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Israel Attacks With Sex Gum

Targeting Palestinian youth, Hamas says

by
Liel Leibovitz
July 15, 2009
Palestinian children selling presumably untainted gum in Gaza City.(Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinian children selling presumably untainted gum in Gaza City.(Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Israel’s new secret weapon, according to the latest Hamas allegations—and we’re not making this up—isn’t a nuclear bomb or a long-range missile. It’s bubblegum. That makes you horny. Smuggled into Gaza by Israel. To destroy the youth of Palestine. Because, you know, missiles aren’t sexy enough.

Liel Leibovitz is editor-at-large for Tablet Magazine and a host of its weekly culture podcast Unorthodox and daily Talmud podcast Take One. He is the editor of Zionism: The Tablet Guide.