Bruno, the gay Austrian journalist character of comic Sascha Baron Cohen, is the talk of Israel after fooling a former Mossad agent in footage for his new film. The movie will feature one of Cohen’s signature bits - refined on his famous Da Ali G Show, and the worldwide hit movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” - where former Israeli spy now turned political analyst Yossi Alpher (shown in photo inset) was tricked into what he thought was a serious interview with Bruno, who was sold to him as a “German rock star” and the perfect bridge between political issues and youth culture.

Highlights in the interview included the former spy trying to keep a level head for several minutes on end while Bruno failed to grasp the difference between Hamas and Hummus, claiming the Palestinian organization was “too high in carbohydrates”, and Bruno joining hands with Alper for a song, which Bruno thought was about the Middle East conflict, entitled “Jews and Hindus”. Cohen’s new movie “Bruno” is set to be released in May of 2009.

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Jerusalem Post: Borat’s alter ego dupes a former Mossad agent

The Guardian: Mossad agent is latest dupe of Baron-Cohen

Daily Telegraph: Sascha Baron Cohen’s Bruno Hamas-hummus movie prank