Shari Redstone, Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik and More Sign Open Letter Rejecting ‘Genocide’ Accusation Against Israel
The letter has a total of 5,000 signatures from entertainment figures, political figures and more The post Shari Redstone, Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik and More Sign Open Letter Rejecting ‘Genocide’ Accusation Against Israel appeared first on TheWrap .
A coalition of over five thousand Hollywood figures have penned an open letter, released on Thursday, vehemently rejecting the application of the term "genocide" to describe Israel's actions in Gaza. Prominent among the signatories are former Paramount executives Shari Redstone and Sherry Lansing, alongside actors Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik, and Jerry O'Connell.
Authored by Yossi Klein Halevi, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, and Professor Jonathan Karp, the letter was published by the Creative Community for Peace. The authors strongly condemn the allegation, branding it a "blood libel" and expressing contempt for it. They maintain that the distinction between war as tragedy and war as genocide lies in intent, asserting that only Hamas aimed to commit genocide in this conflict.
The letter criticizes the media for ignoring various factors, such as the sophisticated combat conditions, casualty ratios, and warnings to civilians, and accuses Israel's detractors of distorting and amplifying Israeli actions while downplaying the massacre of October 7. The signatories urge their fellow Jews and non-Jewish friends to reject the accusation of genocide, likening it to a "lie with no legs."
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