Peeping Toms Excited At Independence Day Focus On Women

Jerusalem, May 2 – At the behest of the Knesset Committee on Ceremonies and Symbols, this year’s official Yom Haatzmaut ceremonies will feature fourteen prominent women who have made important contributions to Israeli society and culture, a decision that has Israel’s Peeping Toms and other sexual predators pleased that the State is making their lives easier, at least for one day.

MK Limor Livnat, chairwoman of the committee, told Voice of Israel radio yesterday that this year’s Independence Day would “hold up the banner of women, and put the focus on them.” In response, Jerusalem resident Sami Yitzhaki, 42, who was jailed last year for repeatedly looking into the windows of female neighbors, said, “I’m delighted to have my point of view represented.”

Across the country, thousands of Peeping Toms are making their plans to focus on women this coming Tuesday, when Israel marks sixty-six years of statehood. “David Ben Gurion said Israel would not truly be a real state until we had Jewish criminals of every sort, and I’m pleased to take part in the fulfillment of his vision,” said paroled rapist Asaf Friedman, 50, of Bat Yam. “It’s especially gratifying to see the government adopt my point of view, which I hope remains unobstructed.”

Sexist attitudes among Israel’s elite was a major factor in the decision, said Livnat. She hopes that putting these women front and center will make it less likely for women in general to be viewed as sex objects. A grateful Yitzhak Mordechai, the former president convicted of raping a subordinate when he was a cabinet minister, told PreOccupied Territory in an interview from his jail cell that he relished the opportunity to gaze at these women, whose accomplishments made them even more attractive.

“Feminists are so beautiful when they’re angry,” he said.