{"id":19253,"date":"2023-10-25T09:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=19253"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:39:22","slug":"actress-patricia-heaton-defends-jewish-people-after-terror-attack-i-stand-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2023\/10\/actress-patricia-heaton-defends-jewish-people-after-terror-attack-i-stand-with-israel","title":{"rendered":"Actress Patricia Heaton Defends Jewish People After Terror Attack: &#8216;I Stand With Israel&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19268\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/10\/Patricia-Heaton-v02_credit-Featureflash-Photo-Agency-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19268\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/10\/Patricia-Heaton-v02_credit-Featureflash-Photo-Agency-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Featureflash Photo Agency \/ Shutterstock.com | Inset: Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actress Patricia Heaton has been among the most vocal and boldest Hollywood stars to openly support Israel after Hamas terrorists killed at least 1,400 people and reportedly took hostage 199 children, women, and men. Heaton wrote after the deadly attack, decrying the murder of children, babies, older adults, and women, \u201cI stand with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d star, who changed her X and Instagram profile photos to the Israeli flag, also slammed Hamas for its tactics, claiming the terror group preys upon and hates its people. Heaton wrote, \u201cHamas hates Palestinians. They only care about murdering Jews, and they will kill their own people to accomplish it.\u201d She also shared an extensive list of charities working to help those affected by the crisis and delivered a convicting message to her fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyOQJhULXAo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyOQJhULXAo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Patricia Heaton (@patriciaheaton)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cHave you ever thought, \u2018Gee, if I were a German during WWII, I hope I would be that person who would stand up for my Jewish neighbors. Well, guess what? We have that opportunity today. Right now, the Jewish people are being slaughtered by terrorists as we speak.\u201d She encouraged fans to step in and help financially or in any other feasible way and left them with a call to take action online and make their voices heard.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eric Adams has set the bar with this rousing defense of Israel. Every mayor, every university president, should be doing the same. Thank you Mayor for your unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and all who support the annihilation of the Jewish people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8JYQGKs64i\">https:\/\/t.co\/8JYQGKs64i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatriciaHeaton\/status\/1713582392802230725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re active on social media, please stand up for Israel,\u201d Heaton said. The actress has also been active over on X, where she\u2019s sharing videos and messages in support of the Jewish state. Read her continuously updated feed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatriciaHeaton\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Patricia Heaton has been among the most vocal and boldest Hollywood stars to openly support Israel after Hamas terrorists killed at least 1,400 people and reportedly took hostage 199 children, women, and men. 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