Wife of Vice PM: ‘I need ten minutes with Michelle Obama!’

Judy Shalom Nir Mozes is a rich woman. So rich that her marriage to former Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has made him the richest politician in Israel, according to Forbes Magazine.

But alas, Silvan is not as important a Likudnik as he used to be (although he is still a cabinet minister). The title he managed to squeeze out of Benjamin Netanyahu this time is “Senior Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and the development of the Negev and the Galilee.”

Whatever.

Yet despite the drop in Silvan’s (or Steve, as Judy calls him for some unknown) prestige, Judy is known to pretty much say whatever she wants, whenever she wants. I guess you can if you are connected like she is. Her Facebook and Twitter feeds are always a source of, how shall I put it… “fun?” Here’s an example from Friday:

Wife of Vice PM: 'I need ten minutes with Michelle Obama!'
Judy Nir Moses Shalom’s Facebook status, Friday Sept. 14 2012

Whaddya say, folks? Can you help Judy get her 10 minutes with Michelle?

She’s serious – I hope you are too.

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