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Israeli Soldiers Face Penalty after Uploading Hebron Dance Video to Youtube

TEL AVIV, July 6, 2010 (WAFA) -A number of Israel soldiers could face disciplinary action after they uploaded to YouTube a video of themselves stopping a patrol in the West Bank to dance to American electro-pop singer Kesha's hit Tick Tock, daily Haaretz said.

It said: “The video 'Batallion 50 Rock the Hebron Casbah' shows six dancing Nahal Brigade soldiers, armed and wearing bulletproof vests, patrolling as a Muslim call to prayer is heard. Then the music changes and they break into a Macarena-like dance.”

The video was uploaded over the weekend, and quickly spread across Facebook pages and blogs.

By late afternoon on Monday, the video was removed by those who uploaded it. Another version of the video was then uploaded by a different YouTube user, who titled it 'It's easy to laugh at the occupation when you're the repressor (and a douche bag).'

The Israeli Army said the video was a stunt carried out a few soldiers and that the issue was being taken care of by the commanding officers.

Similar clips involving other armies have grabbed headlines in recent months, including one of American forces in Afghanistan doing their take on a Lady Gaga song.

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