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Olympic Fantasy: Israeli and Palestinian Hostages Light the Torch

from Iran, Israel & The Cool Aunt | The Tim Dillon Show #389 · #389

5 min

Tim fantasizes elaborately about the Paris Olympics opening ceremony featuring Hamas releasing hostages and Israelis and Palestinians jointly lighting the Olympic torch as a theatrical peace gesture, imagining audience reactions in Ohio.

In this bit8 moments
  • Tim's fantasy: Israel and Palestine form a synchronized swimming team for the Paris Olympics.
  • Opening ceremonies might be scaled down because everyone is trying to blow up the Olympics.
  • Tim asks Israel to let the Olympics happen without complications.
  • Tim imagines Hamas releasing hostages at the Olympics to light the torch together.
  • If he worked at the State Department, Tim would pitch staging the hostage release at the Games.
  • Hostages emerge eating baguettes and dressed up by top makeup artists for the ceremony.
  • Israeli and Palestinian hostages lighting the Olympic torch would be a powerful moment of reconciliation.
  • Tim does a southern accent imagining Americans noticing the hostages at the Olympics with baguettes.
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Emmanuel MacronHamasParis OlympicsIsrael and PalestineSummer Olympics

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