This classy lady has been posted before but I've never had her as a Wednesday Hottie. Since the theme of the week is change I figured that this was appropriate. Or - if you're one of those people that looks down on shameless and desperate link baiting - inappropriate. Whatever.

As always the tasteful picture is above the jump. Instead of the usual two extra pictures behind the link, though, I've put up three pictures and a video of her modeling something. I dunno what it is because I was looking at her eyes. Still - it's been a rough November and I know that we all need a few more reasons to appreciate life. I've even included a link to her personal MySpace page because she seems like a personable gal.

According to I AM IL, my girl Liraz Dror has replaced my girl Rotem Sela - last featured on MR working her way through a bar and into my heart - as the underwear model for Go Under. They might have an OK argument:

Two more incredibly persuasive pro-Liraz underwear modeling arguments:

We've posted pictures of Israeli model Miri Bohadana before. But this post is kind of a good news / bad news thing. The good news is that Miri seems to have given up her hard drinking, hard partying lifestyle to care for her new son. The bad news is that Miri seems to have given up her hard drinking, hard partying lifestyle. Because from all the stories, she was kind of a fun girl. As per usual, there are three pics with the uncropped versions behind the links. Also as per usual, the scandalous ones are after the jump. Above the jump: only class:

This is adorably freckled Israeli model Amit Freidman. She enjoys long walks on the beach, being link bait, and posing in her underwear for pictures that are way, way too risque for this blog. Luckily, the magic of the Internet has allowed me to link to some of her galleries - and post two more pictures of her - after the jump:

MR's most popular series returns with three undeniably tasteful images of Israel's top model. Only one of pics is above the jump, though, because this is a serious news site. And yes, of course there are full uncropped versions of the images behind the links. Mere Rhetoric: helping to rebrand Israel since early 2007:

In the battle between our antipathy towards all things Apple and our responsibility to post palette-cleansing videos of hot Israeli chicks singing songs, duty calls:

Her totally adorable accent aside, the MacBook Air still sucks.

References:
* Apple Uses Israeli Song [Israelli]
* MacBook Air patent is mocking you [Endgadget]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Esti Ginzburg Likes Summertime. We Like SummertimeToo. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Alexandra Loxsin Is Sad Because MR Is Getting Killed In The JIBs

The new truth:

The Israeli woman is liberal and daring (71.6%), knows what she wants in bed and says it (71%), enjoys her body and does not hide it under the blankets (87%)... According to the survey, a third of the women feel like having sex on a daily basis, while 45% are in the mood once or twice a week... Most Israeli women have positive feelings about their bodies, with almost half of them reporting they had sex with the lights are on regularly, while 40% of surveyed women said do so occasionally... Ninety percent of women said they had sexual fantasies and 65.5% of them described them to their partners... Most women (70%) enjoy performing oral sex... 77% of women enjoyed receiving oral sex.

Which also means that 7% of Israeli women are hopelessly selfish and 23% are shameless liars. Go figure.

We were going to do a little punchline about the contrast between these results and the shame that women across the Muslim world are expected to feel about their bodies. But we don't want to sully the beautiful, beautiful perfection of this post with unpleasantness. May we instead recommend MR's Israeli Hotties category?

References:
* Israeli Girls [utopia2800 / YouTube]
* Israeli women's sex habits exposed [JPost]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Shameless Montage Of Hot Israelis In Skimpy Bathing Suits From Israeli Tourism Board [Video] [MR]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Very Hot and Somewhat Bitter Israeli Chicks Go Clubbing [Video] [MR]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Michal Amdursky Is A Little Tied Up At The Moment [Video] [MR]

We can't believe that we haven't posted any clips of Tel Aviv hottie Rona Kenan doing the thing she does where she sings and is hot. Crises averted:

MySpace page with more information and samples here. No tour dates posted, which is kind of disappointing. We were hoping that she had shows coming up in LA. And that she needed a place to stay.

References:
* Rona Kenan - Flood [asaflivni / YouTube]
* Rona Kenan [MySpace]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Bouskilla Girl Is Kind Of Steamy [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Moran Atias. OMFG. [Video]

Not the first video we've posted about social justice by Subliminal, but definitely the first video of current MR Israeli pop star crush Sivan that isn't annoyingly grainy:

You always find self-critical videos about social justice and the hope for peace on Palestinian television. Always.

References:
* Israeli Hip Hop Expresses Dissatisfaction With Current Socio-Economic Situation [Video, Subtitled] [MR]
* Israeli Starlet Sivan Sings On Absurdly Grainy Video. We Post [Video] [MR]
* Subliminal - Perfect Place [davy1031 / YouTube]

Previously:
* Afternoon Zionist Hip Hop - Divided and Conquered [Video]
* Miri Ben-Ari and Subliminal: God Almighty When Will It End [Video]
* New Israeli Hip Hop - Subliminal's New Single Is Not To Be Missed [Video]

There was a heated debate in the MR HQ conference room about what to do with this clip. Half the staff said it should be posted as the punchline of a different Hottie Wednesday post, with a link that said "just for the record, there is a line of shameless phallic innuendo and bad singing that even we won't cross." The other half of the staff insisted that we should post it just to show that there are no depths to which we will not sink for pageviews. Ergo, video:

These is nothing redeemable about that music video. Well, maybe two things. But no more than two.

References:
* roni duani [shalom6078 / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Model Wednesdays - Photos: Israeli Model Bar Refaeli In SI Swimsuit Edition
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - A Hot Israeli Chick On A Jetski [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - The Ultimate Bar Refaeli Sports Illustrated Montage, Plus Interview In A Bikini [Video]

For some reason only really grainy, kind of bad videos are being uploaded to YouTube of current MR Israeli pop star crush Sivan. It looks like somebody used a camcorder to film their television set (really - check out what happens around 3:15). And yet, like moths to a flame we go. This one's among the clearest of the bunch. If you haven't heard the song, it's a pretty good facsimile of the CD version:

We'd get used to her if we were you.

References:
* sivan eyn gvolot (exit) [moshon77 / YouTube]

Previously:
* Afternoon Zionist Hip Hop - Divided and Conquered [Video]
* Zionist Rappers Sing About Peace, Stopping Holy War [Video]
* Shabbat Beauty - Zionist Hip Hop In Remembrance Of Yaakov Paz. A Momentary Song" [Video]

So we've been sandbagging all the Bar Rafaeli videos for the last couple weeks because, you know. Good news: it. is. on. Our 18-35 male demo may just want to skip to the third video.

We've missed Bar:

For our English speaking readers:

For any of our viewers endowed with vision, with soundtrack courtesy of one M. Dogg:

And one more just because today is a day for celebration:

References:
* Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Bar Rafaeli sues Yedioth Ahronoth for libel [Ha'aretz]
* Bar Refaeli Dancing [pussycaty / YouTube]
* Bar Refaeli- Filming a new movie [pussycaty / YouTube]
* Bar Refaeli - Remix [pussycaty / YouTube]
* Bar refaeli [pussycaty / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Model Wednesdays - Photos: Israeli Model Bar Refaeli In SI Swimsuit Edition
* Israeli Hottie Bar Refaeli Gets Mocked, Worshiped On Israeli TV (Plus: Saudi Imam: "Women In Some Cultures Are Not Averse To Beatings") [Videos]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - The Ultimate Bar Refaeli Sports Illustrated Montage, Plus Interview In A Bikini [Video]

We've been given to understand that the kids are really into this High School Musical soundtrack. And if there's one thing we know about the kids, it's that they're suckers for link bait:

This is where we'd make the joke about how the link bait will continue until traffic stops sucking and someone purchases space on the new blogad in the top-right (shiny!). But honestly, we kind of like this version and probably would have posted it anyway.

References:
* Breaking Free - High School Musical (Hebrew version) [plasticpop / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - We Will Find The Guy Who Made Keren Peles Sad And Cut Him [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Very Hot and Somewhat Bitter Israeli Chicks Go Clubbing [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Moran Atias. OMFG. [Video]

We've heard that there are jokes out there implying that the fairer sex is something other than totally rational and levelheaded. We don't know any of those jokes - obviously - but we've heard that they're out there. And we imagine that this performance by Ofra Haza - which is quite good - has not done much to alleviate those terribly unfair stereotypes:

Women.

References:
* Ofra Haza - Frecha's Song (the Song Of A Tease) [davy1031 / YouTube]

Previously:
* Shabbat Beauty - Ofra Haza: Jerusalem of Gold [Subtitled Video]
* Mere Rhetoric: Tributes To Ofra Haza [Video]
* Shabbat Beauty - Isaac Stern Plays To the Sound Of Air Raid Sirens [Video]

Seriously. What an asshole:

Sigh.

References:
* Keren Peles - "Itay" [asaflivni / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Esti Ginzburg Likes Summertime. We Like SummertimeToo. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Yael Bar-Zohar Is Confused Because You Haven't Voted For MR In Round 2 Of The JIBs
* CNN Tries To Describe Maxim's Israeli Hottie Issue, Fails To Adequately Convey Sheer Hotness [Video]

MR's ranking in Google searches for "male eyecandy linkbait" are starting to decline, which means it's time for another Equal Opportunity Michael Lewis post. After the last one, a representative of the fairer sex emailed that she didn't find him hot. That is obviously insane, since the break-the-mold women in this video find him hot. And they're too gorgeous to ever be wrong. About anything. Ever:

That little flirtatious episode with the medicine balls would have been slightly hotter without Lewis in the frame.

References:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Model Michael Lewis. Because MR Is An Equal Opportunity Link Baiter. [Video] [MR]
* michael lewis [zimbman / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Very Hot and Somewhat Bitter Israeli Chicks Go Clubbing [Video]
* Early Morning Chuckle - Coulter On the Dem Debate Edition
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - The Pick Sisters Have Something For Everyone [Video]

The woman is just painfully hot. If you can speak Hebrew, you'll benefit by having the volume up. But it's not really a requirement:

And now, by way of what the dictionaries refer to as "contrast", here:

Is this where we talk about how politically left US feminist groups march arm in arm with anti-Israel lunatics? Or would that be to imply that they're driven by something more than dispassionate anti-Zionism, which as we know is just the strategy that the "neo-conservative Likudniks" use to silence "legitimate criticism of Israel"?

References:
* Bar Refaeli at Night Show [pussycaty / YouTube]
* Wife Beating Justified [covertone81 / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Model Wednesdays - Photos: Israeli Model Bar Refaeli In SI Swimsuit Edition
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - You're Destroying Indonesia With Your Skimpy Clothing and Your Premarital Sex
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - The Ultimate Bar Refaeli Sports Illustrated Montage, Plus Interview In A Bikini [Video]

Now she's just fucking with us:

Does that young woman's mother know she's putting videos like this up on the Internet?

References:
* Stills From Life [tasha / YouTube]

Previously:
* Video: Tasha and Dishka Fridays - Valentine's Day
* Tasha and Dishka Fridays - Go Cry, Emo Kid [Video]
* Tasha and Dishka Fridays - What Kind of Tasha and Dishka Fan Are You? [Video]

As is by now reasonably well-known, Israel is trying to remake its public image from "that place where lots of people try to kill Jews" to "that place with all the hot chicks in bikinis". So in a very real way, us posting this movie - to say nothing of you viewing it - strikes a blow in the name of Western civilization:

Great song, by the by. The video is a production of new-ish I AM IL.com blog. They claim to be dedicated to "providing the best scenery in Israel". We welcome the gesture, but given the source of 90 percent of our traffic - suffice to say that we're reevaluating plans to monetize MR.

References:
* Sexy Israeli Girls - www.iamil.com [yuval83 / YouTube]
* Finally Some Decent Israeli Public Diplomacy (Plus: SCORE!!) [MR]
* I AM IL.COM

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Shiri Maimon Is Not About To Shave Her Head
* Israeli Hottie Alexandra Loxsin Is Sad Because MR Is Getting Killed In The JIBs
* Israeli Hottie Moran Gros Wants You To Vote For MR In Round 2 Of the JIBs

A hot Israeli chick encouraging us to drink more. Yes please:

The lyrics might leave something to be desired. But we're confident that we'll be able to see our way past that.

References:
* Noa Golanski - "Drink with me" [asaflivni / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Tammy and Yahel Stalker Fun [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Miri Bohadana Is Fed Up With You Not Voting For MR In Round 2 Of The JIBs
* Israeli Hottie Shirly Boganim Is Happy You Voted For MR In the JIB Prelims

That Esther Ofarim YouTube channel that Eytan's been putting together has some really fantastic stuff. Here's a really fun performance of Mad About The Boy that from 1970 London:

If modern-day British intellectuals had their way, there wouldn't be any Israeli singers allowed to come to Britain. Because it would hurt the peace process, you see. Performances by people like Esther Ofarim hurt the peace process. Obviously.

References:
* Esther Ofarim [YouTube]
* Esther Ofarim - Mad About the Boy - London [Eytan / YouTube]

Previously:
* Miri Ben-Ari Interview and Music Videos: "I Bling My Violin"
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Bouskilla Girl Is Kind Of Steamy [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]

Bar Refaeli's Sports Illustrated picture was in the first ever Israeli Hottie Wednesday post. Back then it was just supposed to be a one-off thing, rather than the significant contribution to Israeli public diplomacy that it's become. And now we've come to this:

As promised, here's an interview about that very photoshoot. Don't worry - no one will judge you if you turn the volume down while you watch this. But you should know that it's not easy to find English-language videos for Wednesdays, so a little appreciation might not be out of the question. Plus, you love her accent:

Outside of Tel Aviv you say? Amazing - we would've pegged her as the middle daughter of a large Gush Katif family.

References:
* Bar Refaeli- pictures from sport illustrated [pussycaty / YouTube]
* SI Swimsuit 2007 Bar Refaeli [SIswimsuit / YouTube]
* Israeli Model Wednesdays - Photos: Israeli Model Bar Refaeli In SI Swimsuit Edition [MR]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Shiri Maimon Is Not About To Shave Her Head
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - A Hot Israeli Chick On A Jetski [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Moran Atias Reminds You: Vote For MR In The Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards

Almost enough to make you think that those lunatic right-wingers have a point about the corruption of Israeli society. Almost:

Those of you that doubt the ability of scantily clad women to contribute to Israeli cultural diplomacy - e.g. Collette Avital - are directed to :35 in the video. Listen closely - the woman knows what she's talking about.

References:
* The Next Big Thing [reshettv / YouTube]
* CNN Tries To Describe Maxim's Israeli Hottie Issue, Fails To Adequately Convey Sheer Hotness [Video] [MR]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]
* Darth Vader Tries To Buy Cigarettes on Shenkin St. In Tel Aviv [Video]
* It Turns Out, There IS A Way For Israeli Drivers To Suck More. Literally.

Collette Avital wonders "if the best way to encourage tourism is by advertising sex". No, obviously not. That's why advertising companies don't spend billions of dollars a year inserting hot women into their ads. It's also why there's no such thing as the expression "sex sells":

That little bit at the end - about the potential for sex with blisteringly hot women won't be enough to overcome the average male's disgust over Lebanon II - totally sensible and relevant, and not at all cheap kneejerk anti-Israel media coverage.

We're just surprised that the Israeli MFA stumbled onto the idea that you can sell Israel by showing that it's crawling with hotties. That's such an original idea.

References:
* FEMALE ISRAELI SOLDIERS POSE SEMI NAKED FOR MAXIMUM MAGAZINE [CSPANJUNKIEdotORG/ YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - A Hot Israeli Chick On A Jetski [Video]
* Finally Some Decent Israeli Public Diplomacy (Plus: SCORE!!)

You don't have to understand Hebrew to get a sense of what's going on. Mostly: he's a gigantic douchebag, and she therefore does not believe that the two of them would be compatible in any future relationship:

Listen, they can't all be Robert Frost.

References:
* Margalit Tsanany - Al Tagid Li Bye [djmizrahit1981 / YouTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Model Michael Lewis. Because MR Is An Equal Opportunity Link Baiter. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - The Pick Sisters Have Something For Everyone [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Playboy Party [Video, Mostly SFW]

As the JBlogosphere's unofficial and self-declared clearing house for mildly inappropriate, sexually charged Israeli music videos, we kind of feel an obligation to post this. On the other hand, this video stretches even our not exactly strict propriety conditions. But someone's gotta do it, so here's Michal Amdursky. She's a classically trained Israeli dancer:

So that just happened.

References:
* Ma she tivakesh mimeni-Michal Amdursky [zoharush / GooTube]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Playboy Party [Video, Mostly SFW]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]
* MR Crush #452 - Amy Winehouse (Bonus: Geek Crush On Rosario Dawson) [Videos]

We miss summer in Israel:

Her: "How fast does it go"
Him: [Explanation involving numbers]
Her: [Blank stare]
Him: "Very, very fast"

References:
* Hot Chick on a jet ski [YT]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Moran Atias. OMFG. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Model Michael Lewis. Because MR Is An Equal Opportunity Link Baiter. [Video]
* Tasha and Dishka Fridays - The Early Years

Memo to Maya's music video director: artistic sex scenes should be subtle and titillating. They should not make us blush awkwardly:

Maya in that schoolgirl thing in a fetish club - we can deal with that. But here we just kind of feel like we're intruding.

References:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Model Michael Lewis. Because MR Is An Equal Opportunity Link Baiter. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Yael Goldman. Elegant.
* [Video] Israeli Model Wednesdays - An Ode To Alcohol, As Told By Rotem Sela

Shiri Maimon is the diva who got 2nd place Israel's American Idol clone Kokhav Nolad (A Star Is Born). Here she is lip-syncing to a Britney Spears mix. No, no - don't thank us. It's really our pleasure to help:

There's also a video floating around of her singing Hatikva at a soccer game that focuses on the emotions of the crowd and the players. We'll probably post it some Tuesday in the near future, as it is quite good.

References:
* Britney Spears Israeli style

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Tammy and Yahel Stalker ...
* Israeli Hottie Moran Atias Reminds You: Vote For MR ...
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila ...

As the JIBs wind down - and as the beating that we received begins to purple into deep psychological bruising that will take years to cope with - we'd like to take a moment out of our normal schedule to castigate all of you who didn't vote for us. May your cats wake you up before daybreak, may your dogs fetch you copies of the LA Times, and may your children find Noam Chomsky fascinating.

Except only kind of. We're of course beyond grateful to all of you who voted and wish great ill on those of you who didn't, but honestly we're kind of happy to have all of you around to rant at. We won't get teary-eyed about how all of you are the reason we blog - you wouldn't believe us anyway, since it's obvious that we only do this to get chicks. But we don't think we're revealing any state secrets when we tell you that writing into the ether is a lot more worthwhile when there are people on the other side reading and - hopefully - sometimes even nodding.

Still, if some kind soul is interested in sparing us years of therapy:

Best All Around- Best Large Blog
Best In Class - Best News/Current Events Blog
Best In Class - Best Pro-Israel Advocacy Blog
Best In Class - Best Right-Wing Political Blog
Specialty - Best Contribution for Search the Center
Best Posts - Best Overall for This Will Not Be Our Last Bow
Best Posts - Best News for Blasts In Damascus
Best Posts - Best Series for Beit Hanoun Meme Watch

Thanks again to everybody.

Previously:
* JIB FINALS! JIB FINALS! (Plus: Painfully Hot Israeli Hottie Anna Zaikin)
* Israeli Hottie Alexandra Loxsin Is Sad Because MR Is Getting Killed In The JIBs
* Simply Absurd Beer Pong Skillz [Videos]

Rather than getting disappointed and sobbing into our lunch about the current drubbing we're taking, we're thinking that this as a sign of our readers' good sense: you know that the JIBs were broken over the weekend, and you've been holding off on your votes. How clever of you. We can happily report that all the polls are working. Now go vote for us, lest our burger get soggy and our three vodkas get watered down by our tears:

Best All Around- Best Large Blog
Best In Class - Best News/Current Events Blog
Best In Class - Best Pro-Israel Advocacy Blog
Best In Class - Best Right-Wing Political Blog
Specialty - Best Contribution for Search the Center
Best Posts - Best Overall for This Will Not Be Our Last Bow
Best Posts - Best News for Blasts In Damascus
Best Posts - Best Series for Beit Hanoun Meme Watch

Every time you don't vote for MR in the JIBs, God makes a beautiful Israeli model put her clothes back on. He told us this personally.

Previously:
* JIB FINALS! JIB FINALS! (Plus: Painfully Hot Israeli Hottie Anna Zaikin)
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Playboy Party [Video, Mostly SFW]
* Simply Absurd Beer Pong Skillz [Videos]

It. Is. On.

We leave you to your own devices for one day - one day - and we come back to find ourselves way down in the JIB polling. There are Israeli models who have been starving themselves for decades in anticipation of the day that we could use them as JIB link-bait. Are you going to let their hard work and sacrifice go to waste? Are you? Please - for the sake of the hotties - go vote for us:

Best All Around- Best Large Blog
Best In Class - Best News/Current Events Blog
Best In Class - Best Pro-Israel Advocacy Blog
Best In Class - Best Right-Wing Political Blog
Specialty - Best Contribution for Search the Center
Best Posts - Best Overall for This Will Not Be Our Last Bow
Best Posts - Best News for Blasts In Damascus
Best Posts - Best Series for Beit Hanoun Meme Watch

The JIBs are still working out some speedbumps - as of this morning, the "Best Right-Wing Post" category isn't up, and the poll for "Best Series" isn't allowing you to vote for MR. But we have no doubt that the they'll have that worked out in good time (hopefully before the Sabbath). In the meantime: we've given you pictures of hot Israeli women to bribe you. That's as good a reason as any we've heard for how to vote in the JIBs. Or, really, for anything.

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - The Pick Sisters Have Something For Everyone [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Playboy Party [Video, Mostly SFW]

We're not sure what we think about that pseudo-Madonna thing that Tammy's got going on in the beginning. But here you go:

That first scene in the elevator where she's looking at a mirror and singing that she doesn't care whether he likes her or not because she's going to keep pursuing him anyway - kind of creepy. Stalker creepy. Trust us on this. If anyone knows stalker creepy...

References:
* Tammy & Yahel - Always With You

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Esti Ginzburg Likes Summertime. We Like SummertimeToo. [Video]
* [Video] Israeli Model Wednesdays - An Ode To Alcohol, As Told By Rotem Sela
* Photos: Israeli Model Bar Refaeli In SI Swimsuit Edition

She - and we - would like to thank you for your enthusiastic voting during the the preliminary JIB rounds. It looks like we're going to be finalists in all nine of the categories we were nominated for (wow!) All five of the first round categories have already been certified. As expected, none of our readers - who are without exception moral, upright, and may we add quite dashing - tried to vote for us twice. Or if you did, you hid it really well. We trust that all four of the most recent "Best Post" nominations will be similarly certified.

So another week of Israeli lolcats and half-naked models. Life's just difficult sometimes, ya know?

References:
* Israeli Model Shelly Hazan Says: Vote For MR In The Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards [MR]
* Israeli Hottie Moran Gros Wants You To Vote For MR In Round 2 Of the JIBs [MR]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - The Pick Sisters Have Something For Everyone [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Moran Atias. OMFG. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Yael Goldman. Elegant.

As the week slips away, so too does our shame. But that shouldn't stop you from helping our Best Posts get into the final round of the JIBs:

Best Post (Overall) - This Will Not Be Our Last Bow
Best News Post - BREAKING: Blasts in Damascus Around US Embassy
Best Right Wing Post - Screw Rachel Corrie
Best (Post) Series - Beit Hanoun Meme Watch

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Moran Gros Wants You To Vote For MR In Round 2 Of the JIBs
* Israeli Hottie Galit Gutman Is Trapped In A Three Walled Room. She Can't Get Out Till You Vote For MR In the JIBs.
* Israeli Hottie Yael Bar-Zohar Is Confused Because You Haven't Voted For MR In Round 2 Of The JIBs

About every month or so we try to use Model Wednesdays to link bait the parts of our readership that aren't 16-30yo post-adolescent males who think that Iran should have been bombed yesterday (that's who the other 29 days of the month are for). But it turns out that women are far less likely to slavishly give us Google hits just because we post some skin for them. But we're not going to give up on our principles just because they don't result in web hits (ha ha ha... sigh). Anyway, here's a video in which everyone gets objectified. Compromise is a beautiful thing:

The Pick Sisters page on Last.fm actually has them tagged as "guilty pleasure." No, we're not proud.

References:
* Sharona and Daniela Pik - This Song שרונה ודניאלה פיק [YouTube/jeloox]
* Sharona & Daniela Pick [Last.fm]

Previously:
* MR Soccer Video Mania
* Video: Nina Simone Sings Eretz Zavat Chalav. Incredible.
* Video: O'Reilly Vs. Colbert And Stewart

She's genuinely mystified. And confused. And a little sad. So go ahead and vote for us, and bring a smile to her face. She has a radiant smile.

Best Post (Overall) - This Will Not Be Our Last Bow
Best News Post - BREAKING: Blasts in Damascus Around US Embassy
Best Right Wing Post - Screw Rachel Corrie
Best (Post) Series - Beit Hanoun Meme Watch

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Moran Gros Wants You To Vote For MR In Round 2 Of the JIBs
* Israeli Hottie Galit Gutman Is Trapped In A Three Walled Room. She Can't Get Out Till You Vote For MR In the JIBs.
* Israeli Model Wednesdays - Photos: Israeli Model Bar Refaeli In SI Swimsuit Edition

And trust us, you want her to get out. So please vote for Mere Rhetoric's Best Posts in the following categories:

Best Post (Overall) - This Will Not Be Our Last Bow
Best News Post - BREAKING: Blasts in Damascus Around US Embassy
Best Right Wing Post - Screw Rachel Corrie
Best (Post) Series - Beit Hanoun Meme Watch

We would have put up a picture of her in something a little more comfortable, but we figure you're still hyperventilating from yesterday's picture of Moran Gros.

References:
* Niv Calderon [Flickr]
* Israeli Hottie Moran Gros Wants You To Vote For MR In Round 2 Of the JIBs [MR]

Previously:
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Moran Atias. OMFG. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Israeli Model Michael Lewis. Because MR Is An Equal Opportunity Link Baiter. [Video]
* Israeli Hottie Wednesdays - Hey, That Maya Buskila Girl Is Kind Of Cute [Video]

Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the first round - pending confirmation, we should advance in all five categories. The second round of JIB voting, for Best Posts, is now going on. This is also just a preliminary round, but it's more haphazard than the last one. We've actually got multiple nominations in a few of the categories - but since we don't want to split votes, we've taking the liberty of humbly focusing you on what we think are the better posts (explanations below). We think you'll agree that it would be very helpful to everybody