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The corona vaccine campaign in Israel reached South Park - and Netanyahu responded
In a special episode of the animated series, one of the characters says "Israel is much more vocal than this place," and an Israeli plane brings vaccines to America.
Prime Minister Netanyahu shared an excerpt from the chapter, but within the context of the full chapter, Israel does not necessarily come out well, and even vice versa
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Thursday, 11 March 2021, 13:43 Updated: 14:08
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Vaccines for everyone.
From "South Park: Special Vaccine" (Photo: Screenshot, Screenshot)
In a special episode of the controversial "South Park" animated series that aired last night (Wednesday), the Israeli vaccination campaign against Corona stars.
The long episode (46 minutes) is a sequel to an earlier episode of the series that aired a few months ago and dealt with the plague.
In one scene, people with masks are shown in line for the store, and a security guard stops them from entering because of the corona instructions.
One person tells him, "Really, man, it's ridiculous that people can't come in," and another person adds, "Yeah, you know that in Israel we vaccinated everyone. Israel is much more vocal than this place."
The security guard responds to him: "So go to Israel," and the man replies: "I tried, but I could not enter."
In another scene at the end of the episode (spoiler), a plane with an Israeli Star of David from a company called "Air Israel", whose logo is reminiscent of El Al's, lands against a background of fireworks in the sky, and a man announces that he has brought vaccines to everyone.
The crowd watching the plane land rejoices, as a man with a tank top throws boxes of vaccines at him, and gets vaccinated.
The episode will be broadcast tonight (Thursday) on HOT Comedy Central and is available to watch without translation on the official website of the series.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoiled the special section of the special, shared it on his Twitter page, and wrote: "Even in South Park we already know - Israel is coming back to life!"
It should be noted that in contrast to the way the Prime Minister presents things, within the context of the full chapter, Israel does not necessarily come out well, and even the opposite.
Israel's ambassador to the United States, Gilad Ardan, wrote on Twitter while tagging NBC's "Saturday Night Live" program: "This is how you make fun of the corona that concerns Israel. Watch and learn from South Park."
Arden wrote this against the background of a storm that erupted last month, after a joke about vaccines in Israel told by one of the stars of the "Saturday Night Live" program, Michael Che, led to a wave of condemnation against him and it was claimed that it had an antisemitic tone.
The statement was: "Israel reports that it has vaccinated half of its population. I guess it's half the Jewish."
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This is not the first time that Israel has starred in "South Park".
In the 2013 episode "Redhead": Tray Parker and Matt Stone, creators of "South Park," combined an innocent prank that Cartman performs with his classmates, which gets out of his control and eventually leads to peace in the Middle East.
During the episode, Cartman teases his classmates by claiming to have discovered a red-haired cow, when in fact it is a hand-painted cow.
To their surprise, it turns out that a red cow was included in an ancient prophecy of the three main religions in the Middle East - Islam, Christianity and Judaism - and its appearance leads to a comprehensive peace agreement in the region.
When Cartman discovers that the prank had such far-reaching consequences, he tries to take advantage of the situation.
Extensive parts of the chapter take place in the territories of the State of Israel.
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