It hurts me to say it, but to hell with Natalie Portman.
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.”
Portman’s 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. Portman’s 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 Israel’s 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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It hurts me to say it, but to hell with Natalie Portman.
Wasn’t she born in Israel?
Did not read article so I still don’t know who she is. Guess I’m not missing much.
She’s a Kapo.
Yet another liberal self-hating Jew.
So she is a self-hater since SHE IS A NATIVE BORN ISRAELI...
More virtue signaling by the Loony Left.
Yet she and others of her kind(Hollywood Chapter of the Loony Left) would walk over broken glass to board a plane to Havanna if there was a reward for supporting the killing of black babies(via abortion)
Star Wars is her claim to fame. Other lesser movies.
Awful.
Israel: "We too are ashamed that you're an Israeli"
YES!
Lol. Damn.
Shame on her ———but I’ll bet she’d hotfoot it to South Africa or Cuba in a New York minute.
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She can GTH ! How dare her be so damned insulting of the Jewish people ( or anyone else in life). I hope and pray they revoke the award and not just the little ceremony. Give the money to any of many far far far FAR more deserving people!
It’s not like the Palestinians haven’t got uppity many times before. What change Natalie? Fluck off and act.
Give it to Gal Godot
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