Actor Jon Voight has criticized his daughter, actress and activist Angelina Jolie, for her stance on Israel’s war with Hamas, saying in a new interview that she is “influenced by anti-Semites.”
Voight, a rare Republican Hollywood actor, spoke about the conflict and his support for former President Trump in a new interview. Variety magazine profile.
Voight is an open supporter of Israel, and has been particularly vocal in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel, while Jolie is a longtime refugee activist and has criticized Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza.
Jolie did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Variety reported that while Jolie does not speak publicly about her father, Voight has criticized her stance on Israel’s war with Hamas.
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Angelina Jolie / Jon Voight (Getty Images)
“She’s been subjected to propaganda,” he told Variety. “She’s been subjected to anti-Semitic influences. Angie is [United Nations]She enjoys speaking up for refugees. But these people are not refugees.”
In November, Jolie made a statement about Israel’s invasion of Gaza, accusing the country of deliberately committing war crimes.
“This is the deliberate bombing of a trapped population with no way to escape,” Jolie wrote on Instagram three weeks after the conflict began. “Gaza has been an open air prison for nearly 20 years and is fast becoming a mass grave. 40% of those killed are innocent children… Entire families are being killed.”
Voight responded on social media.
Actor Jon Voight ‘disappointed’ in daughter Angelina Jolie’s anti-Israel social media posts
“I am very disappointed that my daughter, like so many others, does not understand God’s honor or God’s truth. This is justice for God’s children in the Holy Land…” he wrote.
Jolie and her father, Jon Voight, were estranged for a time. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
Voight repeatedly told Variety he was proud of his daughter and her accomplishments, but criticized her geopolitical views on the Middle East.
“I love my daughter. That’s the most important thing,” he said, with tears in his eyes. “When Angie is happy, I’m happy. When she’s sad, I’m sad. When she’s depressed, I’m depressed.”
“I don’t think Angie got this information because in Hollywood they don’t share this kind of information,” he added. “They’re completely out of line. They have no idea what’s going on. This is a bubble.”
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According to Variety, Voight believes the notion of an independent Palestinian state is “an anti-Semitic ploy perpetuated by Arab countries who want to destroy Israel with the help of the United Nations.”
“I love my daughter. I don’t want to fight her,” he said. “But the fact is, I think she’s been affected by the UN. From the beginning, the human rights violations have been horrible. They call it human rights, but it’s just anti-Israel attacks.”
Jon Voight said he was “disappointed” in his daughter’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. (Left: (Photo by Michael Thalberg/Getty Images), Right: (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))
Voight also spoke about being a supporter of Trump and the assassination attempt on him earlier this month.
“Maybe they’ll look at Jon Voight differently after this,” he said in the third person. “If Donald Trump gets exposed like this, maybe they’ll look at supporters like me differently.”
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