Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
zunger

Peace in the Middle East...

According to Jimmy Carter, Hamas is ready for peace -- if Israel withdraws to its 1967 boundaries (i.e., cedes all of the West Bank, Gaza, Golan, and half of Jerusalem) immediately, it will agree to a ten-year cease-fire.

Translation: "If you accede to our demands right now, we won't attack you1 for the next ten years."

My suggested answer: "Cus 'emac.2"

1 Of course, we reserve the right to arrange for other groups to attack you, or to transfer our weapons to other groups.

2 When one of my officemates asked what that phrase meant, someone else walking by translated: "Well, the second word means 'your mother.'"
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samtheeagle

April 22 2008, 13:47:34 UTC 7 years ago

For years, when my Israeli father was driving, I thought "cus emuk" meant "get out of my way." I was wrong.

zunger

April 22 2008, 16:44:04 UTC 7 years ago

Well, in a way, it does. :)

heef

April 22 2008, 17:34:30 UTC 7 years ago

Sure. It just means "get out of my way, your mother".