Why arent all the Israel-bashing celebrities…
War is over — but it appears no one told the grandstanding, Israel-hating celebrities who made the “Free Palestine, ceasefire now” motion their whole character for the last two years.
It’s been two days since President Trump announced the historic and, yes, still precarious ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Such fantastic news — an end to the combating in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages — needs to be met with applause from all sides.
And yet, there’s been relative crickets from the keffiyeh refrain of Hollywood.
Comedian Meg Stalter slapped “Ceasefire” on her bag at an Emmy get together in September. WireImage
Actor Mark Ruffalo, among the loudest critics of Israel, has been very lively on instagram. But has he shared any heartfelt messages about this first step toward peace? Nah, just a bunch of anti-Trump posts from his buddies, including Robert DeNiro telling everybody to come out for the next No Kings Day.
Over on X, Ruffalo called for a ban on nonstick pans.
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“Hacks” comic Meg Stalter confirmed up to September’s Emmys with a black purse lined in a large piece of tape with the phrase “Ceasefire” written on it.
Now? Nada from her on the ceasefire.
To be honest, it’s not just Hollywood celebs. Suddenly, Rep. Rashida Talib, who is Palestinian American, has better issues to discuss about. Greta “How dare you?” Thunberg is relentlessly posting about her ineffective flotilla of influencers. Nothing about the ceasefire, because that would end her genocide grift.
“Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder wore a ceasefire pin and used her Emmy speech to chant “Free Palestine.” Yet she has met the news of a ceasefire with a call to punish Israel. REUTERS
Last month, more than 2,000 artists signed a petition pledging to not work with Israeli filmmakers or “institutions that are complicit in Israel’s human rights abuses against the Palestinian people.”
Boldface signees included John Cusack, Joaquin Phoenix and director Ava DuVernay. This week, those three have merely shared videos criticizing Trump and the peace plan.
I anticipated a enormous celebration from Stalter’s “Hacks” co-star Hannah Einbinder, who actually wore an “Artists4Ceasefire” pin to the Emmys and used her win to scream: “Free Palestine and f–k ICE.”
After this week’s news, she initially posted a video of her decrying Zionisim as a betrayal of Judaism and a unhappy meme about the Eagles dropping to the Giants. By Friday evening, two days after the fact, Einbinder discovered the proper ready post to share: “We are elated by the Gaza ceasefire news,” it reads in small sort.
Longtime Israel critic, Javier Bardem has been accusing Israel of a genocide since 2014. AFP via Getty Images
Larger are the phrases, “Now the world must hold Israel to account for 2 years of genocide.”
I assume I shouldn’t be shocked. When Hamas murdered more than 1,200 harmless Israelis and kidnapped 251 hostages on October 7, 2023, there was relative silence from Hollywood’s hypocrites. And it will definitely turned a lot more trendy to change into a shameless Israel-basher.
Perhaps most shameless of all is Spanish actor Javier Bardem. He has posted a few videos of youngsters celebrating in Gaza, but his happiness was tempered by whinging posts that the ceasefire doesn’t tackle the real issue of a free Palestine.
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo has recurrently called for a ceasefire, but he’s been awfully quiet since one was announced. Kristy Leibowitz
Maybe he ought to take that up with boys from Hamas.
In 2014, Bardem and spouse Penélope Cruz signed an open letter, revealed in a Spanish newspaper, accusing Israel of genocide.
When the actor acquired blowback, he issued a assertion saying, “While I was critical of the Israeli military response, I have great respect for the people of Israel and deep compassion for their losses.”
Fast-forward to the Emmys, when he confirmed up in a keffiyeh and once again accused Israel of genocide.
As news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced, Greta Thunberg has continued to post about her ineffective flotilla. AFP via Getty Images
When protesters in Madrid disrupted the La Vuelta bike race because Israel’s group was competing, Bardem praised the agitators, including, “we can’t allow” them to compete.
Guess he never actually had compassion for the people of Israel after all.
The purpose posts are always shifting with this crowd.
In their calls to “free Palestine,” it’s always about Israel — never about Hamas, who turned Gaza into a terror staging ground after Israel withdrew from there in 2005.
The silence today speaks volumes about what sure seems to be like their real and very sinister goal: wiping Israel off the map.
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