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Thursday, August 7, 2014

An Israeli Sense of Humor at United Nations set the record straight.


An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the
United Nations Assembly and made the world community smile.

A representative from Israel began:
'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Moses:
When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought,
"What a good opportunity to have a bath!"
Moses removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water.
When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished.
A Palestinian had stolen them!
The Palestinian representative at the UN jumped up furiously and
shouted, "What are you talking about? The Palestinians weren't there then."

The Israeli representative smiled and said,
"And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech."

Thanks Ralph

1 comment:

  1. Ralph's amusing anecdote twigged my interest so I did a little searching and found this quite different and unexpected detailed analysis by one of America's foremost Jewish scholars and activists....
    http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/30/henry_siegman_leading_voice_of_us
    Cheers, EB.

    http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/30/henry_siegman_leading_voice_of_us

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