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Angelina Jolie’s Pro-Israel father accuses Penelope Cruz of 'inciting anti-Semitism' with Gaza 'genocide' letter


Jon Voight has accused Penelopé Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem of 'inciting anti-Semitism' after they signed an open letter condemning the Israeli government’s Palestinian 'genocide'.
The couple, along with some of Spain’s biggest entertainment names, signed a group letter calling for a stronger response by the European Union to stop Israel's military operation – ‘Protective Edge’ – in the Gaza strip.
It stated that Israel "humiliates, detains, and tramples on the rights of the Palestinian population in all of the West Bank every day, also causing many deaths" and destroying homes while "the international community does nothing".
After receiving a barrage of criticism and being labelled an ‘anti-Semite’ for pledging their support, Cruz and Bardem issued a clarifying statement a day later, explaining that her "only wish and intention" in signing the group letter was to promote "peace in both Israel and Gaza".
But Voight, the veteran actor and father of Angelina Jolie, is yet to have been appeased by their comments.
The screen star, who is pro-Israel, decided to pen a strongly worded open letter of his own in response to the acting couple.