This is intended to be in fun.
 
The prime minister of Israel sits down with Arafat at the
beginning of negotiations regarding the resolution of the
conflict. Prime Minister Sharon requests that he be
allowed to begin with a story.

Arafat replies, "Of course."

The prime minister begins his story: "Years before the
Israelites came to the Promised Land and settled here,
Moses led them for 40 years through the desert. The
Israelites began complaining that they were thirsty and,
lo and behold, a miracle occurred and a stream appeared
before them. They drank their fill and then decided to
take advantage of the stream to do some bathing --
including Moses. When Moses came out of the water, he
found that all his clothing was missing.

"'Who took my clothes?' Moses asked those around him.

"'It was the Palestinians,' replied the Israelites.

"Wait a minute," objected Arafat immediately, "there were
no Palestinians during the time of Moses!"

"All right," replied the prime minister. "Now that we've
got that settled, let's begin our negotiations."
Actually the Palestineans are descendants of the Philistines, which were
first mentioned in the Bible even earlier than Abraham.
Bob Simons
 
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future. Jer. 29:11
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