In the age of the political gaffe, how could Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu’s now-notorious push to the front of the memorial march in Paris last week not turn heads? Fellow Israelis did a collective facepalm and chided him for presenting “the pushy Israeli, the impolite Israeli” to the world during a moment of global mourning for the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and hostages killed in Paris.
But few went as far as the as-yet-unnamed young creators of “Push the Bibi,” a fun-poking arcade-style game that lets you navigate the Prime Minister to the front of the march. Featuring an image of Bibi wearing a crown, flanked by an Israeli and French flag, the game feels a little like midtown Manhattan during rush hour, but with a layer of bad PR. If your Bibi reaches the coveted spot between Angela Merkel and Ibrahim Keita, the game announces “Game over! Don’t try again.”
A particularly aggressive Israeli etiquette lesson, or a political jab? You decide. But do us a favor: be polite to your neighbor, and turn the sound off first.
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» Play “Push the Bibi.”
» Consider the quandary of French Jews
» Watch a jovial send-up about Netayahu’s speech to French Jews
» Netanyahu visits the memorial to supermarket hostages
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Watch the AJ+ Network’s jovial send-up of Netanyahu’s speech to French Jews:
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