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"'''{{Not a typo|Batallion}} 50 Rock the Hebron Casbah'''" is a ] amateur dance video in the ] style produced by soldiers in the ] (IDF).
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'''''IDF TiK ToK''''', originally uploaded to ] as '''''Batallion 50 Rock the Hebron Casbah''''' and posted on ] under the name '''''Rock the Casbah''''', is a ] amateur dance video in the ] style produced by soldiers in the ] (IDF).<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIrVofeRh0g |title=Israeli Soldiers Dancing ft. Kesha - Tick Tock (Rock the Casba in Hebron) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pretorianews.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5544464 |title=Song and dance over Israeli soldiers' routine |publisher='']'' |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref>


The video was filmed in 2010 by soldiers serving in the IDF's ]. It had been viewed more than a 1.6 million times online just days after being uploaded.<ref name="csmonitor1">{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0707/Israeli-soldiers-Rock-the-Casbah-in-Hebron-and-cause-a-stir-video |title=Israeli soldiers 'Rock the Casbah in Hebron' – and cause a stir (video) |publisher='']'' |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> The video was filmed in 2010 by soldiers serving in the IDF's ]. It was viewed more than 1.6&nbsp;million times online in the first few days after being uploaded to ].<ref name="csmonitor1">{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0707/Israeli-soldiers-Rock-the-Casbah-in-Hebron-and-cause-a-stir-video |title=Israeli soldiers 'Rock the Casbah in Hebron'&nbsp;– and cause a stir (video) |work=] |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref>


==Video== ==Video==


The video opens with six infantry soldiers from the Hod platoon of the Nahal Brigade's 50th Airborne Battalion on foot patrol. They are in a two-by-three formation in ], a tense flash point of sniper, stabbing, and other attacks on Israeli soldiers.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|author=Matthew Weaver |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/06/israeli-soldiers-dance-patrol-hebron |title=Israeli soldiers face punishment for dancing while on Hebron patrol|publisher= '']'' |date= |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138440 |title=Soldiers Do ‘About Face’ and Dance to Pop Song ‘Tick Tock’ |publisher=] |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Reporter |first=Staff |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3042867/Soldiers-caught-dancing-on-duty.html |title=Soldiers caught dancing on duty |work= ] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref name="csmonitor1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/06/2010-07-06_israeli_defense_force_troops_face_displinary_action_over_youtube_dance_video.html |author=Michael Sheridan|title=YouTube dance video could mean trouble for Israeli Defense Force troops |publisher='' ]'' |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ungerleider |first=Neal |url=http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2010/07/06/israeli-soldiers-dance-to-kesha/ |title=Israeli soldiers dance to Kesha - Falafel Mafia |publisher= '']'' |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref> The soldiers are walking cautiously down a deserted Jabel Rahma Street, near the ] site, in the ] section of Hebron, armed and in full combat gear, including bullet-proof vests.<ref name=Pfeffer>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/idf-soldiers-face-penalty-after-uploading-hebron-dance-video-to-youtube-1.300205 |title=IDF soldiers face penalty after uploading Hebron dance video to YouTube |last=Pfeffer |first=Anshel |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher= '']'' }}</ref><ref name=efiF>{{cite news|url=http://www.worldofjudaica.com/jewish-news/entertainment/idf-presents-tick-tock-kesha-in-hebron/353/18/ |title=IDF Presents: Tick Tock Kesha in Hebron |date=July 5, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=Jewish News}}</ref><ref name="Rock the Casbah: Behind the scenes">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3916366,00.html|author=Yedioth Ahronoth reporters |title=Rock the Casbah: Behind the scenes |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name="nypost1">{{cite news|last=Soltis |first=Andy |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/clock_may_vid_tik_ing_for_israeli_DRM7vTOtjjbXrMcN8eNcjN |title=Clock may be 'Tik'-ing for Israeli soldiers in Web vid |publisher='']''|date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> The ] ] can be heard coming from the loudspeaker of a ] (all the sound in the video was edited in after the footage was shot). The video opens with six infantry soldiers from the Hod platoon of the Nahal Brigade's 50th Airborne Battalion on foot patrol. They are in a two-by-three formation in ] in the ], a tense flash point of attacks on Israeli soldiers.<ref name="csmonitor1"/><ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|author=Matthew Weaver |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/06/israeli-soldiers-dance-patrol-hebron |title=Israeli soldiers face punishment for dancing while on Hebron patrol|work=The Guardian |date= July 6, 2010|accessdate=July 14, 2010 | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138440 |title=Soldiers Do 'About Face' and Dance to Pop Song 'Tick Tock' |publisher=] |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/06/2010-07-06_israeli_defense_force_troops_face_displinary_action_over_youtube_dance_video.html |author=Michael Sheridan|title=YouTube dance video could mean trouble for Israeli Defense Force troops |work= ] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ungerleider |first=Neal |url=http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2010/07/06/israeli-soldiers-dance-to-kesha/ |title=Israeli soldiers dance to Kesha&nbsp;— Falafel Mafia |website=] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922204354/http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2010/07/06/israeli-soldiers-dance-to-kesha/ |archive-date=September 22, 2012 }}</ref> The soldiers are walking cautiously down a deserted Jabel Rahma Street, near the ] site, in the ] section of Hebron, armed and in full combat gear, including bullet-proof vests.<ref name=Pfeffer>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/idf-soldiers-face-penalty-after-uploading-hebron-dance-video-to-youtube-1.300205 |title=IDF soldiers face penalty after uploading Hebron dance video to YouTube |last=Pfeffer |first=Anshel |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher= ] }}</ref><ref name=efiF>{{cite news|url=http://www.worldofjudaica.com/jewish-news/entertainment/idf-presents-tick-tock-kesha-in-hebron/353/18/ |title=IDF Presents: Tick Tock Kesha in Hebron |date=July 5, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |work=Jewish News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708141512/http://www.worldofjudaica.com/jewish-news/entertainment/idf-presents-tick-tock-kesha-in-hebron/353/18/ |archive-date=July 8, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Rock the Casbah: Behind the scenes">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3916366,00.html|author=Yedioth Ahronoth reporters |title=Rock the Casbah: Behind the scenes |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> The ] ] can be heard coming from the loudspeaker of a ] (all the sound in the video was edited in after the footage was shot).


Suddenly, the voice of ] ] singer ] breaks in. She is singing her hit # 1 pop song '']'': ''"Tonight I'm gonna fight, Till we see the sunlight, Tick tock on the clock but the party don't stop, no"''.<ref name="google1">{{cite news|author=AFP|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5inj4qorjYeKUVKgUOlyLbwjgywSQ |title=Israel army not amused as troops dance on patrol |publisher=]|date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> Suddenly, the voice of ] ] singer ] breaks in. She is singing her hit # 1 pop song '']'': ''"Tonight I'ma fight, Til' we see the sunlight, Tick tock on the clock but the party don't stop, no"''.<ref name="google1">{{cite news|author=AFP|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5inj4qorjYeKUVKgUOlyLbwjgywSQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709173629/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5inj4qorjYeKUVKgUOlyLbwjgywSQ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2010 |title=Israel army not amused as troops dance on patrol |publisher=]|date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref>


With the music, the soldiers abruptly break into choreographed dance moves.<ref name="google1"/><ref name=Katz>{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=180582 |title=Soldiers’ ‘Tik-Tok’ video on YouTube |last=Katz |first=Yaakov |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name=Frilling>{{cite news |url=http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/06/idf-tik-toks-in-hebron-2/ |title=IDF Tik Tok’s in Hebron |last=Frilling |first=Yonat |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher='']''}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/video-of-israeli-soldiers-dancing-on-the-streets-of-hebron-goes-viral_100392304.html |title=Video of Israeli soldiers dancing on the streets of Hebron goes viral |publisher=''Thai Indian'' |date=July 8, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> The soldiers step in sync and gyrate their hips, somewhat clumsily, with moves more often used to dance to the cult Spanish track "]", as they spin, twirl, dance, hop, flap their arms like chickens, skip, and dance hand-in-hand in pairs.<ref name="google1"/><ref name="csmonitor1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10528301.stm |title=Israeli soldiers escape 'dance routine' penalty |publisher=] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref> Then, just as suddenly as they started, the soldiers resume their positions and continue patrolling.<ref name="google1"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Pfeffer |first=Anshel |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/idf-soldiers-face-penalty-after-uploading-hebron-dance-video-to-youtube-1.300205 |title=IDF soldiers face penalty after uploading Hebron dance video to YouTube |publisher=''Haaretz''|date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author= |url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100707/world-news/world-briefs |title=World briefs |publisher= '']'' |date= July 7, 2010|accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref name="guardian1"/> With the music, the soldiers abruptly break into choreographed dance moves.<ref name="google1"/><ref name=Katz>{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=180582 |title=Soldiers' 'Tik-Tok' video on YouTube |last=Katz |first=Yaakov |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |work=] |archive-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709125029/http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=180582 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Frilling>{{cite news|url=http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/06/idf-tik-toks-in-hebron-2/ |title=IDF Tik Tok's in Hebron |last=Frilling |first=Yonat |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009114955/http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/06/idf-tik-toks-in-hebron-2/ |archive-date=October 9, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/video-of-israeli-soldiers-dancing-on-the-streets-of-hebron-goes-viral_100392304.html |title=Video of Israeli soldiers dancing on the streets of Hebron goes viral |publisher=Thai Indian |date=July 8, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |archive-date=July 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711054535/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/video-of-israeli-soldiers-dancing-on-the-streets-of-hebron-goes-viral_100392304.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The soldiers perform synchronized dance steps singly and in pairs.<ref name="csmonitor1"/><ref name="google1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10528301.stm |title=Israeli soldiers escape 'dance routine' penalty |publisher=BBC News |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref> The soldiers suddenly stop dancing and continue their patrol.<ref name="guardian1"/><ref name="google1"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Pfeffer |first=Anshel |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/idf-soldiers-face-penalty-after-uploading-hebron-dance-video-to-youtube-1.300205 |title=IDF soldiers face penalty after uploading Hebron dance video to YouTube |publisher=Haaretz|accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100707/world-news/world-briefs |title=World briefs |work= ] |date= July 7, 2010|accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref>


The Israeli newspaper '']'' reported that some Palestinian natives of Hebron told reporters that the music the soldiers danced to woke them up at dawn, but the video was actually filmed at 7 p.m., in the half-light not of dawn but of evening. It was filmed without music, a commander calling out the dance moves. The music was edited in later. And that it was shot in an area considered free from strife.<ref name=Collins>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Personal-Notes/Real-Israel-Dance-troops|title=Real Israel: Dance troops|date=July 23, 2010|website=The Jerusalem Post|last=Liat Collins}}</ref>
⚫ The 106-second amateur video was praised for its artistry in "juxtaposing tension and cathartic dance."<ref name=Mitnick>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0707/Israeli-soldiers-Rock-the-Casbah-in-Hebron-and-cause-a-stir-video |title=Israeli soldiers 'Rock the Casbah in Hebron' |last=Mitnick |first=Joshua |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name="nypost1"/>

⚫ The 106-second amateur video was praised for its artistry in "juxtaposing tension and cathartic dance."<ref name=Mitnick>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0707/Israeli-soldiers-Rock-the-Casbah-in-Hebron-and-cause-a-stir-video |title=Israeli soldiers 'Rock the Casbah in Hebron' |last=Mitnick |first=Joshua |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |work=]}}</ref> According to '']'' columnist Liat Collins, "television stations in countries including Britain, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, the US, India, and Brazil couldn’t resist the temptation to show the clip, and at least one broadcaster declared the soldiers "cute".<ref name=Collins/>


==Other videos== ==Other videos==
The video is a spoof on a long-viral Israeli television comedy skit that ran for months on the satirical TV show "Eretz Nehederet."<ref name="latimes1">{{cite news|author= |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/07/israel-idf-soldiers-dancing-in-the-streets-of-hebron.html |author=Batsheva Sobelman |title=Israel: IDF soldiers step on toes while dancing in the streets of Hebron |publisher='']'' |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> There, two clothes shop salesgirls who are giving begrudging service suddenly go ballistic when shoppers disrupt their folded clothes, and require the offenders to fold with them in moves synchronized to the ''Tik Tok'' tune.<ref name="latimes1"/> In the hit TV video, known as ''hamekaplot'' ("the folders"), celebrities and politicians are featured as the "violators". Israelis made numerous spoof clips applying the idea to everything from rolling joints to preparing sushi.<ref name="latimes1"/> ] made a version, "starring" Prime Minister ] and Defense Minister ] folding T-shirts bearing inscriptions such as "]," "civil rights", and "settlement evacuation."<ref name="latimes1"/> The video is a spoof of a comedy skit from '']'', an ]i TV show.<ref name="latimes1">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/07/israel-idf-soldiers-dancing-in-the-streets-of-hebron.html |author=Batsheva Sobelman |title=Israel: IDF soldiers step on toes while dancing in the streets of Hebron |work=] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> In that skit, two shop girls force their customers to fold clothes in time to music.<ref name="latimes1"/>


The IDF video also followed several videos posted by soldiers in other armies. They include one showing American soldiers in ] dancing to ] by ], which has been viewed online over five million times.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKL8w-_zC_s |title=U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Cover 'Telephone' by Lady Gaga (Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=April 30, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref name="jpost1">{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=180674 |title=Dancing Dispute: Soldiers stir controversy online |publisher='']'' |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/06/israeli-soldiers-dodge-pu_n_636577.html |title=Israeli Soldiers Dodge Punishment For Ke$ha Dance (Video) |publisher= '']'' |date=March 15, 2002 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> A video of British soldiers and officers in Iraq going about their routine to ]’s '']'' is another example.<ref name="jpost1"/> In another video, U.S. Marines in Iraq dance and lip-sync to ]’s '']'' .<ref name="jpost1"/> The IDF video also followed several videos posted by soldiers in other armies. They include one showing American soldiers in ] dancing to '']'' by ], which has been viewed online over five million times.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 24, 2010|title=U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Cover 'Telephone' by Lady Gaga (Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHXgFU7qNI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/haHXgFU7qNI |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 25, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="jpost1">{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=180674 |title=Dancing Dispute: Soldiers stir controversy online |work=] |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/06/israeli-soldiers-dodge-pu_n_636577.html |title=Israeli Soldiers Dodge Punishment For Ke$ha Dance (Video) |website= The Huffington Post |date=March 15, 2002 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |first=Curtis |last=Wong}}</ref> A video of British soldiers and officers in Iraq going about their routine to ]’s '']'' is another example.<ref name="jpost1"/> In another video, U.S. Marines in Iraq dance and lip-sync to ]’s '']'' .<ref name="jpost1"/> In 2013, a video emerged showing ] soldiers in the battlefield dancing to ]'s hit '']''.<ref> '']'', February 7, 2013</ref>


Israeli soldiers have produced and posted numerous comedy videos, in addition to several videos of Israeli soldiers in uniform dancing and singing.<ref name=Frilling/><ref name=Waghorn>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:6914cf1b-90d3-4e3a-b698-4bbff2bf6b96 |title=Rock the Casbah |last=Waghorn |first=Dominic |date=July 6, 2007 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> The lighthearted genre includes video of uniformed ] mechanics "busting a move" on a sidewalk,<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhbbPL2f3A |title=Dancing Israeli soldiers! very funny stuff |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> in which three soldiers ] to ]' recording of ''],''<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Nzq7Gm3G4 |title=Lion King in the Israeli army – מלך האריות בצבא |publisher=YouTube |date=April 8, 2008 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> and another in which a group of Israeli female soldiers dance to ] singing '']''.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8EA6itYOE&feature=related |title=Girlfriend-dance Israeli girls-fighters |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref name=Waghorn/><ref name="jpost1"/><ref>{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/israeli-dance-troupe-troops-may-face-the-music/story-e6freonf-1225888724452 |title=Israeli dance troupe troops may face the music |publisher='']'' |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Marshall |first=Melinda |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/israeli-dance-troupe-troops-may-face-the-music/story-e6frf7jx-1225888724452 |title=Israeli dance troupe troops may face the music |publisher='']'' |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/06/idf-tik-toks-in-hebron-2/ |title=IDF Tik Tok’s in Hebron; Liveshots |publisher= '']'' |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref> Israeli soldiers have produced and posted numerous comedy videos, in addition to several videos of Israeli soldiers in uniform dancing and singing.<ref name=Frilling/><ref name=Waghorn>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:6914cf1b-90d3-4e3a-b698-4bbff2bf6b96 |title=Rock the Casbah |last=Waghorn |first=Dominic |date=July 6, 2007 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709061824/http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:6914cf1b-90d3-4e3a-b698-4bbff2bf6b96 |archive-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The lighthearted genre includes video of uniformed ] mechanics "busting a move" on a sidewalk,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhbbPL2f3A |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/NWhbbPL2f3A |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Dancing Israeli soldiers! very funny stuff |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in which three soldiers ] to ]' recording of ''],''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Nzq7Gm3G4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/K-Nzq7Gm3G4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Lion King in the Israeli army&nbsp;– מלך האריות בצבא |publisher=YouTube |date=April 8, 2008 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and another in which a group of Israeli female soldiers dance to ] singing '']''.<ref name="jpost1"/><ref name=Waghorn/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8EA6itYOE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/sJ8EA6itYOE |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Girlfriend-dance Israeli girls-fighters |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/israeli-dance-troupe-troops-may-face-the-music/story-e6freonf-1225888724452 |title=Israeli dance troupe troops may face the music |work=] |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Marshall |first=Melinda |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/israeli-dance-troupe-troops-may-face-the-music/story-e6frf7jx-1225888724452 |title=Israeli dance troupe troops may face the music |work=] |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/06/idf-tik-toks-in-hebron-2/ |title=IDF Tik Tok's in Hebron; Liveshots |publisher=] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009114955/http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/06/idf-tik-toks-in-hebron-2/ |archive-date=October 9, 2011 }}</ref>


==Controversy== ==Controversy==
The IDF released a statement which read: "This was a joke by the soldiers, and the matter is currently being investigated by the battalion commanders."<ref name="google1"/> The IDF released a statement which read: "This was a joke by the soldiers, and the matter is currently being investigated by the battalion commanders."<ref name="google1"/>


The video received numerous reactions in the world media, most of them humorous.<ref name="ynetnews2">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3916739,00.html |title=Dancing soldiers to star in educational video |publisher=Ynet News |date=June 20, 1995 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> British news anchors laughed, and the '']'' newspaper lauded the "baddest dudes and grooviest chicks" of the IDF.<ref name="ynetnews2"/> The '']'' called the choreography "brilliant".<ref>{{cite news|author=O2 Ideas Room |url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ian-odoherty/ian-odoherty-the-secret-to-peace-in-the-middle-east-2248377.html |author=Ian O'Doherty, Columnist| title= The secret to peace in the Middle East |publisher= '']'' |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> The video received numerous reactions in the world media, most of them humorous.<ref name="ynetnews2">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3916739,00.html |title=Dancing soldiers to star in educational video |publisher=Ynet News |date=June 20, 1995 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> British news anchors laughed, and the '']'' newspaper lauded the "baddest dudes and grooviest chicks" of the IDF.<ref name="ynetnews2"/> The '']'' called the choreography "brilliant".<ref>{{cite news|series=O2 Ideas Room |url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ian-odoherty/ian-odoherty-the-secret-to-peace-in-the-middle-east-2248377.html |author=Ian O'Doherty| title= The secret to peace in the Middle East |work= ] |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref>


The Hong Kong newspaper '']'' noted that the troop which had turned into a troupe had shown off "daring maneuvers", which "appeared to indicate they had undergone some sort of special training".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=100212&sid=28820170&con_type=1&d_str=20100707&fc=2 |title=Soldiers to face music after rocking the casbah |publisher='']'' |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> ] opined that the soldiers may have to "face the music".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20100706-israel-army-not-amused-troops-dance-patrol |title=Israel army not amused as troops dance on patrol |publisher=] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref> The British newspaper '']'' joked that the soldiers' next performance could be '']''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1292432/Israeli-soldiers-captured-YouTube-doing-West-Bank-shuffle.html |title=Israeli soldiers captured on YouTube doing the 'West Bank shuffle' |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=The '']'' Foreign Service}}</ref> The Hong Kong newspaper '']'' said that the soldiers had undertaken some "daring maneuvers" which "appeared to indicate they had undergone some sort of special training".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=100212&sid=28820170&con_type=1&d_str=20100707&fc=2 |title=Soldiers to face music after rocking the casbah |work=] |accessdate=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629175519/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=100212&sid=28820170&con_type=1&d_str=20100707&fc=2|archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> ] opined that the soldiers may have to "face the music".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20100706-israel-army-not-amused-troops-dance-patrol |title=Israel army not amused as troops dance on patrol |publisher=] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712053621/http://www.france24.com/en/20100706-israel-army-not-amused-troops-dance-patrol |archive-date=July 12, 2010 }}</ref>


'']'' reported that the soldiers involved "could face disciplinary action."<ref name=Pfeffer/> '']'' reported that the soldiers were likely to be be "punished" for "inappropriate conduct during a military operation."<ref name="google1"/> '']'' reported that the soldiers faced possible disciplinary action.<ref name=Pfeffer/> '']'' reported that the soldiers were likely to be "punished" for "inappropriate conduct during a military operation."<ref name="google1"/>


The soldier who uploaded the video removed it from YouTube. But it had already spread across the ], and was quickly reposted on YouTube, Facebook and other web sites.<ref name="google1"/><ref name=Waghorn /><ref name=JTA>{{cite news |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/07/06/2739918/clip-of-israeli-soldiers-dancing-goes-viral |title=Clip of Israeli soldiers dancing goes viral |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> Political science professor ] commented: "We're talking about 18- or 19-year-old kids in an unimaginably stressful environment. They are trying to lighten up."<ref name=Mitnick/> The soldier who uploaded the video removed it from YouTube. But it had already spread across the ], and was quickly reposted on YouTube, Facebook and other web sites.<ref name="google1"/><ref name=Waghorn /><ref name=JTA>{{cite news |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/07/06/2739918/clip-of-israeli-soldiers-dancing-goes-viral |title=Clip of Israeli soldiers dancing goes viral |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> Political science professor ] commented: "We're talking about 18- or 19-year-old kids in an unimaginably stressful environment. They are trying to lighten up."<ref name=Mitnick/>
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There were calls by some for the soldiers to be punished harshly on the grounds that the video hurts the IDF's image.<ref name=Frilling/> But others called it a "funny" sketch made by 18-year-old youths.<ref name=Frilling/> According to reporter Dominic Waghorn of '']'', official reaction to similar IDF videos in the past had "ranged from a threat of disciplinary action to a shrug. Military life can be boring, they've got phones, they listen to music."<ref name=Waghorn/> There were calls by some for the soldiers to be punished harshly on the grounds that the video hurts the IDF's image.<ref name=Frilling/> But others called it a "funny" sketch made by 18-year-old youths.<ref name=Frilling/> According to reporter Dominic Waghorn of '']'', official reaction to similar IDF videos in the past had "ranged from a threat of disciplinary action to a shrug. Military life can be boring, they've got phones, they listen to music."<ref name=Waghorn/>


The two sergeants who were the squad commanders of the patrol were punished. They were ordered to participate in an IDF educational military film geared to preventing such videos being created in the future, which will explain why doing filmography and dancing is forbidden in time of operation.<ref name="ynetnews1">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3917831,00.html |title=Hebron Palestinians: Go dance on your own streets |publisher=Ynet News|date=June 20, 1995 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> Their educational video is to be screened in IDF units.<ref name="ynetnews1"/> The other "dancers" from Battalion 50 were already on vacation leave, as they were due to be released from the military in a few days.<ref name="ynetnews1"/> The two sergeants who were the squad commanders of the patrol were ordered to participate in an IDF educational military film.<ref name="ynetnews1">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3917831,00.html |title=Hebron Palestinians: Go dance on your own streets |publisher=Ynet News|date=June 20, 1995 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> Their educational video is to be screened in IDF units.<ref name="ynetnews1"/> The other soldiers were on vacation leave, as they were scheduled to leave the service within the next few days.<ref name="ynetnews1"/>


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2010 viral video

"Batallion 50 Rock the Hebron Casbah" is a viral amateur dance video in the flash mob style produced by soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The video was filmed in 2010 by soldiers serving in the IDF's Nahal Brigade. It was viewed more than 1.6 million times online in the first few days after being uploaded to YouTube.

Video

The video opens with six infantry soldiers from the Hod platoon of the Nahal Brigade's 50th Airborne Battalion on foot patrol. They are in a two-by-three formation in Hebron in the West Bank, a tense flash point of attacks on Israeli soldiers. The soldiers are walking cautiously down a deserted Jabel Rahma Street, near the Tel Rumeida site, in the Jewish section of Hebron, armed and in full combat gear, including bullet-proof vests. The Muslim call to prayer can be heard coming from the loudspeaker of a mosque (all the sound in the video was edited in after the footage was shot).

Suddenly, the voice of American electropop singer Ke$ha breaks in. She is singing her hit # 1 pop song Tik Tok: "Tonight I'ma fight, Til' we see the sunlight, Tick tock on the clock but the party don't stop, no".

With the music, the soldiers abruptly break into choreographed dance moves. The soldiers perform synchronized dance steps singly and in pairs. The soldiers suddenly stop dancing and continue their patrol.

The Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported that some Palestinian natives of Hebron told reporters that the music the soldiers danced to woke them up at dawn, but the video was actually filmed at 7 p.m., in the half-light not of dawn but of evening. It was filmed without music, a commander calling out the dance moves. The music was edited in later. And that it was shot in an area considered free from strife.

The 106-second amateur video was praised for its artistry in "juxtaposing tension and cathartic dance." According to The Jerusalem Post columnist Liat Collins, "television stations in countries including Britain, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, the US, India, and Brazil couldn’t resist the temptation to show the clip, and at least one broadcaster declared the soldiers "cute".

Other videos

The video is a spoof of a comedy skit from Eretz Nehederet, an Israeli TV show. In that skit, two shop girls force their customers to fold clothes in time to music.

The IDF video also followed several videos posted by soldiers in other armies. They include one showing American soldiers in Afghanistan dancing to Telephone by Lady Gaga, which has been viewed online over five million times. A video of British soldiers and officers in Iraq going about their routine to Madness’s Must Be Love is another example. In another video, U.S. Marines in Iraq dance and lip-sync to Haddaway’s What Is Love? . In 2013, a video emerged showing Syrian Army soldiers in the battlefield dancing to Usher's hit Yeah!.

Israeli soldiers have produced and posted numerous comedy videos, in addition to several videos of Israeli soldiers in uniform dancing and singing. The lighthearted genre includes video of uniformed tank mechanics "busting a move" on a sidewalk, in which three soldiers lip sync to The Tokens' recording of The Lion Sleeps Tonight, and another in which a group of Israeli female soldiers dance to Avril Lavigne singing Girlfriend.

Controversy

The IDF released a statement which read: "This was a joke by the soldiers, and the matter is currently being investigated by the battalion commanders."

The video received numerous reactions in the world media, most of them humorous. British news anchors laughed, and the Telegraph newspaper lauded the "baddest dudes and grooviest chicks" of the IDF. The Irish Independent called the choreography "brilliant".

The Hong Kong newspaper The Standard said that the soldiers had undertaken some "daring maneuvers" which "appeared to indicate they had undergone some sort of special training". France 24 opined that the soldiers may have to "face the music".

Haaretz reported that the soldiers faced possible disciplinary action. Agence France-Presse reported that the soldiers were likely to be "punished" for "inappropriate conduct during a military operation."

The soldier who uploaded the video removed it from YouTube. But it had already spread across the Web, and was quickly reposted on YouTube, Facebook and other web sites. Political science professor Gerald M. Steinberg commented: "We're talking about 18- or 19-year-old kids in an unimaginably stressful environment. They are trying to lighten up."

There were calls by some for the soldiers to be punished harshly on the grounds that the video hurts the IDF's image. But others called it a "funny" sketch made by 18-year-old youths. According to reporter Dominic Waghorn of Sky News, official reaction to similar IDF videos in the past had "ranged from a threat of disciplinary action to a shrug. Military life can be boring, they've got phones, they listen to music."

The two sergeants who were the squad commanders of the patrol were ordered to participate in an IDF educational military film. Their educational video is to be screened in IDF units. The other soldiers were on vacation leave, as they were scheduled to leave the service within the next few days.

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