High-flying tasseographic witch brought to ground.

[Karmadillo]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003800298_fortune22.html

JAFFA, Israel — For nearly a quarter-century, Sana Kuma has been staring into the bottoms of coffee cups to divine the future for top Israeli models, actresses and businessmen.

It is in the chocolate swirls of coffee grounds that the fortuneteller says she can see what lies ahead.

Her fawning customers consider her a soothsayer.

To the Israeli government, Kuma is a witch and a fraud.

This year, Kuma became one of the few people ever to be charged in Israel with practicing magic, a crime punishable by up to five years in jail.

Kuma was the target of a modern-day witch hunt.

"Life is enemies and friends," Kuma said recently after a coffee-ground reading for a former Miss Israel. "I have to accept the good and the bad."

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[MilesColtrane]

1. In other news, Olmert has orderded Mossad to infiltrate Hogwarts.

[donsu]

4. lol

nt

[Stuckinthebush]

2. Ignorance in the 21st century

Amazing

[donsu]

3. jeez! the men who run Israel are so anal

Israel has a law against practicing magic.

and these same nitwits are in control of things nuclear.

it's that woman thing, that woman hangup the men have. that fear of women.

[knitter4democracy]

5. Who is she hurting?

Sheesh! Leave her alone. Who cares if she does a bit of reading or whatever. She's not hurting anyone.

They really have anti-witch laws on the books? Crazy.

[MonkeyFunk]

6. it's called fraud

[NV Whino]

7. Have they banned Harry Potter yet?