Middle East Conflict Political Satire

In what theological and meteorological authorities are calling "a wrathful display of Old Testament proportions," the Lord Almighty re-flooded the Middle East Tuesday, making good on last week's threat to wipe the region clean if there was not an immediate halt to the bloodshed between Arabs and Jews, The Onion reports.

After presiding over no fewer than two brainstorming videoconferences from his treadmill, President Bush announces plans for the prompt construction of Disney World Jerusalem. Get the full scoop from White House.org.

The U.S. Department of Faith has released a list of books that President Bush insists Americans must read to familiarize themselves with the evolution of our nation's policy concerning Israel. Read the list at White House.org.

Having nearly exhausted its supply of young martyrs, the militant group Hamas today asked a Palestinian court to approve of doctor-assisted suicide bombing, arguing that the elderly and terminally ill should be allowed to end their lives with dignity, respect, and catastrophic destruction, SatireWire reports.

Complaining that the window of opportunity was closing, an exasperated President Bush today called on Israelis and Palestinians to declare an immediate cease fire in order to allow the United States to invade Iraq, SatireWire reports.

An animated cartoon, based on MTV's "The Real World," shows what happens when people stop being polite and start bombing each other. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict as you've never seen it before.

Sources on the set of "Israel," history's longest-running drama, say irascible stars Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat angrily walked off the set today, complaining that the show's scriptwriters continually make their characters say and do stupid things, SatireWire reports.