Collapse of local media gives Foreign Minister Lieberman the giggles

Ami Kaufman By Ami Kaufman September 13, 2012 | Edit

Nana 10 news reporter Omri Nahmias posted this picture to his Instagram account, of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. During a briefing for journalists ahead of the Jewish New Year,  a reporter jokingly asked the minister what he thought about the current crisis the Israeli media is going through. Channel 10 – which is one of the owners of the Nana 10 website – is in danger of closing down, Ma’ariv is about to send 2,000 workers home before the Jewish holidays, and Haaretz is just barely hanging in there.

Seeing as how the atmosphere was light and everybody was joking around, Lieberman simply burst out laughing.

If you ask me, he couldn’t care less.

Collapse of local media gives Foreign Minister Lieberman the giggles
Avigdor Lieberman (photo: Omri Nahmias) Instagram account: omri_nahmias

 

Ami Kaufman

Ami Kaufman was chief night editor for Haaretz, for the prominent Israeli financial daily Calcalist, and correspondent on Israeli affairs for 93.6 RAM FM, a joint Palestinian-Israel radio station. His interest in food and cooking led to culinary studies at the "Israeli CIA" (Tadmor, Herzliya) and a brief stint in the restaurant business. Born in Tel Aviv, Ami lives in Bat Yam with his wife and two daughters. In his spare time he blogs at Half & Half.

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