Richard Gere Wants Palestinians to Get Out and Vote
January 15th, 2005 by Andre Soares
"Hi, I’m Richard Gere and I’m speaking for the entire world. We’re with you during this election time. It’s really important. Get out and vote."
That’s American actor Richard Gere, in a TV spot sponsored by grassroots Israeli-Palestinian peace lobby One Voice. At the end of the commercial, Gere repeats the phrase "Get out and vote" in Arabic.
"I don’t even know who the candidates are other than Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), let alone this Gere. We don’t need the Americans’ intervention. We know who to elect. Not like them — they elected a moron."
That’s Gaza soap factory worker Manar an-Najar, referring to the Richard Gere get-out-and-vote ads. As quoted in Reuters.
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