If Barack Obama really cared about Israel, he'd climb Masada at dawn, and go to Afula for falafel.
Here is the Israel tour from Hell:
8 A.M. Breakfast at the King David Hotel with Defense Minister Ehud Barak
8:45 A.M. Meeting at the hotel with opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu
9:45 A.M. Visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, wreath-laying at Hall of Remembrance
11 A.M. Meeting with President Shimon Peres
1:30 P.M. Meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Muqata, in Ramallah
2:45 P.M. Meeting with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
4:15 P.M. Visit to Sderot with Livni and Public Security Minister Avi Dichter
5:10 P.M. Press conference at Sderot police station
8:30 P.M. Dinner with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
10:10 P.M. Visit to the Western Wall
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