State of Israel: terrorist or defender?

Jon Voight To Cruz, Bardem On Israel: “Oblivious To The Damage They Have Caused”

By THE DEADLINE TEAM


In response to the strongly-worded July 29 letter signed by Bardem, Cruz  and Pedro Almodovar, among others and published in a Spanish newspaper, Voight blasted the actors this morning with his own Open letter saying they have defamed the only democratic country of goodwill in the Middle East: Israel (Bardem and Cruz later clarified their statements this week).

A longtime, outspoken supporter of Israel, Voight wrote that Bardem and Cruz should “hang their heads in shame” over their shortsightedness with the country’s situation, arguing that they “incited anti-Semitism all over the world and are oblivious to the damage that they have caused.”

When asked by Deadline this morning to expand on his op-ed, Voight said, “The letter says everything I need to say and I don’t want to diffuse what the words say in the letter.”

Penelope Cruz & Jon Voight by Getty

"The state of Israel is in war. Is it a raging war within itself, or is Israel a victim the way the United States claimed to be after the attacks of September 11, 2001? - Gregory E. Woods 8.3.14