Israelis elect new Palestinian leader

Millions of Israeli voters flocked to the polls today to vote for a new Palestinian leader. Israel has taken the unusual step of giving its voters a say in who will lead the Palestinians, after years of Israeli ministers trying to make the decision themselves.

Israel's Interior Minister, Tommy Lapid explained, "After the death of the terrorist leader Yasir Arafat, there is unique opportunity for Israel to pick a new, moderate Palestinian leadership." He added, "since Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, our people are the only ones qualified to make this choice."

The candidates in the election, all hand-picked by Israel, are actually Israeli actors playing Palestinians, who trained with Israel's notorious "Mista'aravim" death squads who disguise themselves as Palestinians when carrying out assassinations. The candidates are Ahmad Abu Karsh of the PFLP (Palestinians for Likud Party), Mohammad Abu ShibShib of Fatah (Falafil, Tabouleh and Hummus Party) and Mahmoud Abu Dishdasheh representing the DFLP (Definitely for the Labor Party).

Ronit Sharoni, a 23-year-old social work student at Tel Aviv University, cast her vote on her way to class. She declined to say who she voted for but explained, "it is very important who leads the Palestinians, since we have one day to negotiate with them, and we should know in advance it will not be someone who will reject our generous offers. Otherwise the peace process will fail."

Arieh Zahavi, a 36-year-old tank commander from the Jerusalem suburb of Har Ganuv said picking a Palestinian leader is one of the toughest decisions Israelis had to make: "on the one hand, it is someone we can do business with, on the other, he should look enough like a terrorist that we can turn the world against him when we need to." Zahavi said that none of the current candidates could fill the shoes of the late Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3364.shtml

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shocked and confused by this article, until you directed my attention to the disclaimer, which said that this material is satirical. Is this the Middle Eastern version of The Onion, or what?:shrug:

the joke is obvious when you have a look at the web-site..I love the picture of the Chimp!

But, though I appreciate political humor, this forum is the one where I least expected to find it. It's just too contentious.:shrug:

Nevermind.

Now I want to know what you said before you edited it. I hope it was almost as funny as the article!

Violet...

Basically, I took the article serious and went off on a rant. LOL!

And this year's dumbass award goes to me!