United Nations Spokesman Explains Its Obsession With Israel (Satire)

In 2010, a website called No Laughing Matter posted a satiric interview with a "spokesman for the United Nations Secretariat."

The interview focused on the UN's obsession with censuring Israel, an obsession that hasn't changed in the four years since it was posted on the internet. 

The website no longer exists, but the funny interview persists on YouTube where we found it and thought you would get a kick out of it.

Enjoy!

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Oldie But Goodie: Woody Allen and William F. Buckley Jr. Square Off on Woody's TV Show

The year was 1967, and comedian Woody Allen and conservative intellectual William F. Buckley Jr. both had interview shows on TV. 

Allen invited Buckley to be his guest and Buckley accepted. The result was a funny exchange between a brilliant liberal comedian and a brilliant conservative thinker.

In the video below, Allen and Buckley share the stage while members of the studio audience ask them questions. Their responses are thoughtful, funny, witty, and surprisingly relevant to our world 47 years later.

The topics they touch on include wars between Israel and the Arabs, presidential politics, conservatism vs. liberalism, and the length of miniskirts. It's refreshing to look back to a day when political opponents could be friendly, respectful, and charming. 

Enjoy!

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Andrew Klavan's One State Solution for the Middle East (Pssst....it's satire)

A few years ago we came across Andrew Klavan's funny satiric piece on how to achieve peace in the Middle East but were reluctant to repost it because we generally don't run political humor videos.

But considering what's happening now in and around Israel, we just couldn't resist bringing this video to the attention of our readers, those who have already seen it and many more who we suspect will be viewing it for the first time. It's been hard to find anything funny or humorous about the current situation in Israel, but we think this one is really on target.

For those of you who are old enough to remember listening to the morning radio program Klavan and Finch on WNEW-1130AM in New York from 1952 to 1968, Andrew Klavan is the son of the show's co-host, Gene Klavan. He was born Jewish, but became an agnostic after his Bar Mitzvah and later converted to Christianity.

Andrew is a novelist who writes mysteries and psychological thrillers, and also posts biting satire in his blog Klavan on the Culture, featureed by PJ Media. This video is one of his best. And remember, it's only satire (or is it?)

Enjoy!

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"President Obama" Is Guest Speaker at Sheva Brochos in Boro Park

Two months ago there was a Sheva Brochos (post-wedding dinner) in Boro Park for the daughter of Shloime Bochner, Executive Director of Bonei Olam, an organization that provides funding for all aspects of infertility treatments.

The host of the evening, Chaim Ziegler, seemed nervous as he asked the audience to calm down and take their seats. And then he introduced the guest speaker, the President of the United States, who entered with two secret service agents to the strains of "Hail to the Chief" and took his place at a podium emblazoned with the presidential seal.

We'll let you be the judge of how good a job Reggie Brown did as he delivered one joke after another, touching some Jewish bases in addition to the expected political humor.

Some of the best lines:

"My administration is out there creating jobs every day. I'm fighting for people like Mary Grady, from Tallahassee, Florida. Mary worked for Tropicana for 22 years until she got canned. It turns out she could never concentrate."

"For the first time in the history of the United States, 75 percent of the people in this country make up three-quarters of the domestic population."

Enjoy!

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