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Javier Bardem is slammed for using Oscars to attack Israel: ‘Why was he even on the stage?’
New York Post ^ | March 16, 2026 | Zain Khan

Posted on 03/16/2026 4:58:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Oscar award-winning actor Javier Bardem is facing backlash over comments he made during the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday when he presented the Best International Feature award.

“No to war and Free Palestine,” Bardem said before announcing the winner while wearing a “No a la Guerra” (No to War) pin — a symbol he previously wore to oppose the U.S.’s “illegal war” against Iraq.

Critics quickly slammed the actor for what they described as anti-Israel stances. “It’s no secret that Javier Bardem has spent years vilifying Israel on the world stage,” one user wrote on X.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antisemite; hollywood; israel; javierbardem; oscars

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1 posted on 03/16/2026 4:58:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

These idiots don’t even understand there is no Palestine.


2 posted on 03/16/2026 5:00:18 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: nickcarraway

Heck, I still remember when Elizabeth Warren accepted the Oscar for Marlon Brando.


3 posted on 03/16/2026 5:01:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

I would love to be the most successful actor to never win an award. To be a part of great productions, recognized for humble but essential roles, and never feel the need to shout at the clouds.


4 posted on 03/16/2026 5:05:42 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BenLurkin

LOL!


5 posted on 03/16/2026 5:06:14 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Fledermaus

They don’t understand most things they want to lecture us about.

But they are smart enough to jump on some fad/trend, some idiot idea that is popular at the moment. From LGBTQIA, Covid, climate change, or being for a war in Ukraine but against the war in Iran, these people use these issues to self promote.


6 posted on 03/16/2026 5:07:11 PM PDT by Red6
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To: nickcarraway

Anton Chigger lost his lucky coin.


7 posted on 03/16/2026 5:09:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: Fledermaus

That’s how braindead those drug addled losers are.


8 posted on 03/16/2026 5:28:00 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: nickcarraway

I like him but damn shut up Xavier

I talked to Penelope on the phone once honestly

Total surprise

She was very sweet

I was with someone in LA who knew her

Driving on speakerphone

He asked me my favorite gal in LaLa land

Viola he called her cell and told her exactly that and put me on


9 posted on 03/16/2026 5:29:04 PM PDT by wardaddy (If u hate Trump you’re stupid or clueless what’s going on)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Anton Chigger lost his lucky coin.” Anton you should admit your situation, there would be more dignity in it.


10 posted on 03/16/2026 5:33:25 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: nickcarraway

He is a Mama’s boy, who herself was a Kommie
Pilar Bardem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Bardem


11 posted on 03/16/2026 5:50:43 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: wardaddy

Cool story.


12 posted on 03/16/2026 5:51:30 PM PDT by muglywump (Seven days without laughter makes one weak.)
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To: nickcarraway

Hollyweird is really sicko pathetic.


13 posted on 03/16/2026 5:58:38 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: BenLurkin

LOL!


14 posted on 03/16/2026 6:03:32 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: Vendome

“He is a Mama’s boy, who herself was a Kommie
Pilar Bardem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Bardem
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She spent her entire life in Spain, with most of it being under Franco and his Fascist regime.

Pretty difficult to be anything like a real Communist under those circumstances.


15 posted on 03/16/2026 6:19:58 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: BenLurkin

:-)


16 posted on 03/16/2026 6:21:31 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: Fledermaus

“These idiots don’t even understand there is no Palestine.”
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Most of the Levant was Roman Palestine before the birth of Christ (Common Era). Here’s a nice piece from Jewish Life from October of 2024:

“Around the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt (circa 132 CE, although the precise timing remains unclear) — a large-scale armed rebellion initiated by the Jews of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire — the Romans changed the name of the province of Judea to Palaestina.

To be more precise, the regions of Judea, Samaria, Galilee, and Idumea now became part of a larger province known as Syria Palaestina.

It is commonly believed that the Romans changed Judea’s name (which literally means “Place of the Jews”) as a way of severing the Jewish connection to the land, and that they chose “Palestine” because it was derived from the Philistines, an ancient enemy of the Jews. While the former is a reasonable hypothesis, there is no evidence for the latter.

The Greek scholar and traveler Herodotus was the first to use the term “Palestine” to describe the land, in the second half of the fifth century BCE:

“The region I am describing skirts our [Mediterranean] sea, stretching from Phoenicia along the coast of Palestine-Syria till it comes to Egypt, where it terminates.”


17 posted on 03/16/2026 6:25:58 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: nickcarraway

Who?


18 posted on 03/16/2026 6:36:24 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: muglywump

When you spoke to Penelope, were you tongue tied, or were you able to relax and have a little dialog?

**If I was ever able to speak with certain ones of my Music Icons, I would probably be way too flustered and gushy with praise or thanks. I would have to be careful not to shake their hand with too much force. “Crunch”
“I have always LOVED your work!!” They probably get used to it.


19 posted on 03/16/2026 6:57:11 PM PDT by lee martell
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Sorry, muglywump.
I meant to send post 19 to WarDaddy.
Maybe he’ll see it anyway.


20 posted on 03/16/2026 7:00:52 PM PDT by lee martell
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