Last week, Variety reported that “more than 1,000 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter" denouncing the Oscar speech by Jonathan Glazer, director of the Holocaust-themed drama "The Zone of Interest." The angry letter amounts to a tightly scripted defense of Israel as its military forces continue to methodically kill civilians in Gaza, who are no less precious to their friends and family members than the loved ones of the letter's signatories.
A few words from Glazer provoked outrage as he accepted his award for best international feature film. He spoke of wanting to refute “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,” and followed that with a question: “Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”
