{"id":112614,"date":"2024-05-02T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=112614"},"modified":"2024-05-02T07:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T05:39:59","slug":"08-00-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=112614","title":{"rendered":"Amy Schumer Discusses Backlash for Supporting Israel, Receiving \u2018Hatred\u2019 for Being Jewish"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Amy Schumer Discusses Backlash for Supporting Israel, Receiving \u2018Hatred\u2019 for Being Jewish<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Amy Schumer attends the 2023 Bring Change to Mind Gala at City Winery, New York, NY, Oct. 9, 2023. Photo Anthony Behar\/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Jewish actress Amy Schumer discussed in a new interview the negative attention she\u2019s received for speaking in support of the Jewish community and commenting on the Israel-Hamas war, as well as how discussions about the ongoing conflict are usually one-sided.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus is so razor-sharp on Jewish people but not on Hamas. It\u2019s very strange,\u201d the\u00a0Trainwreck<\/em>\u00a0star, 42, told\u00a0Variety<\/em>\u00a0magazine, while talking about the war that began following Hamas\u2019 deadly Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gotten to this place where you can\u2019t speak up for other Jews without people feeling like it\u2019s a slight to the conditions in Gaza,\u201d added the actress, who was\u00a0bullied<\/a>\u00a0as a teenager for being Jewish. She also recommended that people read\u00a0Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth\u00a0<\/em>by Noa Tishby to better understand the Jewish state or anything written by Jews because \u201cJewish people wrote everything down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Schumer was in New York in March filming her new movie\u00a0Kinda Pregnant<\/em>\u00a0when a stranger shouted at her from the sidewalk: \u201cF\u2014k you, Amy Schumer! You\u2019re a Zionist! You love genocide!\u201d Meanwhile, during her interview with\u00a0Variety<\/em>\u00a0in Brooklyn, a woman approached the actress\u2019s table and told her: \u201cThank you for everything you\u2019re doing for Israel. I follow you on social media. I used to live in Israel and \u2026 thank you. We support you.\u201d Afterward, Schumer told the reporter from\u00a0Variety<\/em>, \u201cThat moment you just saw? Maybe 10 times a day that happens to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Life & Beth<\/em>\u00a0star, writer, director, and stand-up comedian has been vocal in her support for Israel since the Oct. 7 attacks \u2014 and has been criticized for doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November, she shared on X\/Twitter a video of Martin Luther King Jr. denouncing antisemitism and stating that Israel has the right to exist. Bernice King, the activist\u2019s daughter,\u00a0responded<\/a>\u00a0to Schumer\u2019s post by saying that although she and her father were against antisemitism, she was certain the civil rights leader \u201cwould call for Israel\u2019s bombing of Palestinians to cease, for hostages to be released, and for us to work for true peace, which includes justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Schumer clarified her stance on the Israel-Hamas war during her interview with\u00a0Variety,<\/em>\u00a0saying that she doesn\u2019t support the Israeli government.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t agree with anything that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is doing, and neither do the Israelis I know. Of course what\u2019s going on in Gaza is sickening, horrifying, and unthinkable,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s OK to hate anyone because they were born Jewish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Schumer\u2019s friend and fellow actress Jennifer Lawrence also told\u00a0Variety<\/em>\u00a0that she thinks Schumer is better than most at handling scrutiny, regardless of what it\u2019s about. \u201cAmy\u2019s choice to use her voice to speak for justice puts her under immense fire,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say she navigates it so much as she throws her middle fingers up and walks away from negative comments like a gas station fire in a Michael Bay movie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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