TEL AVIV– Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Avigdor Lieberman have new and unexpected company in their struggle to claim the “Biggest Douche in the Middle East” title. Mr. Lieberman’s attempt to take the lead last February, when he issued several choice remarks about the Syrian head of state, has thus far failed to surpass Mr. Ahmadinejad’s contribution of "being Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." Now, Eden Abergil, who recently completed her service in the Israeli Defense Force, has thrown in a surprising addition to the chaotic mess some call the Middle East peace process.
In a show of creativity not yet seen by the contest judges, Ms. Abergil posted several photos of herself posing next to several bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners and titled the album “The Army ... The Most Beautiful Time of My Life.” On one of the photos, she is known to have commented, “I wonder if he is on Facebook? I must tag him in the photograph.”
“Wow. She’s good,” Prime Minister Netanyahu was known to have commented. “I should make her Foreign Minister.”
“It looks like the soldier who put up the photographs on Facebook enjoyed the humiliation of the Palestinians and ignored their right to privacy,” Yishai Menuchen, head of the Public Committee Against Torture, told reporters. In unrelated news, Ms. Abergil has changed her Facebook privacy settings in an effort increase her privacy and avoid humiliation.
In an amazing move of douchiness, Ms. Abergil also managed to harm the IDF, as in the background of many of her pictures are “military maps and documents on the walls, including what appears to be classified material,” according to Ha’aretz News.
Adding insult to injury, as Ms. Abergil was discharged a year ago, the IDF has no legal means to stop her from posting the photos.
When asked why she suddenly chose to throw herself into the contest spotlight, Ms. Abergil happily replied, “I could see that Foreign Minister Lieberman needed some suggestions on how to make his next move in the contest. But who knows? Maybe I should go for it myself.”
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/web-abuzz-over-soldier-s-photos-with-bound-blindfolded-inmates-1.308458
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/middleeast/17israel.html?ref=middleeast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10994668
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