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Paretz, Defense Minister

March 4, 2007 By 13 Comments

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  1. diamondsunset says:
    March 4, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    he was made fun of in the israeli blogs as well for this. apparently, the “explanation” is that he was using night vision binoculars, with a special filter that allows their use in daylight. even if that’s the case, someone should have told him that a picture would be snapped, and he’d look foolish.

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  2. Eric says:
    March 4, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    Funny.

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  3. Roman Kalik says:
    March 4, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    You’d think that a man who was once a quartermaster would know how the equipment he handed out works…

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  4. NewMe says:
    March 4, 2007 at 5:24 pm

    hilarious by all means…
    loves IT :)

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  5. The Sphinx says:
    March 4, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    There’s more of that:

    http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2007/02/28/binoculars-blind-terrorist/

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  6. MemZ says:
    March 4, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    isnt this similair to a picture taken of Bush before the war? – http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushbinoculars.htm

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  7. Toyvo says:
    March 4, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    Israeli song to the next eurovision (the one which eurovision organisers will probably ban). It is funny, anyway:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpWYFoSrmRA&mode=related&search=
    enjoy!

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  8. Adam says:
    March 4, 2007 at 9:10 pm

    I’m suspicious of these pictures – do we know for sure that he didn’t just hold it up to his face for half a second, realize the lens cap is on, and put it back down?

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  9. Louise says:
    March 4, 2007 at 11:34 pm

    You got it, Adam. That’s what I’m thinking. But the MSM is what the MSM is.

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  10. Joey says:
    March 5, 2007 at 1:16 am

    No he didn’t hold it for a second, I saw it on Jimmy Kimmel.
    Like Jimmy said: “G.Bush is definitely thinking about hiring him after seeing this” .. lol

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  11. Shuv says:
    March 5, 2007 at 6:37 am

    This is why my binocluars dont have lens caps

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  12. Zvi says:
    March 5, 2007 at 6:49 am

    @Toyvo:
    The song is technically incredible – 3 languages, 2 dialects of Hebrew, 4 musical styles including an instrument switch – but I still prefer some of their songs that didn’t make it.

    @Adam:
    The story is apparently that Peretz alternated between listening and raising the capped binoculars to his eyes. Let’s face it: he was engaged in a photo op that went wrong. He wasn’t looking at anything. Politicians do this kind of thing all the time. Next time you see a picture of a politician pointing at a map or inspecting a medical device, ask yourself if he is really pointing at anything and/or really cares about the medical device. Answer: no.

    The difference in this case was that Peretz made himself a laughing stock. He isn’t the first – but in his case it definitely highlights what 95% of Israel already knows: he shouldn’t be defense minister.

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  13. Lisa says:
    March 5, 2007 at 9:49 am

    And you found that photo where…? ;)

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