180 Jewish Entertainers Back Mark Ruffalo Over Merger Row as Antisemitism Fight Deepens
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 2
180 Jewish Entertainers Back Mark Ruffalo Over Merger Row as Antisemitism Fight Deepens
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 2
Summary
More than 180 Jewish entertainers and artists signed a Tuesday letter defending Mark Ruffalo, calling the antisemitism accusations against him a "false and dangerous weaponization" tied to his opposition to the Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount merger.
Paramount had accused Ruffalo of invoking antisemitic tropes after he linked Oracle figures Safra Catz and Larry Ellison to the deal and warned the combined company could use surveillance technology to advance "oppression."
The new signatories — including Joel Coen, Naomi Klein and Tony Kushner — argued criticizing Israel, military technology contracts and executives backing them is not antisemitic and framed that stance as a Jewish ethical duty.
The backlash has also intensified: nearly 1,000 industry insiders in a group called The Brigade condemned Ruffalo last week, saying he portrayed Jewish executives as a secretive elite, while Ruffalo has called the charge "appalling and fundamentally dishonest."
Why did over 170 prominent Jewish artists risk their careers to defend a Hollywood star against corporate antisemitism accusations?
Are emerging AI surveillance systems and entertainment monopolies quietly merging to suppress public backlash over international conflicts like the Gaza war?
Could a massive $110 billion media merger secretly give a few tech billionaires ultimate control over historical archives and global political dissent?