As another day of tension over a possible US attack on Iran and Iran retaliation against Israel came to a close with no resolution, the Israeli comedy show on Channel 12, Eretz Nehederet, made fun of the absurdity of the situation, asking US President Donald Trump (Omar Etzion) for an answer, forcing Trump to admit: “I don’t know s***.”
After scolding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for taking credit for the Iron Dome missile defense system, which Trump has been insisting recently was created in the US, he said he had made peace in the Middle East already.
“And I’m making more now, with my special Board of Peace,” Trump said. “Look, everyone in here, the Turks, the Qataris, all the tough cookies. Scar [the evil uncle] from The Lion King. Vecna [the villain from Stranger Things]. You gotta love Vecna. No one thought it was possible, but I brought Vecna. He's a tough cookie, and Freddy Krueger [the villain from the Nightmare on Elm Street movies], and Jafar [the villain in Aladdin].”
Host Eyal Kitzis pointed out that not all Board of Peace members were so friendly, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Mariano Idelman) jumped in and said it would be possible to influence the Board of Peace to be pro-Israel.
Trump agreed, saying, “Of course, Bibi, nothing is closed yet. If you don’t want the Turks here, I can switch between them and Scar.”
Netanyahu mentioned that if the members of the board didn’t behave and there were more bombings, Israel could rely on the Iron Dome, but Trump admonished him, “Bibi, stop taking credit for the Iron Dome,” and claimed again that it was an American invention. He also said America had created the Israeli egg dish shakshuka, and a few other quintessentially Israeli treats, such as the abadi cookie, which he called “the toughest cookie of all.”
Kitzis interrupted to say that Israelis didn’t really care who had invented what, but they wanted to know whether the US planned to attack Iran. “Yes, we brought a beautiful armada there, but nobody knows when it will happen. So many rumors, so much tension… Did you hear anything, Kitzis? You’re from the television. You probably heard something.”
“Are you joking with me?” asked the host. “You’re the one who should know.”
That was when Trump responded, “I don’t know s***.” Once the laughter died down, he added, “Maybe my daughter Ivanka will know something. I heard her daddy is the president.”
Pentagon pizzas, flying abroad, and Emily Damari
The president went on to say, “Of course, I can look at how many pizzas I ordered,” a reference to the fact that an unusually high number of pizzas were reportedly delivered to the Pentagon just before the US attacked Iran in June 2025. “Everyone knows that the night before an attack, the president orders a lot of pizzas.” He said he had ordered 19 pizzas today, so Kitzis surmised, “So, the attack will be tonight,” but Trump corrected him, saying, “That’s my regular order,” and Kitzis wished him good night.
Kitzis also looked for answers about the situation at the airport, questioning two staffers, played by Gaya Beer Gurevich and Orel Tsabari, about what to do if he had already bought a ticket to fly abroad. Like the US president, they had no clear answers.
“It’s nice in Rome in the spring,” one suggested, to which Kitzis replied he had bought a ticket to fly in February. “You can go in February, but you’ll be there till spring,” the airport employee told him. They advised him not to just bring a suitcase, but to bring a container full of furniture and appliances, to help him start his new life abroad. When he asked about cancelling his ticket and getting a refund, they answered him with a word salad. Protesting that he hadn’t understood anything, they said, “That was the intention.”
But at least the news wasn’t all bad. Kitzis opened by mentioning that the remains of the last hostage, Ran Gvili, had finally been returned to Israel this week. He also did an interview with released hostage Emily Damari (Liat Harlev), who returned from Hamas captivity a year ago, and her partner, Danielle Amit (Gitit Fisher), who just got engaged this week.
The comedy show had once planned and scrapped a sketch portraying the boisterous Damari, who raised her hand defiantly when she was released, showing off rather than hiding the fact that Hamas terrorists had shot off two of her fingers on October 7, in a gesture that has become a symbol of resilience. But this week they went ahead and poked gentle fun at her and Amit, a chef who has said in recent interviews that she was never a lesbian until she met Damari. The skit was a sign of how deeply the freed hostages have become a part of the Israeli zeitgeist.
Kitzis closed the show by saying there would be another broadcast in a week, if Trump wanted the show to go on, but meanwhile, he asked viewers to remember, “We have a wonderful country.”