1. Numbers

2. 1 is the number of States between Jordan and the sea 2 is the number of states there will be here

3. 3 years and 4 months I was in the IDF. I wasn’t a professional, I was in Nachal.

4. 5 shekels is the cost of a city bus. Well actually, it’s 4.90, but it’ll take a few months before this disk comes out…

5. I was 6 when Sadat came to the country 7 when they signed the agreements

6. 8 is the number of Uri Malmilian who is without doubt my childhood hero.

7. 9 times I’ve been too close to a pigua – so far… 10 is the classic Israeli answer to the question – how’s things?

8. I’m just like every other Jew – busy with numbers 24/7/12 months

9. My wife is 27 and I’m 30 – getting to the age of wanting kids but we’ll want them to have it all – food, clothes, football, games

10. This doesn’t bother the CEO of Bank Hapoalim, cos he brings home every day 29,816 shekels. Jeez! Divide that up by 2, by 15, and it still ends up a very nice monthly salary.

11. They’ll agree with me, the 1000s of unemployed textile workers in the south. The annual growth of the Israeli economy in 2001 was - 0.6%

12. People who yesterday were in work now see tomatoes in the bin and think – what a waste!

13. The state of the economy in Israel is the worst it’s been in the last 48 years. (48 – now that number’s familiar from somewhere – what the hell is it?)

14. 4 cellphone companies compete for the ear of 75% of Israelis. CEO of Cellcom goes to the bank once a month to deposit a salary of 674,000 shekels.

15. There are ¼ million unemployed. 36,000 of them appeared this year. I guess Eli Luzon was right when he sang: (“What a State!”)

16. I’m just like every other Jew – busy with numbers 24/7/12 months

17. Bootleggers offer for 10 shekels a disk we’ve worked on for 4 years. The dollar rose by 10s of agorot in 3 weeks and shot the rent up of 100s of 1000s people

18. There’s not enough in the pocket for school books and trips – what did the government do in response? Cut 12% off all child benefit.

19. When a woman goes to work, she’ll bring home on average 7 shekels, 20 agorot less than a man will for the same work and I’m not a prophet, but between 500 and 600 people will die on the roads this year – the Rt Hon minister for transport – how does that figure make you feel?

20. And still the largest number so far that represents the hope but proves the disaster that when it’s mentioned all sane people stand to attention and that’s

21. 6 million

22. I’m just like every other Jew – busy with numbers 24/7/12 months