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Everybody Poops: Avigdor Lieberman Edition

Israeli foreign minister flushes on-air

by
Marc Tracy
April 12, 2011
Avigdor Lieberman (L), sizing things up.(Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
Avigdor Lieberman (L), sizing things up.(Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)

Avigdor Lieberman, the former Moldovan nightclub bouncer turned hard-right Israeli foreign minister, committed something of a gaffe yesterday. Not the sort of gaffe that is liable to end him up in court (unlike the the money laundering allegations). No, Lieberman was giving an interview from his home about Gaza terrorists, and right around the time he said, “We know who we’re dealing with,” there was an audible toilet flush in the background. (I can’t be the only one who thought of All in the Family, right?)

So, was Lieberman trying to send a signal to the terrorists regarding what he plans to do with them? Or was he just, you know, exiting the office? It doesn’t matter. What matters is that if you go to the Hebrew-language article you can listen to the clip! Go go go!

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.