Israeli consul not too happy over Spielberg's 'Munich'

This from today's Guardian:

"Israel's consul-general in Los Angeles has lambasted Steven Spielberg's film about the 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich as a 'superficial', 'pretentious' and 'problematic' work that draws an incorrect moral equation between Mossad agents and Palestinian terrorists.

Speaking to Israeli radio, Ehud Danoch, said: 'As a Hollywood movie, I assume that it will be defined as a well-made film, but from the standpoint of the messages it sends, the messages are problematic.'

... Accusing Oscar-winning Spielberg of equating Mossad agents to the terrorists, Mr Danoch argued: 'This is an incorrect moral equation. We in Israel know this. There is also a certain pretentiousness in attempting to treat a painful decades-long conflict by means of quite superficial statements in a movie.'

... Early screenings have triggered considerable criticism from Israeli hardliners. 'Jews pioneered Hollywood,' wrote Jack Engelhard, the author of the best-selling novel and film, Indecent Proposal, on the Tel-Aviv-based website, ynetnews.com. 'If, as our enemies say, we own Hollywood, well, here's the plot twist - we have lost Hollywood, and we have lost Spielberg. Spielberg is no friend of Israel. Spielberg is no friend of truth. His Munich may just as well have been scripted by George Galloway.'"

Ouch! That's some serious voodoo. But I can picture Galloway reading that story and musing, "What I really want to do is direct..."

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[NerdMom]

When will we learn that American Jews are not pro-Israel any more. They give their money to the ADL who side more with the PLO than the Israelis.