Wednesday, June 20, 2007

""This pornographic campaign sponsored by the Foreign and Tourism Ministries is an outrage," lawmaker Colette Avital said yesterday in Tel Aviv. Avital, former consul-general in New York, was reacting to a Maxim magazine July photo spread titled, "Women of the Israeli Defense Forces." Eight months ago, Israeli consular officials here came up with a novel idea for changing the war-torn state's public image - at least in the eyes of guys with disposable income. "We have to find the right hook," consulate spokesman David Saranga told Newsweek. "And what's relevant to men under 35? Good-looking women.""