->June 1, 2012<-

The reign of the fantasists

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has done it again. Speaking on Wednesday at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, Barak warned that if Israel can't cut a deal with the Palestinians soon, it should consider surrendering Judea and Samaria in exchange for nothing.

Even the diehard leftists in the media had a hard time swallowing his words. After all, when Barak was premier, he oversaw Israel's unilateral surrender of south Lebanon in 2000. Barak promised that by giving Hezbollah south Lebanon, Israel would force the Iranian proxy army to disarm and behave like a Western political party.

Whoopsie.

Then of course, there is the Gaza precedent.

Ignoring the lesson of Lebanon, Barak's successor Ariel Sharon reenacted his unilateral surrender policy in Gaza in 2005. Like Barak, Sharon promised that once Gaza was cleared of all Jewish presence, it would magically transform itself into a Middle Eastern version of Singapore.

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Obama's advisor explains US Syria policy

This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast produced every week by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I run we bring you Obama's Advisor for Reality Perception John Zelokoreli (It'snothappeningtome) who explains Obama's policy towards Syria.

We also present the tale of the Israeli pioneer, give a sneak peek at this summer's economic protesters and give you live coverage from this week's world chess championship in Moscow where Israeli Boris Gelfand nearly won the world crown.

Enjoy the broadcast!

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