The actress Susan Sarandon apologized for the anti-Semitic comments he made a few days ago, during a demonstration in support of Palestine, and said that It was not his intention to offend anyone..
Sarandon, 77, attended a pro-Palestine demonstration in New York on November 17, where he made comments that led to his immediate dismissal from United Talent Agency, his artistic office. in addition to a wave of disapproval from many fans.
“I recently attended a demonstration alongside a diverse group of activists seeking to highlight the urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza and call for a ceasefire. I was not planning to go up to speak, but they invited me to the stage to say something,” he began in a statement on social networks.
“Intending to communicate my concern about the rise in hate crimes, I said that American Jews, as targets of growing anti-Semitic hatred, ‘are testing what it means to be Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence.’ .
What I said was a terrible mistakesince it implied that until recently Jews had been oblivious to persecution, when in fact the opposite is true.
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“As everyone knows, from centuries of oppression and genocide in Europe to the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jews have long known about discrimination and religious violence that continues to this day,” he added.
He concluded his apology expressing your desire to improve and clarifying your regrets for having offended anyone, and stated that he was in the best position to encourage respectful dialogue.
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2023-12-04 06:56:58
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