A statement signed by a group of individuals, including a TV writer, denounces the use of Jewishness to draw moral equivalence between the Holocaust and Israeli actions. The statement criticizes a speech by Jonathan Glazer for this comparison, with some likening it to Vanessa Redgrave's words. Glazer's speech has faced criticism for allegedly equating Jewishness and the Holocaust with Israeli actions, leading to conflict. The statement, initially signed by 450 individuals, has garnered support from an additional 500 people, aiming to counter Glazer's language.
The letter was first published Monday with 450 signatures, but another 500 people have attached themselves to the statement. The open letter intends to pushback on Glazer’s phrasing saying, “We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence… https://t.co/fEmg2vcMzt
The group's statement says: "We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination." Glazer didn’t do that.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.” — The sane portion of Jewish Hollywood. https://t.co/Vr9byJJbQl
Many observers have focused on a particular line from Glazer’s speech: “We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.” Some have taken that to mean that he was refuting… https://t.co/DCkJ7g5DWe
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.” Glazer Speech denounced… https://t.co/eb8VHn3Z3o
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.” cc: Jonathan Glazer https://t.co/KYERk8xlIV
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.” 🔥 🔥 🔥 https://t.co/VMtCVQvFuc
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination... “His words sounded eerily similar to Vanessa Redgrave’s… https://t.co/dJbjcNSgki
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.” My sister, a tv writer, signed this.…
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.” Glazer's Speech shredded https://t.co/eb8VHn3Z3o