The Guardian beats up on Israel again...

Never missing the opportunity to bash Israel, the Guradian have come out with the most slanted pieces of Journalism on the Eurovision Song contest I've seen.

Where as other media outlets are writing that Israel's entry by Teapack in the Eurovision song contest may be banned because of its political undertones, the Guardian has come out and in bold headline type screamed:

Song of terror picked by Israel for Eurovision

The Teapacks will represent Israel in Helsinki for the Eurovision 2007 finals.
Photograph: www.teapacks.com

The Guardian follows with:

It was a choice that perhaps owed more to the public mood than to any cute lyrical hook or novel musical riff. Asked to pick a song for this year's Eurovision song contest, Israelis paid little heed to the eternal Eurovision themes of peace, love and harmony and settled instead for a number called Push the Button about the threat of terrorism and Armageddon.

The track, sung by the Teapacks in English, French and Hebrew, is a confident amalgam of eastern sounds, rock and rap. It was chosen this week as Israel's preferred song in a phone-in television show and the band will go forward to the Eurovision semi-finals in Helsinki in May.

"It has the right vibe and it's multicultural, "said Kobi Oz, the group's leader.

"The world is full of terror, if someone makes an error, he's gonna blow us up to kingdom come," Oz sings. "There are some crazy rulers, they hide and try to fool us, with demonic, technological willingness to harm. They're gonna push the button, push the button."

The band was formed in 1988 in Sderot, a small Israeli town close to the border with the Gaza Strip. As the nearest town, it has been the frequent target of rockets launched by Palestinian militants.

The Teapacks hope to follow in the footsteps of Israel's 1998 Eurovision winner, the transsexual Dana International.

Their song, Push the Button, can be heard on www.myspace.com/teapacks.

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You've got to love the Guardian, they even manage to turn what in essence is a pacifist song about being not wanting to die into:

"Asked to pick a song for this year's Eurovision song contest, Israelis paid little heed to the eternal Eurovision themes of peace, love and harmony and settled instead for a number called Push the Button about the threat of terrorism and Armageddon. "

Those War mongering Israeli's they can never follow rules can they, they have chosen to ignore the themes of 'peace love and harmony' why can't they just die quietly!

Seems to me, it might be more apt to accuse one of the world's major religions of ignoring :

"themes of peace, love and harmony"

But hey, never let a minor detail get in the way of a Good Guardian beat up on Israel.

References:

Guardian:Song of Terror picked by Israel for Eurovision

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