Comedy | July 23, 2008 | Comment on this video (7)

Middle East Laughs

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This pod follows comedians with the Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour http://www.ipcomedytour.com), as they travel and perform in East Jerusalem. The tour was conceived by prominent Arab American journalist Ray Hanania , who started the IP Comedy Tour and became a performer after 9/11. The "IP Comedy Tour" has had several successful runs with sold out houses - both in Israel and in the U.S. - as well as extensive media coverage. The comedians are diverse-- Palestinian, Egyptian, secular Jewish, and Orthodox Jewish - yet share the common goal of promoting better understanding and diffusing mutual suspicion through the universality of laughter.
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  • sephseph
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      sephseph  

    • Some of those were pretty funny, although I have to say that the consensus among Palestinians (me included) is that Ray Hanania is something of an "Uncle Tom" Palestinian. Comedy is a nice distraction, but there won't be peace until there is justice. That means the resolution of core issues - East Jersualem, settlements, and the right of return. No amount of terrorist jokes is going to change that.

    • 2 years ago
  • Prijedor
  • SHERIFTV
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      SHERIFTV  

    • This was an amazing trip. It was my first time going to Israel and Palestine. I enjoyed performing there but I also learned a lot about what I didn't see on the news. Comedy is ESSENTIAL to peace in the Middle East. That's just my opinion though :-)

    • 3 years ago
  • cigarettezack
  • mejicolindoyquerido
  • amilli23
  • chris50
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      chris50  

    • I am so happy!!!!! Kudos to you guys for this. Laughter can make a difference. Keep it up. And they are funny. I would love to came to one of their shows. I just can't say enough good things about this. This really made my day.

    • 3 years ago
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