Close to 200 Hollywood executives, celebrities and creatives — among them Aaron Sorkin, Greg Berlanti, Josh Charles, Amy Pascal, Sylvester Stallone, Seth Rogen, Kelsey Grammer, Jerry Weintraub, Ivan Reitman, HBO’s Richard Plepler, MGM’s Gary Barber, lawyer Alan Wertheimer and pr veteran Alan Nierob — have put their names on a statement criticizing Hamas and posted on the website of a pro-Israel coalition, Creative Community for Peace and Friends.
“Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage,” the statement reads, in part. “Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for learning, not for launching missiles. Children are our hope, not our human shields.”
The group says it comprises individuals across the entertainment industry who “may not all share the same politics or the same opinion on the best path to peace in the Middle East. But we do agree that singling out Israel, the only democracy in the region, as a target of cultural boycotts while ignoring the now-recognized human rights issues of her neighbors will not further peace.”
Asked what prompted the statement, CCPF board member and talent rep David Lonner said: “There’s been a lot of confusion in the media of what’s actually going in the Gaza strip, but for those of us who go to Israel, it’s not complicated at all. So there’s been a feeling for a while now of how to get a message across and uncomplicate matters, and we think this is a step in the right direction to do that.” Over the years, Lonner has taken many people from Hollywood to Israel. “I had taken a group of executives to Israel from 2006 to 2008 – for three consecutive years I took people there – so they could be on the ground to see what was going on.” Those in the industry who went with him, he said, include Amy Pascal, Roger Birnbaum, Jon Turteltaub, and Alexander Payne.
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“When you talk to artists like Javier Bardem and Pedro Almodovar, you have to think, ‘Where do you think your movies are being watched in the Middle East?’ They can’t be watched anywhere else but in Israel. When you are on the ground, you realize that you are in a very free and progressive society, and it’s a region where people can’t pay to see the product that we’re making other than in Israel.”
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The CCPF statement, which 190 industry people signed, is below. It will run in a number of publications and Hollywood trades, and reads as follows:
We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza. We are pained by the suffering on both sides of the conflict and hope for a solution that brings peace to the region.
While we stand firm in our commitment to peace and justice, we must also stand firm against ideologies of hatred and genocide which are reflected in Hamas’ charter, Article 7 of which reads, “There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!” The son of a Hamas founder has also commented about the true nature of Hamas.
Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage. Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for learning, not for launching missiles. Children are our hope, not our human shields.
We join together in support of the democratic values we all cherish and in the hope that the healing and transformative power of the arts can be used to build bridges of peace.
Related: Ken Loach Calls For Cultural Boycott Of Israel, Labels U.S.A. “Bully”
Lana Melman, director of Creative Community for Peace and a former Paramount Television vice president, called the statement “a collaboration. Many people in the industry reached out to their friends and we were able to get more names.”
Other industry figures signing their names to the CCFP’s statement include Avi Arad, Dan Bucatinsky, Donald De Line, Minnie Driver, William Friedkin, Evan Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Avi Lerner, Brian Medavoy, Richard Plepler, Haim Saban, Michael Tolkin, Danny Sussman, Bernie Weinraub, Rick Yorn and Pete Yorn.
This statement is the latest in a series of statements from entertainment industry figures about the ongoing violence between Israel and Gaza. On Saturday, more than 300 Holocaust survivors and their descendants signed a petition via the “International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network,” condemning Israel’s “genocide” of the Palestinian people. On Thursday, filmmaker Ken Loach gave a speech at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where Palestinian directors Abdel Salam Shehadeh and Ashraf Mashharawi were being lauded, calling for an “absolute boycott of all the cultural happenings supported by the Israeli state.”
Pro-Israel op-eds from Jon Voight and Kavanaugh (whose name is also on this list) were published in recent weeks, spurred by a pro-Palestinian open letter accusing Israel of genocide, which included signatures from Spanish actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz and director Pedro Almodovar. Cruz and Bardem later “clarified” their positions, specifying that they were only calling for peace in Gaza. On Aug. 17, Russell Brand, in his online video series The Trews, called for for six companies to divest holdings in Israeli military operations that “support and facilitate the oppression of people in Gaza.”
The Creative Community for Peace was initially started by David Renzer, former chairman of Universal music publishing who is now head of Spirit Music Group, a music publishing company.
proud of our Hollywood stars for taking a stand. It sends a message that Americans do not abandon a true ally like Israel when times are tough.
It is about time Hollywood. we are proud to be an American and Angelino and support our friend Israel.
BS
stallone’s grandmother must have told him to sign on. the idiot.
veteran. Israel runs congress, congress don’t dare to say anything against Israel. like one keenest member said [IN THE USA. YOU CAN CREDISIZE GOD BUT YUO CAN’T CREDISIZE ISRAEL].
What are you talking about?
There is no shortage of criticism of Israel. What you want is to criticize Israel and get no criticism back.
So how’s that Israel’s fault if Congress makes a choice not to say anything against it? They do have a choice, you know that, don’t you?
American values ? is it supporting occupation and Apathied by Israel ?????
Or is it police shooting unarmed teenager of different race and then training fire-power on protestors? No country’s perfect and no one knows how their country would respond in a situation another country found itself in.
Apartheid?
How many synagogues are in the Palestinian authority? How many Mosques are in Israel?
How many Jewish officials are in the Gaza leadership? How many Muslim, Arab officials are in the Knesset, Army, Israeli supreme court and other government offices?
What will happen to an Arab if he walks the mall in Kfar Saba (traditional clothes and all)? What will happen to a Jew walking in Gaza?
Answer these questions truthfully and then repeat your claims about apartheid
An occupation caused by decades of Palestinian terrorism. Fortunately these celebs aren’t blinded by political correctness. They recognize that, sometimes, the underdog is actually the bad guy.
Saying Israel is an apartheid state is only stating your ignorance. Arabs living in Israeli can serve in government, receive medical and educational benefits the same Israeli Jews, they can own land, marry who they want, write journalistic pieces anywhere condemning Israel, be gay, straight, where bikini trunks or a bhurka and ride in ANY transportation system anywhere not the bus.
What you may be trying to say or think is that it is an apartheid state because of the blockade. The blockade is put up by Israel AND Egypt because of the constant rockets and suicide martyrs they found.
You may also think that is an apartheid state because they limit goods passed through. They do let plenty of humanitarian aide and food always BUT since they found masses of bombs, rockets, cement used for tunnels and martyrs at border checks they decided to be stricter for the sake of saving their citizens lives. Their citizens who are Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis.
Look up apartheid’s definition or read up on Israeli law. It’s very chic to stand up for Hamas. Stand up for the children of Gaza who are suffering at the hands of Hamas and being told that Jews are the devil and other propaganda.
Gaza was left in 2005 and offered hundreds of chances to prosper through aid and loans. They took the money instead and made tunnels and funded martyrs and terrorists.
You want to speak up about something unjust? Speak for the 200,000 Syrians that have been slaughtered in the last two years for just speaking up by their own leader. Don’t hate on Israel for protecting her citizens.
Hollywood jews and their serfs and lackeys who don’t know much except if they want a longer career might sign on to this propaganda piece. more interesting are those who did not.
all of Palestine is occupied by zio-nazies. how is that for moderation? uneducated Hollywood coming thru
Politically correct, anti-semitic nonsense.
Even when Israel slaps your secretary of state in the face, your still loyal like a dog to its master. If that is what you call a friend then who needs enemies
Ally? They own the US.
Wow, I know Hollywood is crazy for reboots but I never figured they’d reboot the Waldorf Statement.
I’m sure Hamas and pro-Palestine people give a damn what Rambo thinks
Actually, they and Israelis happily downloaded Expendables 3 like the rest of the world, and thanked God they didn’t pay to watch that pile of doo.
Finally, a victory for common sense! Well done!
How the hell can you associate Seth Rogan with common sense, let alone the others. He’s about as funny as Abola.
I’m so proud that Hollywood has stood up! Israel, we stand with you!!!
No, we don’t.
Yes, we do.
Yes, WE DO.
No
WE do. 100%.
Yes. We. Do.
No, we don’t. Hollywood is brain washed, though they don’t have brain to start with
Luckily we have you, scarface, all brains…
No, those who signed the letter have just shown they are not brainwashed like everyone spouting “pro-Israel/anti-Hamas = pro-killing Palestinian kids” nonsense.
yep, we do
ABSOLUTELY we do! Love and prayers to our allies, Israel.
No we don’t support war criminals.
This is a “Can We all get along” with a big dish of “I wanna work in this town”. These people are as brave as Cheney was when he supported the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
One must be willfully blind or corrupt, or both, to think there is a proportional blame. Though Hamas deserves criticism, one cannot but conclude that they are child of their circumstances.
Much as we today don’t approve of, for example, all the methods the partisans used in my country against the Quisling regime and their civilian and non-civilian workers (police), we honer their overall contribution in a time of great difficulty.
This letter only makes clear that these characters have no problem with the water wars Israel wages against Palestinians, the daily hustle, the killings, and how a person who flies in from Belarus or Lithuania can earn an Israeli citizenship and get the freedom of movement a Palestinian who’s in Jerusalem all his life cannot.
This is as surprising as the sun rising and the sun setting. As long as there is evil, there are people like this who will support it. And then history will look back at them and ask how they could be so foolish.
I don’t think it has anything to do with “I want to work in this town.” (Not everything is a conspiracy theory.) I think these people genuinely oppose the actions of Hamas. After all (and this should give you cheer), there are many, many more Hollywood celebrities not on this list than on it.
You have got to be joking. How many Holocaust movies and movies with sympathetic views of Jews are there? Contrast that to the number of pro-Palestinian films made by Hollywood. Exactly… A lot compared to virtually none. Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times even wrote, “Jews totally run Hollywood.” Everyone knows that having critical views of Israel and being labeled anti-Semitic, whether deserving or not, is practically a death sentence in Hollywood.
Good point, What — there should be more anti-Holocaust movies that paint Jews in a bad light (or “Holocaust” as you probably like to say). The reason there are no pro Palestinian movies is because they are at worst terrorists and at best bad sports (they did, after all, lose what they considered “their land” after waging war on Israel) who want nothing more than to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth.
Aside from your whining feckless shopworn Jew-hating, why is it the Jews’ responsibility to do for everyone? Make your own stinking pro-terrorist movie if you want one. See who shows up for that. No one wanted anything to do with Hollywood before the Jews built it. Stop scapegoating others for being the mediocrity that clearly radiates from you and make something of your life.
As for the letter signers, those admirable people didn’t have to say anything. There sure have been enough notable Jewish people who have kept silent, since you appear to be keeping count. No one is expected to say anything. However, when feculent miscreants like Cruz and Bardem voluntarily spout dangerous idiocy on a world stage, they have earned their marginalization.
@Kyle P.:
Reading comprehension must be low with you.
The mere fact that a large number of movies sympathetic to Jewish concerns have been made over the years doesn’t mean there should be pro-Nazi movies in return. Great logic, Kyle. You’re a regular genius! LOL.
What happens to people in Hollywood who criticize Israel — i.e. Bardem, Cruz, Brand, etc.? They get trashed, whether they made reasonable points or not. This can also affect their careers. There are reports of a blacklist for Bardem and Cruz. Not exactly free speech, is it? What happens to people in Hollywood who criticize the Palestinians? Nothing. Clearly, there is strong pressure to be supportive of Israel in Hollywood.
Really? There can’t be a sympathetic (i.e. pro-Palestinian) view of Palestinians, who have nothing to do with Hamas and are suffering in large numbers because Palestinians are either “terrorists” or whiners, who all want to “wipe” out Israel and by implication, are proponents of genocide. Wait, what? Not biased or racist at all!
“why is it the Jews’ responsibility to do for everyone”
Who said a Jewish person had to make a sympathetic Palestinian film? The obvious but easily-answered question is if the filmmakers (regardless of whether they be Jewish, gentile, or extraterrestrial) responsible for such a film would receive fair treatment and consideration or would they be blacklisted and see their careers derailed. In the existing climate, an honest person would lean towards the latter.
This goes back to the main point. There isn’t much freedom of speech on the issue of Israel, inside or outside of Hollywood.
How many action movies with Jewish actors or characters are there? Like, almost none? Ben Hur became Christian so that definitely doesn’t count. You did notice that Jewish actors are groomed for comedy and drama but not for action? So maybe there’s some anti-tough Jew conspiracy there. Or, likely there’s none.
The point of my example that you can read anti-this and pro-that conspiracies in everything and it doesn’t mean there’s really any, even if things add up.
It’s very simple. Are either the Palestinians or the Israelis blameless? No. Are certain Israeli policies messed-up? Absolutely. However, which group is much more likely to use violence and to break a cease fire? Palestinians. I truly think that Israel could co-exist with it’s Islamic neighbors if it was just left alone. However, since so many Muslims believe that Israel doesn’t have the right to exist, I highly doubt that Israel will be left alone.
If that were so than they would not continue settling on the west bank. Refusing for Gaza to develop its gas fields. Israel was at one time seemed to be bigger person in the situation. They have committed too many atrocities against the Palestinians for them to some how forget all oppression done against their people. Peace with reasonable terms has to come from palestians so they can save face. Israel needs a two State solution pronto because the whole region is very unstable. All these terrorist groups will eventually make Israel target number one.
It should be remembered that the Islamists, as represented by Hamas, were for many years nurtured and supported by — guess who — the Israelis in an attempt to undermine the secular PLO under Yasser Arafat. Now the Israelis are complaining about Hamas? What a joke!
Israel has violated ceasefires in the past. In 2008, for example, it broke a four-month truce when it launched a night raid into Gaza near Deir al-Balah. If people who violate agreements can’t be trusted, then neither the Palestinians nor the Israelis should be given support. What’s fair is fair.
Moreover, the Palestinians live in poverty because Israel continues to blockage the Gaza strip, restricting their air space, power, water supply, imports and exports, borders, etc. If you create conditions that keep people destitute, don’t be surprised if the most extreme factions of society take over, and don’t complain about it.
Exactly. Thank you.
Bingo.
FU-ELYK —
Nope, you are the bold faced liar and an illiterate at best. Prior to Hamas being elected by the Gazans and then kicking out the PLO, many Palestinians did work in Israel and there was a free flow of goods thru the border crossings.
But after Hamas made clear that it was more interested in pursuing its “resistance” instead of bettering the lives of its constituents, only then did Israel place these restrictions on the Gaza residents.
Oh, and by the way, Gaza has a border with Egypt. You would think that it would be able to trade with the rest of the Arab world at the very least and yet, it cannot do so.
It would seem that Hamas is not dearly loved or admired by others than the Israelis – such as the Saudis, Jordanians, most of the Gulf states, etc.
Even Iran and Hezbollah and Assad are keeping their distance.
It would seem that they are about as reviled as ISIS is — I wonder why that is?
“You would think that it would be able to trade with the rest of the Arab world at the very least and yet, it cannot do so.”
Israel controls Gaza’s borders, meaning the Arab world — you do know that not all of the Middle East is Arab, right? — or rather, the rest of the Middle East can’t trade with the Palestinians because the Israelis won’t allow it — by land, sea, or air. Then again, the geniuses in the Israeli government played a large role in creating Hamas and now Hamas has to be contained. Damn. Creating problems and then complaining about them. Just sheer brilliance!
No, the Palestinians live in poverty because Hamas steals the money and supplies meant for building infrastructure and instead uses it to make concrete tunnels and bomb shelters for only its fighters so that they may continue to wage war on Israel and so lets the rest of the people of Gaza rot.
You live in a fantasy if you think that Israel or Egypt is going to permit a Hamas led Gaza strip to have an airport and seaport whereby they can bring in additional arms to destabilize both of those countries. Hamas is the problem, now anyone else and it is high time that the Palestinians and the rest of the world wake up and smell the coffee.
You are a bold-faced liar.
Actually, it’s the other way around. Israel keeps Gaza in poverty with its economic blockage. It prevents the Palestinians from trading with other people and knowing a life different from the one they have now. If the Palestinians can’t better themselves through trade and earn incomes, then they can’t have options other than being stuck with extremists like Hamas.
Israel is blameless. If your neighbor wages war with you and you do nothing, he won’t stop until you are buried – especially if he has a ‘charter’ to bury you. If you take steps to defend yourself and to survive, even if it means getting a few steps ahead of him, that does not make you complicit.
very deep pavlov
I disagree with your contention that Israel is blameless. Nevertheless, it’s clear from my previous post that I think that the Palestinians deserve the vast majority of the blame.
I agree the Hamas charter needs to be scrapped and re-imagined entirely – though Hamas has said repeatedly, and this is not often reported, that they recognize the reality of Israel, within the pre 1967 borders, but not its legitimacy. That is a key distinction. The illegal settlements in the West Bank and the Golan Heights and West Jerusalem are a big problem that grows bigger daily. And that’s really what this war is about. It’s a big bait and switch. A tragic and epic exercise in misdirection. It’s a land grab.
There’s a lot of harping on the Hamas charter, but I actually think Netanyahu would be bummed if Hamas altered it – because then one of his biggest talking points would just go poof.
BTW, I wonder how many critics of the Hamas charter have ever bothered to read the Likud charter?
Could some one out there give me an intellegent and well thouht out answer as to why a person or persons become terrorists? there must be an underling motivation or motivations and when we figure these out and apply them to the various terrorist groups we will perhaps be able to understand them and find a path to living in peace. I am not looking for easy answers but well thought out ones.
All you need to do is look at what it means to be a Palestinian in the unoccupied territories – like Gaza, and the occupied territories, like the West Bank and the Golan Heights – and you have your answer. They have it worse than any African American in Alabama in 1935. And after that, you’ll have to ask yourself, what’s the difference between a “terrorist” and a “freedom fighter?” Have fun.
Yes. Bingo. Thank you.
yes, Bongo. hep hep hep
It’s very telling that the pro-terrorist comments are the schoolyard illiterates while those who support Israel, and sanity, are the well-spoken educated commenters.
A Jewish person from Belarus or Lituania that flies in is not going to kill anyone in Israel. When Hamas changes its charter and recognizes Israel’s right to exist, then things will change.
What Steve says.
What Steve and michonne said.
you are a putz
This should have happened weeks ago. Still, better late than never, and after so much bad news, horrendous instances of anti-Semitism (no, not anti-Zionism) across Europe and even here in the US, this does at least give me some cheer.
Nero fiddled while Obama golfed. WTF? I’m just sayin’…
The hmass is all about distraction of Israel, they do not recognize the Israeli right to exist .how do you make peace with this.
Israel never desired peace with hamas so they could keep stealing land, denying rights, and keep killing them via disproportionate violence to the extreme. the world knows it.
Pat, maybe read a book.
Good to see folks on both the left and right in Hollywood coming together against the insane false equivalency that is gaining popularity in this country.
I tend to lean more liberal than conservative myself, but when people who claim themselves to be progressive turn against literally the only progressive country in the middle east, it makes me scratch my head.
Agreed.
progressive compared to Nazi Germany and jewish Bolshevik soviet union?
Georgie Porgie —
You are showing your true stripes — I just knew you would out yourself.
Yes, there were many Jewish Bolsheviks who thought that overthrowing the anti-Semitic Czarist state would usher in a new era of tolerance — but, boy were they wrong!
Name one Jewish General Secretary of the Soviet Union –\
Was Lenin, or Stalin? Was Kruschev or Brezhnev? Was Anrdopov or Gorbachyev?
Nope!
But, of course, you had to claim that the Bolshevik/Communist Soviet Union was Jewish?
I wonder why that is?
Shhh. Your Jew Hatred is showing!
when some people consider Israel to be the only progressive country in the middle east, that’s when I have to scratch my head.
Yeah, but your head is up your butt, so that is no surprise.
are there any british or european actors working in hollywood on the list?
only minnie driver, and i bet she’s jewish.
You are wrong you jerk. Guess people of all faiths can see though the Hamas smoke-screen!
people of all faiths, sure, but where are the UK actors and other european actors working in hollywood on the list?
they must be pro-hamas like russell brand.
vanessa redgrave was correct all along
Maybe there is hope for you yet. Why don’t you add Roger Waters to that and a handful of other Brits, as well. This list clearly dwarfs those who hold HAMAS in high regard.
hah yes! there’s tons of non-jews on here – clearly people who just hate terrorists.
people who aren’t against hamas are for hamas and therefore for ISIS and AQ. and it’s not alright. i hope penelope and javier and russell brand and cara delevigne and gemma arterton and more are blacklisted. their ignorance should not go unnoticed. it is not alright to put your name to a disgraceful letter like javier and penelope did, to use the word genocide and then to backtrack and say all they want is peace. it’s pretty easy to write a letter just about peace. they fucked up and their apologies were lackluster. it will be a long time before we see their names announced for a big project in the usa.
and isn’t it funny how it’s all the europeans who are so viciously anti-israel and anti-semitic? funny cause the holocaust happened there, not in america. #CombatAntiSemitism
The vicious wildfire of anti-Semitism that’s sprung up in Europe has been shocking and stomach turning. Reading through some of the Israel-bashing propaganda on British websites, both comments and publication, is a horror show.
This. Hamas smoke screen boils down to these laughable over-simplifications, deliberate inaccuracies and spins:
a) pro-Israel/anti-Hamas = pro-killing Palestinian kids
b) Gaza strip = Warsaw Ghetto
c) bombing locations from where Hamas rockets are launched = Holocaust, genocide
This diatribe, that they keep repeating over and over, is getting old. It’s the same tactic that 12 Years A Slave employed in order to force Hollywood to give it Best Picture. “If you don’t vote 12YS, you are racist.” All terror groups think the same.
Conspicuous were the missing names – Stephen Schlemielberg and Harvey Weinstein. No big surprise. They are cowards.
Let’s start a list of those who didn’t sign. Spielberg, Geffen, Katzenberg…where are you?
Why should they be there?
And more than 300 Holocaust survivors have taken out ads in the New York Times explaining that they are completely against the illegal occupations that have caused the resistance and that they are aghast at Israel’s right wing adopting neonazi symbols and the slaughter of Palestinians. These celebs are pontificating on things they have not personally looked at and they should be deeply ashamed.
they’re not all survivors they’re the children of survivors and they’re part of an anti-israeli league. and just because you survived the holocaust does not make you a saint. you have no idea what kind of lives these people have led and how they have been educated – well clearly they have been indoctrinated against israel. they should be grateful the state of israel exists so that another holocaust doesn’t happen to the jews again. they should put their focus into the rampant anti-semitism spreading in the world because of ignorance and hatred instead of this stupidity. that would be time and money well spent. #CombatAntiSemitism
“just because you survived the holocaust does not make you a saint”
– and yet you apparently believe that Israel has a right to treat Palestinians any way they choose?
Yes. Thank you.
Hollywood is and forever has been a Jewish state so nobody can show any surprise over this pro-Jews attitude being displayed.
perhaps his career needs a shot in the arm any way; luv to send these 200 to gaza, the open aired warsaw ghetto.
Israel we stand by your right to hold Apartheid over these regions.
You’re part of the problem…
selfish and ignorant logic used to rationalize things no other illegitimate nation could get away with unless they had a tremendous amount of wealth, power, status, and media control
Hey did you just copy that verbatim from the
Protocols of the Elders of Zion — or the Hamas Charter?
Trick question — the latter copied the former!
yes, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and so much more
Remember how well #BringBackOurGirls worked out? Oh, wait.
I am delighted to see this. Our staunchest ally in the world and we have been leaving them to the wolves. Many of these names have never been political and it is important to note- not only are they showing support for our ally but they are also pointing toward peace. I hope this gives our country a wake up call. I think it is worth noting how few of these people often take public stances on matters of political and world import. It is, in fact a fairly rare happenstance for many of them. Thank you!
You are a moron. Israel has never been our ally when have they ever helped us? They are a parasite they demand and get $3 Billion a year from American taxpayers and we get nothing in return. This is why I don’t pay taxes. I don’t want my money going to Israel.
As for these celebs big deal it’s easy to be against Hamas what takes real courage is to demand that Israel stop committing war crimes which they have been doing for decades. This recent attack on Gaza is just another in a long list of war crimes. They are an outlaw terrorist pariah state as bad as South Africa and in many ways much worse.
Man, there are idiots on all sides of this issue.
Look at the pot calling the kettle black. I’m also glad that you aren’t paying any taxes — because it shows you to be an absolutely unproductive member of society who contributes nothing. And you think he is a moron?
Dude, what exactly has Israel ever done for us?
I’m not saying we should abandon them, but honestly–what? I don’t seem to remember them ever fighting by our side in any conflict that didn’t directly involve their best interests. Not that we’d want them fighting with our troops, anywhere else in the Middle East, for obvious reasons.
They spy on us. They take our money. They interfere with our politics (well, you’d have to figure kibbutzers would be good at kibbitzing). And what do we get in return? You know what the word ‘bupkus’ means?
We show up for them whenever they are in trouble–they are never there for us, because that’s not the relationship–we exist to support them. It’s that kind of friendship. We’ve all had friendships like that. They kind of suck.
But a friend is a friend, sure.
And here I thought they were against ISrael and for Hamas.
these signees make oliver stone appear to be brilliant
On the other hand, the rest of the Hollywood with a conscious didn’t sign on this. KUDO to all of you because you know occupation is immoral!!!
“The statement was posted on the website of Pro-Israel group Creative Community for Peace and Friends. ”
You have to be a fool to believe that being a Pro Israeli can also be for peace . The two stands do not go together . First and for most , you need to know what the core issue is , if you know it and you choose to support Israel , then you chose to stand of the side of injustice , Genocide and ……………………….. find out what is being done to the Palestinians on daily basis .
“I had taken a group of executives to Israel from 2006 to 2008 – for three consecutive years I took people there – so they could be on the ground to see what was going on. ”
Good work , but you have not told them the truth about the stolen land you took them to , be honest next time you take others .
” Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities ” . But Israel can continue stealing the Palestinians land ?
” But we do agree that singling out Israel, the only democracy in the region ”
That who treat the Palestinians as a fifth class citizens is not a Democracy .
Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for learning, not for launching missiles. Children are our hope, not our human shields.
You are repeating Israel’s accusations and all the Zio Propaganda for the last 67 years . The ICC will FIND THE TRUTH , every thing is documented of who killed over 500 children in 30 days .
” build bridges of peace. ” No you are not building no bridges of Peace , you are supporting aggression , continued occupation and more killing .
PEACE ON EARTH
God bless you all for daring to speak the truth
Bingo!
Senior — you are having a senior moment. ‘Nuff said.
so glad and proud of these people and so happy! this is wonderful and important. the world is made up of bigoted and ignorant people who are so anti-semitic they support terrorists and make up excuses for terrorists. glad to see hollywood taking a stand. and i love the comments of people saying “i don’t recognize these names” – hah you’re clearly not in the industry. these are major players, studio heads, etc. good luck to the people who have been saying horrible bigoted things like russell brand – he’ll never work in hollywood again, mark my words
So, a new Jewish-sponsored “blacklist”???
This really isn’t helping either. Celebrities and studio execs have zero business opining either way on these matters. It’s their First Amendment right, however, just as it is mine to ignore political advice that from entertainment execs and stars.
Hollywood, your loyalties are in question. Take this oath to your masters, and prove that you have not strayed from The Path.
It’s a few hundred people in Hollywood. Who are not doing this to please their ‘masters’–they’re doing it because they’re loyal to an ideal, and don’t want to see how little that ideal has to do with reality at the present time.
Great comment!
Great country you have there where a Jew cannot walk down the street without being assaulted because of his faith. We know you your masters were in any event — Sweden grew rich during WWII by supplying iron ore to Germany so that it could continue to prosecute the war. Too bad that Malmo- istan is the future of your sad country.
Hamas’ charter, Article 7 reads, “…there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!…”
Anyone who thinks these are words to live by is a terrorist. Enough said.
these Hollywood types generally have low education and iq for the amount of money they make anyway.
you cant moderate the truth
That may be accurate, but you just proved that a low IQ and a low paycheck go hand in hand.
Anybody who thinks supporting basic human rights for Palestinians is the same thing as supporting Hamas is an asshole. I can hate Hamas AND Netanyahu. The fact is, the Palestinians are the ones dying like flies, and being deprived of basic necessities, and the more Israel does this crap, the stronger Hamas gets. And nobody gives a flying crap what 200 mainly non-famous people in Hollywood think.
Stop being idiots, Israel. If this fight could be won with military force, wouldn’t it be over after what amounts to almost an entire human lifetime of kicking Palestinian butt?
They aren’t going to leave, and you can’t kill them all. And we can’t say “Okay, they let people watch whatever movies they like, so let’s let them do whatever they like to an oppressed minority and give them unlimited military aid forever.” For one thing, we can’t freakin’ AFFORD to give Israel unlimited military aid forever.
You want to see the future, Israel? Talk to young American Jews. They are getting more disgusted with you by the moment. You really want to be the new South Africa? Oh, and don’t think we’ve forgotten that you SUPPORTED South Africa’s old government, were very nice and cozy with them.
We don’t judge you by Middle East dictatorship or Islamic state standards, because you’re not a Middle Eastern dictatorship or Islamic state. Get it? If you want to say “We’re a western-style democracy” you have to actually ACT LIKE ONE.
Not like goddam cossacks.
“Enough said” may work in the schoolyard, but not concerning this topic.
People in Hollywood coming out in support of Israel? I never saw that coming.
They force to do it!
Nice grammar, Einstein! (PS: Sorry for comparing you to a Jew.)
It’s Kyle, the grammar police! Because complaining about and/or lecturing people on grammar over the Internet makes you so smart!
No, writing like a moron makes you look like a moron. Learn the language, idiot. Shouting “grammar police” all the time makes you look so smart!
Haha, whereas complaining about grammar instead of addressing the substance of people’s arguments makes you look stupid, Kyle/Stan. LOL.
Hollywood is like the Congress. Very few have the guts to stand up to Israel.
When 300 elderly Holocaust Survivors in New York sign an ad excoriating Israel for behaving like Zionazis then you know something amazing has happened. Israel has destroyed themselves in world opinion and its long overdue. They have been acting like the Nazis did in Germany and it takes Holocaust Survivors to realize this and point it out to everyone else. Truly amazing. Good for them and shame on everyone who fails to see the parallels between the Warsaw Ghetto and the Gaza Strip. The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto fought back against tyranny and that’s exactly what the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are doing.
self hating jew shame on you
You are the self hater you can’t stand it when someone points out the glaring inconsistency in your policy. The Israelis are acting like Nazis. They have become Zionazis. That’s the real crime here and you hate that it’s true so you lash out without thinking.
Hmmm. The Israelis are acting like Nazis, you say? Well, one would suppose that they would be at their most brutal during hostilities so let’s actually examine the record — some of these things have been widely reported and others have not and you can do a Google news search of any of the following facts:
1). Israel routinely sends warnings of where they are to bomb/missile strike by leafleting, text and phone messaging and sending dummy missiles prior to actually send a live bomb — Did the Nazis do such things — Nope. Does any other military do such things — Nope!
2). During the hostilities where has Gaza been getting its electricity? Yup from Israel and some reports state that they get it gratis.
3). During the hostilities, regular truckloads of food and other items have been sent DAILY from Israel into the Gaza strip. Did the Nazis do such things — Nope? Does ISIS do such things — Nope! Did the Ukranians hold up an aid convoy from Russia containing food for the embattled people of Donetsk –Yup!
Better that you do a little more reading than just aping the Jew Hatred that you normally feed upon.
So you think the Holocaust Survivors are also “self hating jews” is that correct? More like they recognize fascism when they see it. They lived it in Germany in the 1930’s now they see history repeating itself. But they are all “self hating jews” in your eyes right? You idiot.
I don’t understand why most Jews think that because they are Jewish they have to support whatever Israel does to Palestinians? They have been the victims of a genocide so shouldn’t they be the last people to inflict a genocide against another group of people? I was happy to hear about the letter by the 300 Holocaust survivors and their relatives. But more Jewish people need to voice their opposition to what Israel does.
It was not 300 survivors. It was 300 people, including some survivors but mostly their descendants. And something tells me “The Jew” is not really your last name…
Thanks!!!!!!!
Amen.
That paid ad was put out by a crackpot ragtag left-wing group and was not posted by “300 elderly Holocaust survivors” What a bush league propaganda attempt. Just as you are not a “Jew,” and your kind will not succeed in perverting the Holocaust.
Oh, and got nothing to say about Egypt which opposed Hamas and maintains a blockade along the Gaza southern border? Oh, right, they’re not Jewish.
Just goes to show that there is a wide diversity of thought among Jews, unlike Palestinians of all faiths. Oh wait, those Palestinians who call HAMAS a terrorist group are put under a death threat — just ask the son of one of Hamas’ founders who converted to Christianity and speaks the truth as to what a dangerous organization it is.
It is not surprising that these people only number 300 or so as they are but a fringe of a fringe of the Jewish Diaspora which overwhelmingly supports Israel’s right to exist — not so these hard lefties who do not and who have advocated this position for quite some time.
Hamas reminds me of Irgun , Irgun fought to k8ck the British army from palestine after the second world war , the jews it seems were willing to take extreme measures to take control of “their” land back , they used terrorism all over , bombing hotels , british embassy buildings etc , they even took two British soldiers hostage , murdered them , and then proceeded to give the British army the location of the soldiers , when the brit forces arrived the two men were hanging from a tree , when the brits attempted to cut down the bodies of their comrades , irgun had booby trapped them with explosives !!! Brave and clever freedom fighters , fighting to liberate their country ? Or just apathetic terroists ??
Um, no. But nice try. It’s nothing like that. That’s a shortcut to thinking. Why don’t we just compare it to the Sicarri rebels and their families fighting back against tyranny on Masada? Because it’s also nothing like that.
Tell me how its not comparable ? Also my previous comment wasn’t an attempt to illicit a change of opinion in anyone , more a case of bringing attention to historical fact , one thing is clear , you can never underestimate the determination of men to be free . Extremist relgious belief is the scourge of our wonderful planet , and I believe it will be one of the primary factors jn human inevitable demise , secondary will