palestinian cause turned away from journalists when they identified themselves as from Israel, the Israeli journalist, delegate to Kan 11, went too far when he asked the Colombian singer Maluma, who performed the World Cup song, "Shakira and Dua Lipa refused to participate in the World Cup because of Qatar's human rights history. Don't you realize that people will say that your presence here helps improve the record?!".
boycott and refused
Maluma did not delay, as he responded to Vardi, "You are rude...", and left the dialogue that was broadcast live and direct, and in the footsteps of Vardi, the correspondent Haimo followed, who was rejected by Lebanese, Qatari and Saudi fans when they knew that he was from Israel, but he persisted in his insolence, as he He clashed in a dialogue with an Arab fan who wrapped himself in the Palestinian flag, directing his speech to the Israelis, "Palestine yes... Israel no...".
What was the depth of the state of frustration expressed by the reporter, Haimo, and increased the concerns and fears of the negative impact of the scenes of clash, collision, and public and popular rallying around the Palestinian issue? This is what confronted the Israeli Channel 13 delegate, Tal Schurer, to Doha. .
These scenes spread widely on social media in the Arab world, and found a wide interaction and welcome by the activists, which reinforced, contrary to what I wanted, the growing rejection of Israel by the Arab peoples, thus raising the level of sympathy with the Palestinian people clearly.
Challenges and obstacles
Accordingly, there are voices in Israel, says the Israeli journalist Yoav Stern, "which began to call for an end to the deliberate clashes by correspondents of Israeli television stations with the Arab masses in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, as the reason for these calls is the clear negative impact on the Israeli viewer himself, who discovered A reality that he was not aware of with this clarity, especially in recent years, in light of the efforts of normalization and the signing of the Abrahamic Accords.
Stern explained to Al-Jazeera Net that what happened with the Israeli journalists delegated to cover the World Cup in Qatar reflects the entire reality of the Arab-Israeli conflict, determines the centrality of the Palestinian issue to the Arab peoples, and reflects the challenges and obstacles facing Israel in any settlement in the Middle East that would transcend the Palestinian issue.
The Israeli journalist believes that the World Cup, as a global event that brings together all peoples and different nationalities around the world, came to remind people that Israel lives in an Arab and Islamic environment and is a minority, and that the Palestinian people extend their culture, civilization and depth with the Arab peoples and are not limited to a disputed land. In practice, what revealed the falsity, fragility, and failure of the normalization and peace agreements signed between official Israel and Arab regimes, which are agreements that transcend peoples.
Therefore, says Stern, "Israeli voices calling for an end to the clash and friction with the masses in the World Cup were heard, after the abject failure of the live test, for the first time, with spontaneous Arab masses of several nationalities."
He attributed this to the fact that Tel Aviv fears the repercussions of this failure and the negative impact on Israeli propaganda regarding the "success of normalization", which is the alleged success that has long been promoted by Israeli and Arab politicians who signed the "peace agreements".
Translated from Jerusalem.
עיתוני ישראלי במפגש עם המקומים בשוק הגדול ל דוחא, please come back to my family.
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- Moav Vardi (@MoavVardi) November 18, 2022
Attend and test
And in a case that reflects the official Israeli institution’s quest for presence and presence on the map and the Middle Eastern arena ahead of the 2022 World Cup, the specialist in Israeli affairs, Muhammad Khairi, recounted Tel Aviv’s attempts to anticipate the global sporting event, and to employ the train of normalization, in the hope that it will find a presence in the Gulf.
Before the official start of the World Cup in Qatar, Khairy told Al-Jazeera Net, "Various Israeli media outlets had sent their correspondents to Qatar, where it became clear through the coverage that efforts were being made clearly and deliberately to try to impose the Israeli presence among the people, even if he was a journalist. ".
"The coverage was accompanied by reports aimed at demonizing Qatar and its hosting of the World Cup, and in Doha, with the start of the World Cup celebrations, the Israeli journalist collided with citizens and fans from countries known for their hostility to Israel, such as Lebanon, Palestine and Iran in particular," Khairy described.
Israeli correspondents tried, Khairy says, "to impose themselves on the scene, and perhaps it was unusual scenes for the Israeli to violate the recommendations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and speak in his Hebrew language and introduce himself by force in front of the crowds. Perhaps it was a close Israeli test for the Arab peoples themselves, but it is a B test." fail.”
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- Moav Vardi (@MoavVardi) November 21, 2022
incompetence and failure
And in light of the failure of the test of normalization with the Arab and Islamic peoples, and the pulse of the peoples was felt by some Israeli correspondents, and to remedy this failure that came with a live and direct broadcast, Khairy explained that some media outlets reached the matter to cover up the impotence and failure to penetrate Arab consciousness to the extent of criticizing the role of correspondents and what they are trying to do.
He believes that the failure in the live test of normalization and the attitudes of persecuting Israeli journalists by fans from the Arab world, by cheering for Palestine and denying the existence of Israel, has "a negative impact on Israel's reputation at the beginning, and on the Israelis who witnessed live the position of the Arab peoples towards Israel," noting that Some Jews even described these scenes as "cruel".
The expert on Israeli affairs continued, "I believe that the Hebrew media has failed miserably in its attempts, which seem to have been planned in advance, as the Arab public in Qatar did not welcome the conversation with Israeli correspondents. Rather, the fans were able to convey a message about the reality that the government and the Hebrew media are trying to promote, which is rejection." Absolute support for Israel and dealing with it, and even refusing to talk through its screens.
בפוסט הזה שהם העלו הם צרפו תמונה של ראיון קצרצר שעשיתי פה עם אזרח קטארי,ֶשטוען שלא הבהרנו שאנחנו ערוץ ששייך לכיבוש (זה לא נכון, אני תמיד מציג אותנו כערוץ טלוויזיה מישראל).
And they are kotbem shaashama llmzb snwser hia shel my shayshr lnw lahkins lectar.
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- Moav Vardi (@MoavVardi) November 21, 2022