David Copperfield Plans to Make Israel Disappear

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LAS VEGAS -- In his boldest illusion yet, magician David Copperfield has announced plans to make Israel disappear in a one-hour TV special to air later this summer on CBS.

As a Jewish American, Copperfield took Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent statement that "Israel will soon disappear" as extremely offensive and inappropriate, and vowed to do something about it.

"These hateful words are a direct challenge to my magic skills," Copperfield said. "You can't just waltz in and say, 'I'm going to make Israel disappear.' Do you know how many mirrors, curtains and perfectly positioned video cameras it takes to get a whole country to disappear? A lot."

Copperfield's past illusions include making the Statue of Liberty vanish; walking through the Great Wall of China; and making the world believe a guy who does magic can get someone as hot as Claudia Schiffer to marry him.

When told by his First Vice President Parviz Davudi that Copperfield had already made the Statue of Liberty disappear on TV nearly 25 years ago, Ahmadinejad became visibly upset and sawed Davudi in half before making him disappear.