| ID | 084762 |
| Title Proper | To banish the " levantine dunghill " from within |
| Other Title Information | toward a cultural understanding of Israel anti - Iran phobias |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ram, Haggai |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Held since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual event traditionally dedicated to the eternal themes of love, peace, and harmony. Yet Israelis asked to pick a song for the 2007 contest in Helsinki paid little heed to these themes. Instead, they settled for "Push the Button," a controversial number by an Israeli punk group called Teapacks; the song is generally understood as a description of life under the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran with its "crazy rulers." Meanwhile, an Israeli fashion house (Dan Cassidy) commissioned a series of photos at a construction site in southern Tel Aviv that showed a topless model lying in a pit. The project was designed as a warning against the "holocaust" that would follow Iran's possible nuclear attack on Israel; the pit, as the project's creative director explained, represented "the mass grave of complacent Tel Aviv residents." |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 40, No. 2; May 2008: p 249-268 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 40, No. 2; May 2008: p 249-268 |
| Key Words | Levantine Dunghill ; Israe - Relation - Iran ; Israel - Shah Regime - Iran ; Iran - Relations - Israel |