Maxim Features Models From Israeli Army

[Scurrilous]

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"A new public relations effort by Israel's New York consulate wants the country known less for its conflict with the Palestinians or for its myriad holy sites than for its beautiful women in uniform. Or, more accurately, out of uniform.

A spread in the upcoming July issue of Maxim features a roster of Israeli models, all ex-soldiers, photographed wearing very little in the cause of their country. Headlined ``Women of the Israel Defense Forces,'' the campaign has already been criticized as inappropriate in Israel.

The Maxim shoot presents Israeli models including Nivit Bash, who served in military intelligence - though the only remnant of an army career evident in her photograph on the magazine's Web site is a military-style black cap that matches a minimal swimsuit.

Gal Gadot, a former Miss Israel and army fitness instructor, appears in a bikini and high heels sprawled provocatively on the ledge of a Tel Aviv high-rise. The photo also landed her on the cover of the New York Post below an equally provocative headline, ``Piece in the Mideast.''

The idea originated in the media office at Israel's consulate in New York, where research showed that Israel meant little to young American men."

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[Jed Dilligan]

1. I hate to admit I'm this shallow but

one thing that has always grabbed me in photos of the Mideast conflict is the incredible beauty of Israeli female soldiers.

Arab women are equally beautiful but you never see pictures of them.

Sad that all these beautiful people are fighting. They should be making love instead!

[maxsolomon]

2. interesting PR move

perpetuate america's identification with israel as our 51st state by titillating our mouth-breathing ignoramus cannon fodder with dreams of exotic dalliances.

[Scurrilous]

3. Andrew Sullivan:

Porn For Neocons

w/ link

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/06/porn_for_neocon.html

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[Jed Dilligan]

10. I like them better in fatigues/no makeup

They just look like more boring airbrushed mag models, a little prettier than average underneath all the artifice.

Disappointing, but predictably so.

[AviBaruch]

5. Miserable people like you must be wonderful at parties

[maxsolomon]

7. thanks for the compliment

i actually am wonderful at parties.

just not those populated with mouth breathing ignorant cannon fodder. but even then i can fake it.

[Jed Dilligan]

9. Um

Is that supposed to be an insult?

It just makes you seem kind of creepy.

[maxsolomon]

14. an insult to mouth breathing ignoramus cannon fodder, yes

why is it creepy? do you not understand the function of military propaganda?

[Jed Dilligan]

16. I thought you were saying I was

"cannon fodder etc." for observing that Israeli soldiers in news photos tend to be very comely.

I think that would fall under the definition of creepy.

You should try to express yourself more clearly if you're going to use such negative language.

[Swede]

12. Too bad Israel can't promise 72 virgins like the other side.

Then they could really get some cannon fodder.

[maxsolomon]

15. i meant AMERICAN cannon fodder

maxim is an AMERICAN magazine aimed at AMERICANS.

[Solo_in_MD]

4. Its not just the soliders...

Middle eastern women (including Persian) have a different beauty than the Paris Hilton types, and it is an awesome beauty, more natural, and more breathtaking. Its also not based on Size 0 runway models.

[maxsolomon]

8. they're SO beautiful that God is offended by seeing their beauty

so they have to be kept under niqabs & burkhas.

[Solo_in_MD]

11. only if you are a muslim stuck in the 7th century under the burden of the sharia

[maxsolomon]

13. well... yeah

we agree.

that's my main complaint with islam - it is unbelievably sexually repressed. if you believe you're going to get 72 virgins in paradise, you're more likely to volunteer to suicide bomb - its the quickest, most practical way for a mulsim lad to get laid.