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Mah Nishtanah

Sarajevo haggadah

Antaea Darom

Israeli women's art

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Torah as music

Ben Heine

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ceramic bowl

Mohammad Said Kalash, "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit (photo: Ilan Amihai)

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Punch and Judy/Pinchas and Jamila

Avi Katz

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David Grossman

Ben Heine

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Eldrige Street shul

Lower East Side

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Dove

Ben Heine

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Two birds

Hoda Jamal

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Israeli and Palestinian boys

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Cat in the Hat

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Great Day on Eldrige Street

N.Y.'s klezmer greats celebrate shul rededication (photo: Leo Sorel)

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Joint Appeal for Peace

(Avi Katz)

Joint Appeal for Peace

Ketubah, Ancona, Italy (1772)

(Jewish Theological Seminary library)

Ancona ketubah

Dan Halutz, Facebook Phenom

Dan Halutz's Facebook page

Psst, are you ready for some fun?  I’ll let you in on it on one condition: don’t blow the secret.  This is too good and funny to be true and I don’t want to spoil it by having anyone squeal.

I was looking through my Facebook profile and noticed one of my Friends had linked to a new page seemingly created by Dan Halutz.  He’s the former chief of staff of the IDF who commanded the ignominious Lebanon war while he wheeled and dealed with his stock broker over his investment portfolio.  Perhaps his distraction contributed to the IDF’s lackluster performance in the war.  I say lackluster not because the Israelis didn’t kill enough Lebanese.  They did that–somewhere around 1,200 died during the month of that war.  But the performance was lackluster in that over 100 Israelis were killed, all of northern Israel was a barren wasteland for a month, and Hezbollah was neither dislodged nor vanquished–all of which was promised by Halutz before and during the war.

Some Israeli jokester has created a spoof website that is deliciously ironic.  Not to mention that fabulous real photo of Halutz looking like George Clooney in a tank and yukking it up.  Here are some of the more hilarious Wall segments:

Personal Information

Activities:
Fighter jet pilot, soldier and general.
love extreme sports. modern weapons.
I also love jogging in the early morning, and play the African game of Homboh.
Interests:
exploding bodies
long range bombing, financial portfolio
Favorite Music:
the sound of napalm in the morning
Favorite Quotations:
What do you feel when you drop a 1-ton bomb on a residential building? “A slight bump to the (airplane’s) wing” – D. Halutz
About Me:
I have a Wikipage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Halutz

Some of the comments by Dan’s Friends are pretty funny:

Dan Halutz Going off-line untill monday. happy new year!

December 30, 2009 at 9:08pm ·

Mary Woodward

Mary Woodward

What? You putting extrajudicial murders on hold till then, Generalissimo??
PS Happy New Year to you, also, Sir.
December 30, 2009 at 11:12pm

Tom Vee

Tom Vee

Happy New Year! Maybe your New Year’s resolution should be not to kill as many children, yes?
And this thread:

Dan Halutz I am Mr. Halutz and Dr. King

December 29, 2009 at 7:13am ·

Mary Woodward

Mary Woodward

And I am…confused, Generalissimo?
December 29, 2009 at 8:01am

Dan Halutz

Dan Halutz

On one hand, I am a war-machine, nothing but a bump in the wing. On the other hand, lately I started felling this pain, or a twitch, somewhere in my chest every time I blow a kid to smithereens.
Dr. Jakyl & Mr Hyde…
December 29, 2009 at 8:10am

Mary Woodward

Mary Woodward

Don’t break my heart, Generalissimo!
December 29, 2009 at 8:14am

What makes all of this even more delicious is the fact that real live right wing Israeli politicians have been hoodwinked by the satirical page and have “friended” Dan, including Likud MK Danny Dannon and settler extremist Moshe Feiglin. It’s all too funny for words: enjoy. But let’s keep this our little secret.

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6 Responses to “Dan Halutz, Facebook Phenom”

  1. mary says:

    Thanks for sharing, Richard. I gotta friend this guy!

  2. Dan Halutz says:

    Hi all, it’s Danny here
    Thanks for the mention, I was LOLing all the way to the comment box.
    Here is an oldie but goldie of me for your readers to enjoy (it is also on my FB):
    http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-eLEhuX4ZWuU/halutz_on_lebanese_refugees_1982/

    Translation:
    “I dont see them so much as miserable refugees, i see a large portion of them as collaborators. i dont accept this, (we) have innocent refugees in Lebanon. There is no such thing as innocent. We didnt commit any crime against humanity. Yet.”

  3. Abu Banda says:

    Dan Halutz is also on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/danhalutz

  4. Rachel Roberts says:

    I cannot believe that my funny post on Dan Halutz’ profile did not make this article. Scroll down, it’s a reference to Tevye’s Dream from Fiddler! A blessing on your head, mazel tov, mazel tov…

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