Jon Voight Rails Against Bardem, Cruz for Gaza Letter: ‘Hang Your Heads in Shame’

You know what the otherwise reasonable and civilized discourse surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict has been missing? Jon Voight’s input.

Voight took on fellow thespians Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, who signed last week an open letter that appeared in a Spanish newspaper “condemn[ing] the bombing by land, sea and air against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip” — a position the two actors later moderated.

Not good enough, chargeth Voight:

I am asking all my peers who signed that poison letter against Israel to examine their motives. Can you take back the fire of anti-Semitism that is raging all over the world now?

You have been able to become famous and have all your monetary gains because you are in a democratic country: America. Do you think you would have been able to accomplish this in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, et cetera? You had a great responsibility to use your celebrity for good. Instead, you have defamed the only democratic country of goodwill in the Middle East: Israel.

You should hang your heads in shame. You should all come forth with deep regrets for what you did, and ask forgiveness from the suffering people in Israel.

One thing: “You have forgotten how this war started,” Voight wrote. “Did Hamas not kidnap and kill three young teenagers for the sake of killing, and celebrated after the killing?” That’s a good question.

[h/t Hollywood Reporter]

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