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Related: About this forumStallone, Schwarzenegger lead Hollywood assault on Hama
In new ad, 187 signatories regret devastating loss of life in Israel and Gaza, blame Hamas ideology of hatred and genocide
long list of Hollywood heavyweights have put their names to a letter slamming Hamas over the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza.
The reported 187 signatories, who include Mayim Bialik, Minnie Driver, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Rogen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Silverman, and Sylvester Stallone, condemn the ideologies of hatred and genocide which are reflected in Hamas charter, Article 7 of which reads, There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!
In their letter, set to be published on Sunday in Billboard, Variety and Hollywood Reporter, and also in leading US newspapers, they write that Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage. Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for learning, not for launching missiles. Children are our hope, not our human shields.
Other signatories include director Ivan Reitman, writer Aaron Sorkin, producers Michael Rotenberg and Avi Lerner, composer Michael Nyman, talent manager Danny Sussman and mogul Haim Saban, Ynet reported Saturday.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/stallone-schwarzenegger-lead-hollywood-assault-on-hamas/
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Good to know, Howard.
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)Another quote of his.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)* Only this April, Naftali Bennett, Israel Economics Minister and Jewish Home party leader stressed in response to accusation Tel Aviv had sabotaged peace talks with the Palestinian coalition government, "There has never been 'Palestinian state' - that's one of the big lies that they've managed to press forward. The reality is that it's been the Jewish land for 3,000 years, it's still our land."
Responding to his interviewer's claim that "there has been Palestinian life in Jerusalem for thousands of years," he retorted: "You're talking about a Palestinian presence? Has there ever been a Palestinian state? Show me what its flag was, show me what its anthem was, show me who its leader is - show me anything that mentions the word 'Palestinians' more than 65 or 80 years ago."
Bennett's comments summarize the core of Israel's ideology Palestine does not exist as a legitimate entity, its people are not a real people and therefore there can never be such a thing as ethnic cleansing, only the re-appropriation of what has always been Israel's land.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/13382-has-the-israeli-pr-machine-hit-a-brick-wall
on edit to correct his name.
4now
(1,596 posts)and the girl that used to play Blossom.
I am impressed. LOL
King_David
(14,851 posts)Celebrity endorsements of anything never really impress me either but they do impress a lot of people .
There seem to be quite a few who proclaimed for Gaza and Palestine only to retract a short while later.
( from the article )
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)can you give us a reason?
King_David
(14,851 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)But you go ahead , I usually go by my own ideas and tangents .
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)Like that basketball player who retweeted "free Palestine" and then spent the rest of the day apologising for it.
He seemed rather nervous for some reason.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)Im sure he would have been up for it.
Stuff like this sure does dispel those Hollywood stereotypes, doesnt it?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and boy it sure does dispel those stereotypes-Hollyweird no more
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)On the other end of the ideological spectrum, Jackie Mason and Howard Stern cut loose with diatribes aimed at critics of Israel.
If youre anti-Israel then youre anti-America, Stern announced on his radio show.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/stallone-schwarzenegger-lead-hollywood-assault-on-hamas/#ixzz3BMmQC5l2
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Why are you lying?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)why do you chose to claim I said something I obviously did not, and then call me a liar? A rather nasty personal attack IMO
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Not meant personally - just wasn't sure why you seemed to be making up the idea that she had signed it. It seemed like you were trying to impugn the letter by linking it to her awful statements that you posted in the video.
dflprincess
(28,071 posts)now plays Amy on "The Big Bang Theory".
In real life, she has a PhD in Neuroscience. I don't agree with what she's saying here, but she is no dummy.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Who is on the number one comedy on TV....PLEASE research before TRYING to dismiss someone.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)is in the one of the highest rated tv show around NOW. I love Amy Farah Fowler.
MFM008
(19,803 posts)about lifting an embargo and allowing Gaza to have some dignity?
faisal akbar
(28 posts)some people will cite this as evidence that holywood and the media are controlled by Jews.
JI7
(89,239 posts)Arnold and Stallone and Blossom ????????
Mayim Bialik (Blossom) is a Jew. So she must control Arnold, Stallone, and forced them to do it!!
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)A: Hey Arnold, sign this letter.
B: why?
A: Because you're German or Austrian or fucking whatever and you made those Hitler remarks back when you were Mr Olympia and...
B: ah fuck it just give me the letter.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Wonder what made him sign.
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)the second part.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)You have to admit, it's a pretty curious collection of names.
JI7
(89,239 posts)JI7
(89,239 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Aren't we all? I don't get the disparaging remarks on here. Suddenly we are supposed to support Hamas? I can't do that.......It would be like supporting ISIS.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)IGNORE that the terrorist hamas are the elected leaders of the Palestinians in Gaza. And the poster above railing about Blossom obviously doesn't watch the Big Bang Theory - probably the only tv show that has just signed a 10 year extension.
Israeli
(4,139 posts)Ref : "" Other signatories include director Ivan Reitman, writer Aaron Sorkin, producers Michael Rotenberg and Avi Lerner, composer Michael Nyman, talent manager Danny Sussman and mogul Haim Saban, Ynet reported Saturday. ""
Scratch Michael Nyman off the list .....
http://www.israellycool.com/2014/08/24/composer-michael-nyman-makes-clear-he-did-not-sign-an-anti-hamas-petition/
He actually got an apology (well sort of ) from the Right wing blog Israelcool ....that must be a first .