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>I am not buying the theory that that is Hollywood's fault.  And you 
>are clearly not buying the concept that Palestinians do actually have 
>some sympathy from the average American.  That is an unfortunate 
>thing for you.

I didn't say its Hollywood's fault. However, there is very little footage on 
nightly news of death in Israel except when it the Israelis are hit. In fact, 
if there is a restaurant bombing there might even be news flash interuption 
of tv. On the other hand, equal or greater number of Palestinian rock 
throwers might get machine gunned, and a its a quick footnote on the nightly 
news - usually no photos. We all know how video footage changed the Vietnam 
war - and why there are no journalists with the American troops fighting 
Afganistan. A picture is worth 1000 words.

Palestinians are treated far worse than blacks in South Africa were treated. 
However, that became a popular cause - for example the star studded song "I'm 
Not Gonna Play Sun City" - with U2's Bono and a lot of other top stars. I 
remember all the college kids at American universities protesting their own 
regents for investing in any American or Euro company that even did business 
in South Africa. And there were a few movies which were set in South Africa - 
other than one of the Mel Gibson/Danny Glover Lethal Weapon movies - but the 
bad guys were always the white Africaners. (The opposite of "Exodus" (from 
the 60's), "Navy Seals" and "Delta Force" movies where the Arabs are the bad 
guys.) Another form of bias is more subtle - when an Israeli F16 bombs a 
refugee camp of destitute families in retaliatioin for something they didn't 
do, the US newspapers and tv will report it as bombing "terrorists" or a 
"terrorist base." In the minds of Israelis all Palestianians are terrorists, 
and their leaders often make little comments wishing they could exterminate 
every last one of them.

All of this is strangely absent in the case of the Palestinians. There is no 
well spring of support from musicians, artists, writers, college students, 
intellectuals, the liberals, the editorial writers, the 60 minute reports. In 
fact, I'm amazed that some of the other Americans on this list are as open 
minded as they are.