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June 26, 1992

Perot for Premier

By the time this column is published, the elections will be over and President Herzog will have asked Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot to form a government. Perot, as you know by now, withdrew from the American presidential race earlier this week and immediately declared himself a candidate for prime minister, instantly wowing the tired Israeli populace with his campaign slogan, "After 44 Years Of Short Jews, Isn't It Time For A Short Goy?"
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June 19, 1992

Ready to serve

Last September, I declared myself a candidate for the office of prime minister. Since the day that announcement first appeared in this newspaper, I have been deluged with telephone calls and telegrams from citizens eager to rally behind me and my slogan, "Goldberg--He'll Stand Firm, Unless He's Not Feeling Well."
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June 12, 1992

He Who Laughs Last

The following is a transcript of a debate that did not take place in the Aloha Lounge of the King David Hotel on June 10, 1992, between Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Labor Party leader and Knesset member Yitzhak Rabin. The debate was not moderated by former IBA News anchor-stewardess Kimberly Boore.

BOORE: Welcome, everybody, to the first in a series of debates between Yitzchalk Shamir and Yitzchalk Rabin, who are both running for the position of president of the United States of America ...

RABIN: I wish.
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