This article is for Wednesday 13th August
Jon Voight has accused Penelopé Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem of 'inciting anti-Semitism' after they signed an open letter condemning the Israeli government’s Palestinian 'genocide'.
The couple, along with some of Spain’s biggest entertainment names, signed a group letter calling for a stronger response by the European Union to stop Israel's military operation – ‘Protective Edge’ – in the Gaza strip.
It stated that Israel "humiliates, detains, and tramples on the rights of the Palestinian population in all of the West Bank every day, also causing many deaths" and destroying homes while "the international community does nothing".
After receiving a barrage of criticism and being labelled an ‘anti-Semite’ for pledging their support, Cruz and Bardem issued a clarifying statement a day later, explaining that her "only wish and intention" in signing the group letter was to promote "peace in both Israel and Gaza".
But Voight, the veteran actor and father of Angelina Jolie, is yet to have been appeased by their comments.
© ACADEMIA ARALAR. Estella, Navarra.
In my opinion this is a really important aspect. Very hard measure should be taken in topics like this because a genocide is not a joke and they should look carefully what they sign.
ReplyDeleteI can´t understand what is happend in Gaza, but in my opinion Israel is should receive a punishment, because they are killing such a lot of innocent people. It is a war, yes, but a really disproportonate war.
ReplyDeleteFrom my point of view this is a delicated issue and famous people should be careful of what they say. Israel has a lot of power and they are killing a lot of inocent people, what is unaceptable. However, Voight is jew and he has been ofended with the comment of Penélope Cruz and Bardem. Everyone can give his/her opinion but then they have to face the consequences.
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