Politically Outspoken Hollywood
Cowers In Silence for Israel
by John Nolte 23 Jul 2014
Over the years I've seen Hollywood openly come out
en masse to support Roman Polanski,
a man who drugged, raped, and sodomized a 13 year-old girl before fleeing from
justice. When it comes to openly supporting Israel,
however, The Hollywood Reporter says that Hollywood
is choosing to cower in silence as the small, outnumbered Jewish country fights
for the right of its citizens not to be bombarded with thousands of rockets
fired by Hamas terrorists from Gaza.
"What would happen if three
missiles were shot into Texas from Mexico?"
speculates one top talent agent who asked not to be named. "There would be
a full-scale war. It's amazing Israel
is using so much restraint." A leading studio executive, who also asked
not to be named, tells THR: "Israel didn't start this conflict,
but what are they supposed to do when they're being attacked? They have a right
to defend themselves."
While these sentiments are strong
and widely shared, few will discuss them on the record. Israel-raised billionaire
mogul Haim Saban, whose largesse to
Democratic candidates is contingent on support for Israel,
was asked for comment on pro-Palestinian tweets by pop diva Rihanna and NBA star Dwight Howard. He
produced a statement so strong that it was sent to his publicist for review,
who then opted for Saban not to comment at all.
Apparently "Never Again"
comes with an asterisk that reads: "Unless it might damage your career."
Israel
Shimon
Peres is the president of Israel,
and a friend of Haim Saban.
Note: Haim
Saban is a friend of Shimon Peres,
a benefactor for the Saban Center for
Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and was a major contributor for the 2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Rahm
I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Ari Emanuel’s brother, was the candidate
for the 2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral
campaign, a civilian volunteer for the Israel
Defense Forces, and the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Israel
Defense Forces executed Operation Entebbe (1976).
Ari
Emanuel is Rahm I.
Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
Rihanna
is a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client, and her lawyer is Donald Etra.
Donald
Etra is Rihanna’s lawyer, and a
member of the United States Holocaust
Memorial Council.
Norman R. Bobins
is a member of the United States
Holocaust Memorial Council, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.
David
D. Hiller was a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP, the publisher & president & CEO for the Chicago Tribune, an SVP for the Tribune Company, and is a member of the
Commercial Club of Chicago.
Chicago Tribune
is a subsidiary of the Tribune Company.
Jeffrey S. Berg was
a director at the Tribune Company,
and is Roman Polanski’s agent.
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