'Hanoi Jane' Goes to Jerusalem

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Anti-American actress Jane Fonda visited Israel last week, the guest of a left-wing "peace" group called Women in Black. In Jewish World Review, Nadia Matar, who heads a right-wing group called Women in Green, describes a hilarious encounter with "Hanoi Jane" at a Jerusalem restaurant:

Fonda's fancy minibus arrives and out jumps her PR flack. She proceeds to rudely bark instructions at the journalists.

"Listen fellows, Jane Fonda is just arriving from Jordan where she got a royal treatment. You are allowed to film her but don't you dare ask her any questions. She should not feel your presence. Everybody should stay quiet and distanced and respect her privacy. And I repeat--don't talk to her, don't ask her any questions!"

But the Women in Green heckled Fonda: "Hanoi Jane! Hanoi Jane! You are an American traitor! How many Americans were killed because of you? You are an American traitor and you came to Israel as a guest of Peace Now, Israeli traitors. You constantly identify with the enemies of the Western world. Once it was in Vietnam where you identified with those who murder Americans and now you came to identify with those Arabs who murder Jews. Go home! Shame on you! Shame!"

Since Fonda wasn't answering questions, the journalists interviewed the Women in Green instead. " Part of the interview is eventually broadcast worldwide. After its airing, our group was bombarded with hundreds of e-mails from people thanking us for what we did. Among them, are folks who had loved ones killed in Vietnam and who still do not forgive Fonda."