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February 28, 2006
Oh Dear Lord: Geraldo Rivera Had a Solution To Mideast Conflict-- Himself
Is there anything Geraldo can't do?
Rivera says he was ready to relocate to Israel a few years ago and run for a seat in the Knesset in order to advance his strong views on the Palestinian situation.
Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish mother, Lilly Friedman, and a Catholic, Puerto Rican father, Cruz Rivera, Rivera was raised "mostly Jewish" and was a bar mitzvah, he says.
Israel's occupation of the West Bank "is bull," in Rivera's view, and it "dehumanizes" the Palestinians. "I want peace between Jews and Palestinians, based on equality between the countries."
Rivera says he went so far as to look for an apartment in Israel before his then-fiancee, Erica Levy, and her father put the kibosh on any move to the violence-plagued country.
His campaign slogan? If I can convince 1000 women to sleep with me with this mug, I can convince Israelis and Palestinans to live in peace.
(Was it 1000 or 10,000?)