holocaust drama zone of interest Filmmaker and Oscar winner Jonathan Glazer is still drawing backlash for his anti-Israel acceptance speech, and now even the executive producer of his film is calling out Israel during on-stage comments. She slams him for attacking her.
Danny Cohen to executive produce Glaser’s Holocaust drama zone of interestsaid it was disappointed by Mr. Glazer’s Oscar comments and insisted that he “fundamentally disagrees” with Mr. Glaser’s anti-Israel positions.
At Sunday’s Oscar show, Glaser claimed that Israel supporters were “refuting Jewishness” and accused Israel of killing “innocent” Gazans in its “occupation.”
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Cohen, who is an executive producer on Glazer’s Oscar-winning film, said in an interview that he disagrees with Glazer’s comments. unclean On the podcast, Glazer said his comments “upended a lot of people.”
“A lot of people are upset and angry about this, and I honestly understand that anger,” Cohen told D.eid line.
“Many people in the Jewish community who contacted me felt that this was a remarkable and very important film that told the story of the Holocaust and formed an important part of Holocaust education. “I’m doing it,” Cohen said. “And I think they’re upset that they feel that’s mixed up with what’s going on now. Whether that was Jonathan’s intention or not.”
“I fundamentally disagree with Jonathan on this point,” Cohen exclaimed. “The war and its continuation are the responsibility of the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas, which continues to hold hostages and abuse them. Rather than use the tunnels to protect innocent civilians in Gaza, Hamas “They are using tunnels to hide themselves and others.” Allowing Palestinians to die. I think war is tragic and terrible, and the loss of civilian life is terrible, but I think it’s Hamas’s fault. ”
Cohen added that Glazer did not tell him what he was going to say during his speech, but that Glazer and producer James Wilson had worked together on a script beforehand.
The studio executive also said it was unfortunate that the speech became a “huge distraction” that overshadowed “an extraordinary triumph of filmmaking.”
Glaser has been widely criticized in the Oscar category. The Israeli government, for example, called Glaser’s words “despicable” and said it was “deeply shocked” by his speech.
And the Holocaust Survivors Foundation condemned Glaser’s speech, saying it caused “suffering” to survivors of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II.
“On Sunday night, you used the Oscars podium to equate Hamas’ insane brutality against innocent Israelis with Israel’s difficult but necessary self-defense in the face of Hamas’ continued brutality. I watched indignantly,” Holocaust survivor David Schechter said on the show. Group website.
“Your comments are factually inaccurate and morally indefensible,” Schechter said, adding: “You should be ashamed of yourself for using Auschwitz to criticize Israel.”
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