Not to be outdone by their more illustrious European counterparts, the Israeli Royal family today waved goodbye to their eldest son as he entered the IDF for his military service.

In a planned three year IDF career which ensures that he will not to be overshadowed by the British princes William (a fully fledged SAR helicopter pilot) and Harry (pin up boy of the British Army in the Afghanistan conflict), Yair Netanyahu will undergo a fast track three weeks of basic training before joining the military spokesmans office.

As he consoled a tearful Queen Sara, King Bibi, himself an alumnii of an elite Israeli commando unit, was heard to mutter “Thats my boy!”

In Yairs defence, it should be noted that he is doing better than the son of Bibi’s predecessor who, it is said, made a hasty departure from “Eretz Israel” to avoid military service.

27 July 2009 – See Update: Universal Soldier #2

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