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Ephraim Kishon is widely regarded as one of Israel's greatest humorists. He died in 2005.


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Israel is a country ...
By Ephraim Kishon May 12, 2005

Israel is a country so small that there is no room to write its name on world maps.

Israel is a country where mothers learn the "mother-tongue" from their children.

Israel is a country where you write Hebrew, read English, and speak Yiddish.

Israel is a country at war with its neighbors but the ulcers come from the neighbors in the apartment upstairs.

Israel is a country where every human being is a soldier, and every soldier is a human being.

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