Posted on 02/22/2017 4:38:24 PM PST by SJackson
None of the Oscar nominees used the 10-day trip, valued at $55,000, which was part of the 2016 Oscar gift bag.
One of the best perks of being a celebrity -- besides the millions of dollars -- is the glitz and glamour of the Oscar gift bag.
However it appears that one item in the 2016 Oscar gift bag was not so desirable: a 10-day, first-class trip to Israel. None of the 2016 Oscar nominees took up the offer to visit Israel this year.
The trip, valued at $55,000, was immediately condemned by BDS activists and pro-Palestinian groups as "Zionist propaganda." Prominent activists said that the celebrity visits would be used by the Israeli government to distract from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A #skipthetrip Twitter campaign was launched by anti-Israel activists in order to convince the celebrities not to use their travel vouchers. Advertisements were also published in the Los Angeles Times.
AFP quoted Yousef Munayyer of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, which spearheaded the campaign along with the US-based Jewish Voice for Peace, as saying, "This is a success -- I am very glad there's no evidence that people went. I think it is clear the objective of using the actors to whitewash Israel has failed."
While none of the actors went to Israel themselves, the agency that created the luxury package has said that Jennifer Lawrence gifted the voucher to her parents.
Luxury trips are not uncommon in the swag bag. A 15-day walking tour of Japan was also given to the 2016 Oscar nominees.
this is the most benign tip of the iceberg on the kinds of social disruption, vioence, lies, propaganda, and subversion we get as long as let Onbama’s Islamic invaders saty in our country
Repatriate them NOW to their own homelands....while we still can.
enemy agents need to be sent home, or....
Wow! The Hollywood bullies are bullied by the SJWs. Who would have thought..............
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Jennifer Lawrence used it by giving it to her parents. Of the rest, guess they don't even have friends or relatives who might wish to visit the evil State of Israel. I believe this is given to nominees for Best Actor, Actress and Director. Possibly supporting as well.
How long will it be before the Academy gets rid of the bigoted titles of Actor and Actress. If a genetic male thinks he's an actress, that's where he should be. The Academy should use the bathroom rule.
A chance to visit Israel and not one of them takes it!
But I bet they managed to make their Affirmative Action Nominees this year
I don’t even understand the idea of the AA gift bag. If there is that kind of money to throw around, why not do the “altruistic thing” they are so proud of and just donate the money to some worthy causes?
It would be a nice trip.
Me too!
I’ll take it proudly.
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At least they had to still pay taxes on the trip (taken or not).
They hate Jews.
I’ll go!!!
Been there twice, on my own dime. Would love to go back again.
Because it’s not the liberal thing to do.
“Are they Jews-in-name-only?”
They are Jews but claim that they are NOT Israelis.
To hell with all of them.
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I guess only Mel Gibson is going to Israel. Jew Haters in Hollywood.
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