Activists respond to cellular phone campaign

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Protestors in Bilin try to reenact Cellcom's much-criticized TV commercial, which showed soldiers playing soccer with Palestinians over separation wall. However, when they passed soccer balls to troops during weekly rally, what they got back was tear gas

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3749720,00.html

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"Palestinians protestors and left-wing activists came up with an original response to a television ad for a local cellular phone company that angered and offended many in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

At television commercial by Cellcom showed Israelis soldiers playing soccer with unseen Palestinians over the separation wall. Critics claimed that the ad reflected Israel's total disregard for harsh reality in West Bank.

Last Friday, during their weekly demonstration in Bilin, the protestors passed soccer balls to the soldiers, in an attempt to reenact the highly controversial ad. However, instead of getting the balls back, the soldiers responded with tear gas and high-pressure water hoses.

One of the activists, Abdullah told Ynet: "We wanted to show everyone how the soldiers really behave, contrary to what was shown in the ad. This is a message from the protestors on what really goes on at the separation fence – this is what we get from the soldiers, tear gas."