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Actor Jon Voight: God gave this land to the Jewish people
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Israel, Jon Voight, Sderot 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for May 13, 2008.

Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight is currently in Israel to express his fervent support for the Jewish people and his opposition to exchanging land for peace with the Palestinians.

On Tuesday, Voight visited Sderot, the western Negev town that suffers regular Qassam rockets strikes from the Gaza Strip. On Monday, he met with terror victims, and welcomed a group of children brought to Israel through Chabad's Children of Chernobyl program.


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oight is best known for his breakthrough role in Midnight Cowboy in 1969, and his parts in 1970s films including Deliverance and The Champ. These days however, he may be even better known for being the father of Angelina Jolie.


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      1.   Thank you B-list actor 07:45  |  Joe Buck 14/05/08
      2.   Jon Voigt for PM 08:53  |  Aussie Michael 14/05/08
      3.   Oh dear! 08:53  |  Paulo 14/05/08
      4.   With due respects, Mr. Voight does NOT speak for God 08:58  |  Ivar 14/05/08
      5.   Getting desparate 09:30  |  jeff 14/05/08
      6.   he is best actor and best human with soul 09:44  |  reuven 14/05/08
      7.   Full respect Mr. Voight... 09:53  |  David 14/05/08
      8.   Jon Voight 09:58  |  Lynn Sharon 14/05/08
      9.   about article 10:03  |  David 14/05/08
      10.   nu. 4 10:17  |  Nat 14/05/08
      11.   Dustin Hoffman couldn`t have said it better 10:47  |  A. Men 14/05/08
      12.   Jon 11:00  |  Darrell 14/05/08
      13.   Jon Voight stands for everything that`s wrong....... 11:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08
      14.   Message from USA 11:09  |  Kevin Musso 14/05/08
      15.   jon VOIGT 11:12  |  PAL 14/05/08
      16.   jon voight- the radical 11:22  |  abraham 14/05/08
      17.   Swiss Dino,a classical example of vurking bigot-FTYI,Vogt isn`t 11:40  |  Absolute Sweden 14/05/08
      18.   Dino - you make no sense 12:03  |  Hannah 14/05/08
      19.   Jon, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! 12:06  |  elan 14/05/08
      20.   # 17 Absolute Sweden / 18 Hannah 12:41  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08
      21.   Switzerland stood for everything that was right ? 13:37  |  AliciaYasmeen 14/05/08
      22.   A real Mensch, 100% right! Kol Hakavod 13:41  |  don 14/05/08
      23.   that was very moving; God bless you Jon Voight 14:10  |  jonathan 14/05/08
      24.   # 21 AliciaYasmeen 14:44  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08
      25.   DINO: empathy is not a pol.ideology 14:49  |  AliciaYasmeen 14/05/08
      26.   Jon Voight 14:58  |  J 14/05/08
      27.   MAY YOU BE BLESSED, JOHN VOIGHT. 15:45  |  Leah 14/05/08
      28.   Voight Cheated on Daughter Jolie`s Mother...Concentrate on Her 15:57  |  Old JewishSoothsayer 14/05/08
      29.   # 25 AliciaYasmeen 16:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08
      30.   #29 DINO: Heroes do not distort the Truth 16:44  |  AliciaYasmeen 14/05/08
      31.   No, sorry Dino, you`re wrong 17:51  |  Hannah 14/05/08
      32.   jon void 17:53  |  bee 14/05/08
      33.   Jon Voight 18:29  |  Maurice 14/05/08
      34.   Swiss (Dino) your double standard (s) 18:51  |  David Isarel 14/05/08
      35.   # 31 Hannah 19:04  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08
      36.   # 34 David Israel, the defense-trend is not your friend..... 19:13  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08
      37.   Swiss (Dino) you are being Hypocrit 19:29  |  David Israel 14/05/08
      38.   He is just acting i think. LOL, I have my own opinion with 20:16  |  Simon Mohammed 14/05/08
      39.   ALL GOYIM WILL RECOGNIZE G-D`S PEOPLE`S DIVINE RIGHT TO HOLYLAND) 20:22  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 14/05/08
      40.   God promised what? 20:24  |  Sam 14/05/08
      41.   Re#28 20:31  |  straight_forward 14/05/08
      42.   To #9 21:10  |  Maurice 14/05/08
      43.   Swiss (Dino) and let me add this 21:14  |  David Isarel 14/05/08
      44.   # 37 David, by the way, could you please give..... 21:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08
      45.   Swiss (Dino) 22:26  |  David Israel 14/05/08
      46.   Why must people make it worse? 23:03  |  Donald 14/05/08
      47.   One more fool 00:11  |  Rafa 15/05/08
      48.   # 45 David Israel 00:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/05/08
      49.   Man`s Religion 01:18  |  Mirror4Israel 15/05/08
      50.   #47 you`re the fool 01:36  |  Andrew 15/05/08
      51.   to #40 01:53  |  Maurice 15/05/08
      52.   Ivar 4 04:05  |  Jose Marcio 15/05/08
      53.   Jew Haters Almost Gleeful 06:09  |  Zee 15/05/08
      54.   Scripture is clear, the land belongs to Israel 21:32  |  Simon 15/05/08
      55.   Jon doesn`t need to speak for God, God already spoke 04:01  |  LouiseCA 16/05/08
      56.   No, it is you who are wrong 04:07  |  LouiseCA 16/05/08
      57.   Actually,,,,,,, 04:25  |  MIKE 16/05/08
      58.   Actor Jon Voight`s Israeli Comments 06:27  |  Kathleen Schofield 16/05/08
      59.   Jon Voight - comments on Israel 06:31  |  Kathleen Schofield 16/05/08
      60.   voice of moshiach 39 11:30  |  potobac 16/05/08
      61.   No the UN did not 17:04  |  Simon 16/05/08
      62.   Reply: voice of moshiach 39 17:10  |  Nathan 16/05/08
      63.   # 62, And God has done just that through the Jewish Messiah 12:59  |  God`s plan to save 17/05/08
      64.   DINO, my favorite animal is steak 19:59  |  FOX 17/05/08
      65.   jon is a wonderful israel lover, god bless him 01:10  |  HAL TRIPP 18/05/08
      66.   God gave this land to the Jewish people 13:08  |  ali 18/05/08
      67.   # 40 AMMAN YOUR god OUR G-D. 13:47  |  petra 19/05/08
      68.   # 56 LOUISE YOU`RE RIGHT!!!!!!! 13:50  |  petra 19/05/08
      69.   # 58 AND MAY G-D BLESS YOU KATHLEEN. 13:50  |  petra 19/05/08
      70.   # 66 ALI IN OVENS, CAMPS DREAMING OF ISRAEL. 13:54  |  petra 19/05/08
      71.   Israel keeping their God given land 17:07  |  Peggy Dyer 12/06/08
      72.