Posted on 09/04/2009 10:32:53 AM PDT by pitinkie
An Oscar-winning rabbi is condemning the actions of Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and Eve Ensler -- claiming their decision to boycott the Toronto International Film Festival is "an attack on the heart and soul of Israel."
It's all over a program featured in the festival called "City to City" -- which honors Tel Aviv's 100th anniversary by spotlighting 10 Israeli films.
Fonda, Glover and Ensler have decided to boycott the festival and signed their name to a letter sent to festival officials -- a letter that claims Tel Aviv was built on "thousands of destroyed Palestinian villages" and that the program "ignores the suffering of thousands of former residents and descendants."
Now, Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center is blasting the protest -- claiming "Whoever would sign on to a campaign like this would support the complete destruction of Israel."
Hier -- who's won two Academy Awards for documentaries -- added, "People who support letters like this are people who do not support a two-state solution. By calling into question the legitimacy of Tel Aviv, they are supporting a one-state solution, which means the destruction of the State of Israel."
"I applaud the organizers of the festival for celebrating on the 100th anniversary of Tel Aviv. If every city in the Middle East would be as culturally diverse, as open to freedom of expression as Tel Aviv is, then peace would long have come to the Middle East."
Thanks for the post, but does this shock anyone??
Much ado about nothing.
Jane Fonda up to her old tricks again.
Very interesting.
Nope
And water is wet.
Not surprising, at times that witch Hanoi Jane has supported the destruction of her own country. I’m being kind saying witch.
Rabbi Marvin Hier is a heavy weight guy. This is not business as usual. Very interesting.
Jane Fonda supported the destruction of the United States as well.
“If you knew what Communism truly was, you would get on your hands and knees and pray that one day we [U.S.] would be Communist.”
Invite Madonna instead. She loves Israel and will bring her Israeli flag as her dress.
Maybe somebody has the picture.
And also in the news, the sun will once again come up in the east tomorrow morning. This will break it’s own world record of raising from the same direction for the last...
so why does Israel think it is special? Jane Fonda has sought the destruction of America her entire life.
Not FONDAJANE
2 "I will make of you [Israel] a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you." Gen. 12:2-3
Do you have any evidence of your claims against the Rabbi? What do you mean, “support”? Please provide some documentation. My own research has only turned up information on his condemnation of comparing Obama and Pelosi to Hitler and the Nazi’s, which is what I would expect from someone who has spent years researching the Holocaust. He also condemned those who compared Bush to Hitler in 2004.
Now if I could just get his blood back from Normandy.
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