“I support Israel and I’ve supported it since the day it was founded.
Israel’s neighbors have treated it badly, cruelly, instead of embracing
it and making it part of the Middle East family of nations. Over the
years Israel has responded to these attacks in various ways, some of
which I approved of and some less so. I understand that Israelis have
been through hard times, I don’t expect Israel to react perfectly every
time and that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a wonderful, marvelous
country.”
Woody Allen
Famed director Woody Allen speaks on Israel, and Judaism at the
Times of Israel
Allen, 77, was interviewed in France by
Israel’s Channel 2 Monday ahead of the release in parts of Europe of his
latest movie, “Blue Jasmine,” a comedy-drama starring Cate Blanchett
that’s been well-received since its summer opening in the US.
Asked whether it’s harder these days to be a
Jew in the US, Allen responded with an immediate, “No, I don’t think
so.” He added wryly that “by the low standards of tolerance for Jews all
over the world, America’s been a very tolerant country.”
He went on to say, however, that “I do feel
there are many people that disguise their negative feelings toward Jews,
disguise it as anti-Israel criticism, political criticism, when in fact
what they really mean is that they don’t like Jews.”
Woody gets it. Read it all
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