Joan Rivers Goes All Jersey on Anti-Israel Crowd
Joan Rivers has come out in support of Israel in a big way.
When asked by a TMZ reporter about the violence in Gaza and Israel, Rivers compared the situation to New York and its much-maligned neighboring state.
“If New Jersey were firing rockets into New York, we would wipe ‘em out,” she said, waving her hands. “If we heard that they were digging tunnels from New Jersey to New York, we would get rid of Jersey.”
Even if Rivers apparently missed the memo about the PATH trains that connect New York to New Jersey underground, she got her point across.
“You cannot throw rockets and expect people not to defend themselves,” she continued.
The reporter countered by asking her about the Palestinian civilian casualty rate.
“They started it!” she yelled repeatedly.
The interviewer then mentioned that celebrities Dwight Howard and Selena Gomez had defended Palestine on Twitter.
“Oh, Selena Gomez, that college grad,” Rivers responded. “Let’s see if she can spell ‘Palestinian.’”
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