He doodles horses, doesn’t he?

Ami Kaufman By Ami Kaufman December 31, 2010 | Edit
I recently learned that Bibi doodles. Horses. And nice ones, too. +972 managed to get its filthy, left-wingy hands on some of them – complete with the Prime Minister’s own captions

In one of his columns for Yedioth Aharonot, future MK/PM Yair Lapid supplied his readers with an amazing scoop: PM Netanyahu doodles horses [Heb]. According to one of his aides, they’re actually quite good. Here at +972, we decided to up the ante when it comes to Lapid’s journalistic achievment, and get our hands on the doodles themselves – complete with the captions that PM Netanyahu wrote for each one.
He doodles horses, doesn't he?
“This one I doodled as I was in the chopper over the Karmel (sic), watching the fire burn the forest - while making me super hot in the eyes of the Israeli public. Hehe, get it? 'Super hot'?” (flickr / ronenlh)
He doodles horses, doesn't he?
“Now this one, this one I doodled over the last two years every time Obama and Clinton called me to do something about the piece (sic) process.” (flickr / r8r)
He doodles horses, doesn't he?
“This one I doodled as I let racism in Israel lift its ugly face and do nothing about it. In fact, I’m partly responsible for it.” (flickr / C Lynne Steel)
He doodles horses, doesn't he?
“This is the one I doodled as I let Avigdor Lieberman take over my guvernment (sic).” (flickr / atajo de locos)
He doodles horses, doesn't he?
“Sara really loves this one. Apparently it’s supposed to be one of my favorites, too. I said, ‘If that’s what you want, deer (sic)’” (flickr / linek)
He doodles horses, doesn't he?
“I did this one as I slowly watched our relashions (sic) with the U.S. turn into dust.” (flickr / Pure Gin!)
He doodles horses, doesn't he?
“This is one I scribbled during the protest against Rabin, that one where there was a coffin with his name on it behind me. But I didn’t see it. I was doodling this horse. See?” (flickr / Arab Fancy:))
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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