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<p><a href="http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israeli-spokesman-refuses-apologize-after-tweeting-2009-bombing-footage?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29" target="_blank"><strong>Published Monday, March 12, 2012 Al Akhbar English</strong></a></p>
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<p>An Israeli spokesman has refused to apologize after tweeting a video of a bomb attack in Israel from three years ago while discussing the current violence.</p>
<p>Israeli forces have killed at least 20 people, including a 12 year-old boy, in the past three days in an ongoing series of aerial raids.</p>
<p>Israel claims its attacks are in response to Palestinian &#8220;terrorists&#8221; who are firing rockets into the country.</p>
<p>Shortly after taking to the social networking site Twitter to say Israel continues to &#8220;pound&#8221; Palestinians because of the attacks by &#8220;militants,&#8221; Israeli spokesman to the Arab world Ofir Gendelman tweeted a message which appeared to show the attacks hitting a major Israeli city.</p>
<p>In the accompanying message he wrote &#8220;this is how people in southern Israel live under the barrage of rockets fired from Gaza.&#8221;</p>
<p>However activists on Twitter pointed out that the video Gendelman had highlighted was from 2009, not from the current violence.</p>
<p>Marisa Conte wrote back to say &#8220;Today you [tweeted] 2009 pic as if it was actual.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Dire situation was [in] 2009. If u post it 2day u make readers think it refers 2 2day,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Gendelman was forced to admit that the footage was old and therefore didn&#8217;t represent the current situation but added that he &#8220;never wrote that it was taken today.&#8221;</p>
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<p>PM Netanyahu: The <a title="#IDF" href="https://twitter.com/search/%23IDF" rel="tag">#<strong>IDF</strong></a> continues to pound the terrorists in Gaza. Any one who intends to attack our citizens-we will target and hit him.</p>
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<div><a href="https://twitter.com/ofirgendelman/statuses/179210824710230017">12 Mar 12 </a></p>
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<p>Video: this is how people in southern Israel live under the barrage of rockets fired from Gaza <a title="http://bit.ly/x45mCb" href="http://t.co/pmVegjg5">bit.ly/x45mCb</a> <a title="#IsraelUnderFire" href="https://twitter.com/search/%23IsraelUnderFire" rel="tag">#<strong>IsraelUnderFire</strong></a></p>
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<p><a title="Ofir Gendelman" href="https://twitter.com/ofirgendelman">@<strong>ofirgendelman</strong></a> Today, u twited a 2009 pic as it was actual. Are u a coquin? <a title="http://www.rilaxati.it/2009/il-2009-nelle-foto-della-reuters/" href="http://t.co/cIKUTSUE">rilaxati.it/2009/il-2009-n…</a> <a title="United Nations" href="https://twitter.com/UN">@<strong>UN</strong></a> <a title="EU External Action" href="https://twitter.com/eu_eeas">@<strong>eu_eeas</strong></a> <a title="The Telegraph" href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph">@<strong>Telegraph</strong></a> <a title="BBC News (World)" href="https://twitter.com/BBCWorld">@<strong>BBCWorld</strong></a> <a title="Tg3 Web" href="https://twitter.com/Tg3web">@<strong>Tg3web</strong></a></p>
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<p><a title="Ofir Gendelman" href="https://twitter.com/ofirgendelman">@<strong>ofirgendelman</strong></a> Today, u twited a 2009 pic as it was actual. Are u a coquin? <a title="http://www.rilaxati.it/2009/il-2009-nelle-foto-della-reuters/" href="http://t.co/cIKUTSUE">rilaxati.it/2009/il-2009-n…</a> <a title="United Nations" href="https://twitter.com/UN">@<strong>UN</strong></a> <a title="EU External Action" href="https://twitter.com/eu_eeas">@<strong>eu_eeas</strong></a> <a title="The Telegraph" href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph">@<strong>Telegraph</strong></a> <a title="BBC News (World)" href="https://twitter.com/BBCWorld">@<strong>BBCWorld</strong></a> <a title="Tg3 Web" href="https://twitter.com/Tg3web">@<strong>Tg3web</strong></a></p>
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<div><a href="https://twitter.com/ofirgendelman"><img src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1875449472/image_normal.jpg" alt="" /> Ofir Gendelman @<strong>ofirgendelman</strong> </a></div>
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<p><a title="Marisa Conte" href="https://twitter.com/Marisa_Conte">@<strong>Marisa_Conte</strong></a> <a title="United Nations" href="https://twitter.com/UN">@<strong>UN</strong></a> <a title="EU External Action" href="https://twitter.com/eu_eeas">@<strong>eu_eeas</strong></a> <a title="The Telegraph" href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph">@<strong>Telegraph</strong></a> <a title="BBC News (World)" href="https://twitter.com/BBCWorld">@<strong>BBCWorld</strong></a> <a title="Tg3 Web" href="https://twitter.com/Tg3web">@<strong>Tg3web</strong></a> I never wrote that it was taken today.It illustrates the dire situation in the south</p>
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<p><a title="Marisa Conte" href="https://twitter.com/Marisa_Conte">@<strong>Marisa_Conte</strong></a> <a title="United Nations" href="https://twitter.com/UN">@<strong>UN</strong></a> <a title="EU External Action" href="https://twitter.com/eu_eeas">@<strong>eu_eeas</strong></a> <a title="The Telegraph" href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph">@<strong>Telegraph</strong></a> <a title="BBC News (World)" href="https://twitter.com/BBCWorld">@<strong>BBCWorld</strong></a> <a title="Tg3 Web" href="https://twitter.com/Tg3web">@<strong>Tg3web</strong></a> I never wrote that it was taken today.It illustrates the dire situation in the south</p>
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<p><a title="Ofir Gendelman" href="https://twitter.com/ofirgendelman">@<strong>ofirgendelman</strong></a> <a title="United Nations" href="https://twitter.com/UN">@<strong>UN</strong></a> <a title="EU External Action" href="https://twitter.com/eu_eeas">@<strong>eu_eeas</strong></a> <a title="The Telegraph" href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph">@<strong>Telegraph</strong></a> <a title="BBC News (World)" href="https://twitter.com/BBCWorld">@<strong>BBCWorld</strong></a> <a title="Tg3 Web" href="https://twitter.com/Tg3web">@<strong>Tg3web</strong></a> Dire situation was on 2009. If u post it 2day u make readers think it refers 2 2day</p>
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<p>Israel continued to bomb Gaza on Monday, despite calls from Egypt and other countries for a ceasefire.</p>
<p>US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chose to blame Palestinian militants for the attack, but did not criticize Israel&#8217;s airstrikes.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let me also condemn in the strongest terms the rocket fire from Gaza into Southern Israel, which continued over the weekend,&#8221; Clinton said during an appearance on Monday before the UN Security Council.</p>
<p><em>(Al-Akhbar)</em></p>
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