Friday, March 25, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor, RIP

The famous actress has passed away at 79. A most interesting fact was that she was a Zionist:
The ZOA statement listed a series of efforts Taylor made for Israel and the Jewish community, including her purchase of $100,000 in Israel Bonds in 1959, her participation in raising $840,000 for Israel in a 1967 London gala, and her cancellation of a visit to Moscow after the Soviet Union lashed out at Israel following the 1967 Six Day War.

In addition, she was one of 60 prominent women to sign a statement in 1975 to then-UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, condemning the General Assembly’s infamous Zionism-is-Racism resolution. Taylor offered herself as a hostage when 104 Jews aboard an Air France airbus were held hostage by PLO terrorists at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport, from which they were rescued in a spectacular Israeli commando mission on July 4, 1976, America’s 200th birthday. [...]

Elizabeth Taylor’s pro-Israel activism led to the banning of her films in several Arab countries. After she bought $100,000 in Israel Bonds in 1959, the United Arab Republic (now Egypt) banned all her movies. Gen. Essam Elmasri, head of the Cairo regional bureau of the Israel Boycott Office, said at the time that she would not be allowed into Egypt because she had adopted the Jewish faith and “supports Israeli causes.”
This is why she's to be honored, because she did a lot of good deeds for Israel.

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2 Comments:

At 3/26/2011 08:26:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Believe me sir, there are many many Americans that are going against our own government's hierarchy and supporting Israel. We think that Israel is our greatest and best ally. And as soon as we can, Obama is gone. I have been a supporter of Israel for decades.

And you are right about Elizabeth Taylor. Sad she is now gone.

 
At 3/26/2011 10:11:00 PM, Blogger Avi Green said...

Thank you.

 

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