FROM DAILY MAIL: Every star – and there were many – who put their name to the pledge published on Monday surely knew how incendiary that action was.
Hollywood A-listers, including Oscar winners Susan Sarandon, Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix, were among the 1,300 industry giants who signed the open letter ‘Film Workers for Palestine’.
In it, they stated: ‘In this urgent moment of crisis, where many of our governments are enabling the carnage in Gaza, we must do everything we can to address complicity in that unrelenting horror.’
They vowed to ‘not screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions – including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies – that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against Palestinian people.’
By the end of the week, 4,000 signatures had been collected. The organizers not only raised awareness for their cause, but they also to created division.
Hollywood insiders told Daily Mail that they feel “intimidated and scared” to voice support for Israel now.
A prominent agent “who represents some of the names on the pro-Palestine list” told the Mail, “It feels like Hollywood is in the grip of a new type of censorship.
“It’s trendy to support Palestine so all of these woke stars are jumping on the bandwagon, while those of us who disagree with them are too terrified to speak up for fear of being canceled.
“Liberal Hollywood has always been sympathetic to left-wing causes. It doesn’t matter that Hamas started this conflict with the mass slaughter of innocent Israelis on October 7 two years ago.”
The agent went on to say that many celebrities “have an inflated sense of their own worth.”
“People want to be entertained by Hollywood, not lectured. These stars are hopelessly out of touch and living in a woke, elite bubble,” the agent reportedly said.
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