Chances are that’s a #FreePalestine tweet that won’t be deleted.
Gavin Polone is the Emmy-nominated Hollywood producer known for projects that include “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Twisted,” “Panic Room,” and “Zombieland.”
In a 2012 ReasonTV interview, Polone, who described himself as “more libertarian than anything else,” offered a glimpse of his views on foreign policy:
I just think our policy towards Israel is absolutely inconsistent with our policy towards other countries. They’re a nuclear power and then we try to get Pakistan or North Korea to give up their nukes or we have sanctions against Iran for developing nuclear weapons and then Israel has 200 nuclear weapons. That doesn’t make sense. Why are we doing this? And then I point out it’s because small groups of people who are pro-Israel are giving huge amounts of money to our corrupt legislators. And, you know, you say that, and then what happens? Then you wait. People still make my movies.
In addition to tweeting the #FreePalestine hashtag, Polone had this Twitter exchange in which he put his Israel Derangement Syndrome on full display.
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@GavinPolone What country wouldn't defend itself from attack? The Israelis defend their people. Hamas wants to kill them. Case closed.
— (((Richard Regen))) (@realrichregen) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen same thing the Afrikaner gov't in south africa said about the ANC. Same thing oppressors always say about those they oppress
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@GavinPolone That's a lazy metaphor. If the Israelis were attacking the West Bank, you'd have a point, but Gaza isn't occupied- Hamas rules.
— (((Richard Regen))) (@realrichregen) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen Gaza's connection with the outside is controlled physically and economically by Israel. SA's "homelands" weren't occupied.
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen Ultimately, a minority took over from the majority by force, not a democratic process, which is the source of the conflict.
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@GavinPolone Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 and the people voted in Hamas, whose charter calls for the destruction of Israel. Look it up.
— (((Richard Regen))) (@realrichregen) July 19, 2014
@GavinPolone Israel was founded under the UN in '48. The Jews accepted their lands, and the Arabs attacked. Can't people defend themselves?
— (((Richard Regen))) (@realrichregen) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen If there were democracy, those who were born in Palestine, and their children, could vote and majority would rule.
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@GavinPolone The Palestinians and Isrealis were each given territory by the UN. Jews accepted, Arabs attacked. Are Jews supposed to die?
— (((Richard Regen))) (@realrichregen) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen What the UN did was wrong and anti-democratic. It doesn't justify what happened. That's why Palestinians are fighting.
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen Abbas crafted a political solution to include Hamas. Israel and US killed it. That & new settlements are the current problem
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@GavinPolone Why don't the Palestinians recognize Israel as a state? Egypt did and so did Jordan. Israel makes peace whenever possible.
— (((Richard Regen))) (@realrichregen) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen http://t.co/c3ViRGBn65
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
@GavinPolone I agree settlements are wrong. But that doesn't justify missile attacks on innocent civilians. Or do you support that?
— (((Richard Regen))) (@realrichregen) July 19, 2014
@realrichregen I don't support missile attacks, nor Hamas. I just think Israel is a racist state and the U.S. is harmed by supporting it.
— Gavin Polone (@GavinPolone) July 19, 2014
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