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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: TomSea on March 24, 2017, 10:42:22 am
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Actor Richard Gere compares West Bank town to ‘Old South’
Originally published March 23, 2017 at 10:59 am Updated March 23, 2017 at 11:10 am
By The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Actor Richard Gere has compared life for Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron to segregation in the United States.
The “Pretty Woman” star toured Hebron this week with Breaking the Silence, a group of Israeli ex-soldiers who criticize Israeli policies in the West Bank.
During the visit, Gere said “it’s exactly what the Old South was in America,” according to a clip aired Wednesday by Israel’s Channel 2 TV.
About 850 Israeli settlers in Hebron live in heavily-guarded enclaves, surrounded by tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Continued: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/us-actor-gere-compares-west-bank-town-to-old-south/
Thoroughly disagree; one could express dismay without this kind of incendiary talk. Dimwit.