Herzl, the man who reluctantly became the hero of the viral video that became a joke on social media in the past 24 hours, asks the public to stop sharing the video - and not to pass it on from person to person anymore.
""If someone can take down the video, I would be very grateful - so that it will no longer be seen on Facebook and WhatsApp," Herzl said in a conversation with the program 'Shish with Oded Ben Ami' on Channel 2.
""It's embarrassing, I have no opinion on it," Herzl said of the video's release. "It's also annoying... You shouldn't post things like that. Anyone who passes by on the street can be photographed, they can do whatever they want with them - whether they're guilty or not guilty.".
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The video was filmed 5 years ago, but was made public yesterday, after many shared it on social media.
The video clip shows a woman - named Sarah - standing in front of a camera filming in the Western Wall plaza, and chanting "Herzl" - without noticing that she is in front of the camera of a Swedish television channel.
As mentioned, this is not a new video, but part of a report that was broadcast five years ago. In the video, the Swedish reporter is seen talking to the camera in the Western Wall plaza, when suddenly the woman walks very close to the camera - and shouts: "Herzl.".
At this point, the reporter laughs and the woman realizes that the camera is on and leaves the scene.
Within a short time, hundreds of memes began to emerge about the video.
