Bobbleheaded U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are featured in a video the Israeli Embassy has released to tout the countries’ friendship as Obama visits the Middle East.
The Washington embassy set its short video to “Thank You For Being a Friend,” the theme song to the 1980s sitcom “The Golden Girls.” In it, Obama and Netanyahu are shown shaking hands and talking at a podium, after Air Force One heads overseas.
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“The bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable,” Obama intones on the video. “And the commitment between the U.S. and Israel is iron-clad.”
The video also shows the world leaders shaking hands at Netanyahu’s home, and ends with the phrase “The United States and Israel: Ultimate Allies.”
This is not the first time the Israeli Embassy produced a video showing world leaders as cartoon figures. In November, the embassy released a holiday video, “A Dinner for Peace,” featuring bobblehead figures of Obama, along with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and others waiting in vain for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to join them.
Both videos last for under one minute.
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