Arab-Israeli Conflict: Golf & Swimsuit Edition

Israelis adopt the "skin to win" strategy. More photos here.

In other news, Bucky Turco sends along a press release for Israel by the Sea, a $150 million ultra-luxury "Eco-Resort" (environmentally friendly and culturally sensitive, of course) to be built on historic Mt. Arbel, the Sea of Galilee's most prominent landmark, as Israel's premier resort property.

"I am committed to creating spaces of the earth, for the spirit, where nature works in harmony with the values of the royal and ancient game," said Robert Trent Jones, Jr. "It is a great honor to design a golf course on a historic mountain that has been ruled through time by Jewish Kings, the Roman Caesars and the Crusaders, in an area of Galilee where Jesus spent most of his life, and on green pastures where King David wrote his psalms. Where else can history and golf meet like this?"

Standard USGA definitions for hazards and bunkers will be slightly modified.