In a complete about face, Jane Fonda is now apologizing for having taken any part in the protest of the Tel Aviv spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival. In an official statement posted on the Huffington Post late Monday, she wrote: "I signed the letter without reading it carefully enough, without asking myself if some of the wording wouldn't exacerbate the situation rather than bring about constructive dialogue.
"Some of the words in the protest letter did not come from my heart, words that are unnecessarily inflammatory: The simplistic depiction of Tel Aviv as a city ‘built on destroyed Palestinian villages,' for instance, and the omission of any mention of Hamas's 8-month-long rocket and mortar attacks on the town of Sderot and the western Negev to which Israel was responding when it launched its war on Gaza. Many citizens now suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result.
"In the hyper-sensitized reality of the region, in which any criticism of Israel is swiftly and often unfairly branded as anti-Semitic, it can become counterproductive to inflame rather than explain and this means to hear the narratives of both sides, to articulate the suffering on both sides, not just the Palestinians. By neglecting to do this the letter allowed good people to close their ears and their hearts.”
Comments:
For the love of God Jane...Go the hell back to Vietnam and ride your tank...A has been actress with has been stupidity, and nothing has changed. Just shut up already.
Greg, My admiration of her actions increased at least ten fold after reading your comments. Thank you.