My buddy Mark Pellegrino is currently in Israel as part of the latest group of celebrities brought here by America’s Voices in Israel.
As I’ve posted before, he’s a huge mensch and one of the most articulate celebrities I know on this issue.
Case in point: check out is tweets from Israel: he’s here visiting and taking in the sites and sounds, yet also makes sure to defend Israel from unfair criticism.
Just visited Rambam Hospital. What an amazing place. #coexist #visitisrael @amvoicesnisrael pic.twitter.com/CrtPVAqdej
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 29, 2016
The crossroads of five religions #Haifa Baha'i Gardens. #visitisrael #coexist @amvoicesnisrael https://t.co/FvrO2a06rB
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 29, 2016
Rambam hospital #Haifa changing the world with science and love. @amvoicesnisrael #visitisrael https://t.co/0bkyOKNYAl
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 29, 2016
I'm here right now, and it's awesome. https://t.co/U3bYEYo1gf
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
The Sea of Galilee. In the distance, The Golan Heights. #visitIsrael @amvoicesnisrael pic.twitter.com/uo3olgvq3A
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
@amvoicesnisrael on the other side of those hills in the distance the Syrian gov has murdered 350k of its own people. You
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
you should really be concerned about that. Further north Hezbollah had the south of Lebanon in its murderous grip. People
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
live in mortal fear for their lives in a daily basis. Maybe you should speak out against that. 70k Palestinians murdered by
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
Jordanians… Did you speak out? Yet in Israel Rambam hosptial cares for sick Palestinian children and 1.6 million Arabs
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
@amvoicesnisrael live in peace. Five religions coexist without hostility and yet THEY are the human rights violators?
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
England has no written constitution either, but litigates by the precepts of 'common law'. Jordan has a constitution which
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
gives their gov the power to abrogate rights at will. No country can claim a record free from injustice. But Israel is the
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
ONLY country in this region that aspires to do the right thing, and who's governing principles enshrine the freedoms that
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
are the pillars of western civilization and civil society
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
one thing you could do is defend the one country that stands for something the others DONT. Basic freedoms. And,
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
unfortunately, one terrorist is supported by a network that often consists of collaborating family members. That is an ugly
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
truth. Good luck to you. I support the free, but imperfect county: Israel over the deliberately destructive and brutal
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
regimes that surround it
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
agreed. #❤️Israel. @amvoicesnisrael
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
I'm in love 😈
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
I've done it every day. So good.
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
I'm critical of those who cannot live and integrate with others. The anti settlement policy IS
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
ethnocentric nonsense. So let's not be a party to racism and bigotry. How's that?
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) December 30, 2016
Some of his co-celebrities here are also posting their impressions.
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Lots of amazing stuff happening here! #visitisrael
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Jesus taught here… like for real… not a replica… #visitisrael
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The Sea of Galilee…Jesus walked on these waters…#VisitIsrael
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If you know or believe in the story, you know I had to touch it! 😆💙 #SeaofGalilee #VisitIsrael
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But for me, Mark Pellegrino’s the man!