"גם-על"

an anonymous report from "Al-Gazira Al-Turia":

In a delay of only a few hundred years, and due to some difficulties the Archaeological Seminars' van has been suffering from lately, a new idea had ripened among the supreme bosses. After complains from some of the new comers of the Dig staff were brought to the CEO's attention, there was no longer delay. Once Mr. Stern noticed, that the main reason for every days lateness is a result of the difficulty of the van, during its attempts of ascending towards the village of Hussan or in the area of the Qastel, immediate steps were taken; In a matter of one phone call, a new acquisition was added to the Archesem fleet. The 2007 "Gam-Al", of the Rahat-Camelus-Bactrianus production, should be able to avoid the problem mentioned above, and increase the efficiency of the daily work at the excavation site. Some side-people (AKA - site people) are even hoping now, this new change might allow them to find some time for the "Morning Coffee Ritual". This ancient ceremony has been forgotten long ago, ever since the stopping at the "Zur-Hadasa" gas station routine had been cancelled.

Today (July 19) the new plan was finally experimented, and wan the appreciation of many of the Archaeological Seminars' staff members; No difficulties were known on the way down to Beit-Guvrin in the morning, accept for a very long and tiring hindrance at the barrier (the Hussan Machsom). Knowledgeable sources have reported, that not even one T-shirt had fallen from the ship of the desert of the Shfella, on its way from the Budke to parking lot B. Not only this, but even more so, it has been brought to the attention of the anonymous reporter, that the Gam-Al can be refueled with the many of watter bottles left by visitors at the dig site. This fact means, Archaeological Seminars could actually save a huge amount of money during the heavy touristic season.

But very regretfully, on the first day of the experiment, a tragedy occurred to the new beast. After the usual loading of the cave equipment on the Gam-Al at the end of a long days work (only a half a box of Shabbat candles, 7 DFADC's - i.e. Dig For A Day Certificate - and one "Galgala" had place to put on the humps), it turned out the rein was missing. Apparently one of the irresponsible side people did not see to it, that the rein returns to the site coordinator (him himself being a certain type of a Dromedary Camel). Unfortunately this side person had left the site earlier, working only a "Half-Day". As a result, all 12 workers that remained at the Dig were forced to crowd together in the Toyota, which lead to another long and tiring delay at the Hussan barrier. The new Gam-Al was left behind over night, at the Beit Guvrin gas station

photograph taken by Laskart Thierri

In an additional report from the "Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Al-Garilanda" TV, it was said that earlier this morning, Mr. Afriat (who lately has been visually disappearing) received a report regarding the reckless use of the Gam-Al at its first day at Maresha. According to this report, Mr. Afriat was told two new scratches were added to the front left leg of his last investment. These were caused as a result of rubbing the Gam-Al 's leg against a single Shpachtel, which was found thrown at the site. according to the reporter, Mr. Afriat responded: "Mesye Kaplan will be required to compensate the Seminars with a fertile Ne'aka (i.e. - a female camel ), from an excellent race and a well known Bedouin tribe. As far as I'm concerned, the payment could come from his T-shirt money".

Mr, Afriat decided to ignore the lack of responsibility and the disrespect to the Digging instruments, proven by the fact that a Shpachtel was found thrown aside.

Mr. kaplan or his attorney have refused to relate to this event.