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Title:The Humus is Good in Damascus, And So is the Laughter
Name:Ovadiah ben Avraham
City: JerusalemState: Israel
Up until yesterday, Tzipi "Spinmouth" Livni has been claiming that her Kadima government had dealt a "serious blow" to Hizbullah, a military/political blow which had reduced its effectiveness in the region. Now they have taken over the Lebanese government. Yet Tzipi keeps selling her reality, her "Tzipi Brand, New & Improved" into the wind -- a one-track wonder who cannot adjust, who sees only Tzipi wherever she looks.

Hizbullah is dancing in the streets of Beirut. They are toasting success in Damascus. And they are splitting their sides with laughter as Tzipi Livni "lectures" Syria on what it "must" do. She is out-of-touch, a bad joke, as she continues her pose as the all-knowing, spinning, technocrat -- a "brand" whose shelf-life has expired.