[Commie Basher]

Most of the self-hating Jews in Hollywood wouldn't dare say what she said.

Not true. Hollywood is very pro-Israel, across the political spectrum.

Army Archerd writes a column for Daily Variety. Archerd is far left. He admired Jack Nicholson's compliments of Castro; and Archerd repeatedly attacked Elia Kazan for "naming names" when Kazan got his special Oscar a few years back; and Archerd's repeatedly attacked Charleton Heston for leading the NRA.

Yet Archerd is also extremely pro-Israel, and often quotes other pro-Israelis, like Barbara Streisand, Spielberg, and Harvey Weinstein (Streisand and Weinstein were both quoted as saying that they supported Gore partly because Gore was a better friend of Israel than Bush).

Hollywood is very pro-Israel, and very open about it.

[Clemenza]

Very true. Most Freepers who don't live in largely Jewsih areas like I have can't seem to understand that while Jews in Hollywood, New York, South Florida, etc. may be liberal on most issues, they become downright hawkish when it comes to Israel. Robert Wexler (D-Boca Raton) is a case in point.

One of the oddest coalitions in politics are the right-wing evangelicals and largely (though not entirely) left-leaning Jews on the issue of Israel.

For the record, I subscribe to a theology which rejects the concept of "rapture" and does not take a position on Israel. Nevertheless, I support its right to exist and defend itself for purely secular reasons.