Overheard Inside An Israeli Tank:

First Israeli: Are we really God's Chosen People?
Second Israeli:
First Israeli: Well, there was the slavery in Egypt.
First Israeli: And the Captivity in Babylon.
First Israeli: And the Seleucids.
First Israeli: And Vespasian.
First Israeli: And Titus.
First Israeli: And Hadrian and the Diaspora.
First Israeli: And the Inquisition.
First Israeli: And the pogroms.
First Israeli: And the Holocaust.
Second Israeli:
First Israeli: Well, if we're God's Chosen People, what does He do to people He doesn't like?

(Shamelessly imitating Jeff Goldstein.)