Posted on 04/20/2018 5:44:45 PM PDT by Rummyfan
The Genesis Prize announced it was canceling its prize ceremony in Israel in June after 2018 recipient Natalie Portman said she would not take part in light of recent events.
Portmans representative notified it that [r]ecent events in Israel have been extremely distressing to her and she does not feel comfortable participating in any public events in Israel and that she cannot in good conscience move forward with the ceremony.
The Genesis Prize Foundation canceled the prize ceremony, saying in a statement that its organizers fear that Ms. Portmans decision will cause our philanthropic initiative to be politicized, something we have worked hard for the past five years to avoid.
Portman did not specify which events caused her distress, although the United Nations and the European Union recently called for investigations into the use of live ammunition by Israels military following clashes along the border with Gaza that have left dozens of Palestinians dead and hundreds wounded. Israel celebrated the 70th anniversary of its independence on Thursday.
In November, the Genesis Prize announced that Portman would receive its 2018 award, which comes with a cash prize that recipients may direct toward causes of their choice. She joins artist Anish Kapoor, violinist Itzhak Perlman, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and actor-director Michael Douglas as winners of the $1 million prize, which honors individuals who serve as an inspiration to the next generation of Jews through their outstanding professional achievement along with their commitment to Jewish values and the Jewish people.
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Portman used to criticize those who called Israel an apartheid state by saying that there are black Israelis. Maybe she just wants to keep her job in Hollyweird.
Hollywood is a den of “Groupthink”.
In her case, defending Israel’s sworn genocidal enemies shouldn’t be a qualification for this award.
Stand with Israel, shut up, or live in Gaza. Hamas likes pretty young Jewish women. Easier to slit their throats as they don’t resist very much, at least not the liberal ones.
Yes, they complain endlessly about blacklisting and now do it themselves.
Natalie Portman is her stage name, so I doubt it.
No need to report that to him until we have something to report.
There are quite a few Israelis who are native born and still hate Israel just as there are native born Americans who hate America. Where some one is physically born has little to do with the world view they adopt as adults.
Itzhak Perlman went over to the dark side? That’s unfortunate; he was one of those few performers who didn’t take himself too seriously even on stage.
Don’t forget Boombox & I’m on a Boat!
Another self hating jew, like the self hating white priviledged.
Wow, I didn’t even know those existed. I’m on a Boat is pretty dang funny if you get the genre.
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