Shimon Peres: Hello there, I hope I’m not disturbing you on this pleasant evening.

Anastasia Michaeli: How are you Shimon? Thank you very much. It’s not every day that that the President calls my cell phone. It’s a very great honor.

Not every day, and not this time either. The voice is Peres’ voice, but the person behind the voice turned out to be comedian Yossi Vider, who prank-called Michaeli (Yisrael Beitenu) to ask her to apologize for accusing Channel 10 of encouraging people to become homosexual during a meeting of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women last week.

Vider recorded the entire conversation, which was later aired on Channel 10’s late-night “Zinor Layla” program.

“First of all, I want to tell you that I appreciate and like you, and you know that,” said the pseudo-Peres, to which Michaeli responded with humility. “But on the issue of the things you said over the last few days,” fake-Peres continued, “I would say that I would ask you, respectfully, to be more moderate in the way you express yourself. I hope you accept this criticism with understanding.”

Michaeli understood: “Of course, I always say that we become stronger after learning from criticism. This is my way of saying that the media actually supports the glorification of those same homosexual groupsand a whole generation of people that we want to be real men, not unlike you,” she said in an attempt at flattery. Vider persists, and Anastasia continues to explain her stance, while expanding the range of her mudslinging and sharpening her skills as a prophet of the upcoming apocalypse: “At the end of the day,” Michaeli predicts, “we will raise a country of sodomites.”

Were Michaeli to suspect that she was being pranked, it would remind the audience that this is the same person who poured a glass of water on MK Raleb Majadele, who gave birth to many children, who called for disallowing mosques to, who decided that homosexuals are miserable human beings who commit suicide at the age of 40. But she did not suspect, so the fabricated conversation only revealed another layer of Anastasia’s innermost desires.

And the most interesting layer of all reveals Anastasia’s dream: to meet Russian President Putin. With indefatigable opportunism, she suggests a deal to the “President” - she will weigh an apology, and Peres will set up a meeting with Putin.Michaeli: Um, Mr., uh, first of all Mr. President, I mean, Shimon PeresI very much respect your phone call. I wanted to talk to you about another issue.”

Vider: What about?

Michaeli: I will weigh apologizing, but I heard that Putin is arriving in Israel for an official visit, and the truth is that it is my dream to meet him. I don’t know if that is even possible”

Vider: It’s possible. I already told you it’s possiblefirst you should apologize, and then we’ll talk about Putin.

Michael: Okay, that’s fine. I will weigh it.

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