Who's Land Is This?

Joke sent in to me from a listener named Tom.

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The Israeli Ambassador at the U.N. began,

"Ladies and gentlemen before I commence with my speech, I want to relay an old Passover story to all of you ...

"When Moses was leading the Jews out of Egypt toward the Promised Land, he had to go through the nearly endless Sinai desert. When they reached the Promised Land, the people had became very thirsty and needed water. So Moses struck a specific rock with his staff and water came bursting forth with crystal clean, cool water, forming a large pond. The people rejoiced and drank to their hearts' content.

"Moses wished to cleanse his whole body, so he went over to the other side of the pond, placed his clothes behind the bushes and dived into the cool waters. Only when Moses came out of the water, he discovered that all his clothes had been stolen. 'And,' he said, 'I have reasons to believe that the Palestinians stole my clothes.'"

Ahmed Tibi, filling in for the Palestinian delegate to the UN, hearing this accusation, jumps from his seat and screams out, "This is a lie. Everyone knows that there were no Palestinians there at that time!"

"And with that in mind," said the Israeli Ambassador, "let me now begin my speech."