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‘There’s a lot of anti-Semitism out there’ — Johansson reviews her role as ‘new face of apartheid’

Scarlett Letter (graphic: Doc Rocket)
Scarlett Letter (graphic: Doc Rocket)

Ynet reports: “Scarlett Johansson says anti-Semitism behind criticism of SodaStream endorsement”

American Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson believes anti-Semitism is to blame for much of the fire she drew earlier this year over her endorsement of Israeli company SodaStream, which operates a factory in the West Bank.

“There’s a lot of anti-Semitism out there,” Johansson told Vanity Fair, in an interview for the cover of their May edition.

Johansson stuck with SodaStream when the endorsement became controversial in January. She ended up resigning her position with Oxfam.

From a celebrity site‘s report on the Vanity Fair story:

Only one fly in the ointment: The controversy over the Israeli company SodaStream, for which she is a brand ambassador, when it came out the company has a factory in the occupied West Bank.

[Writer Lili] Anolik hears the hurt in Johansson’s voice as she talks about being called “the new face of apartheid.”

“There’s a lot of anti-Semitism out there,” Johansson tells her.

Is that a quote from her about apartheid? If so, I think Annie Robbins got there first:

Sultry Scarlett Johansson is adding another image to her resume, as the new face of apartheid.

Apparently Johansson is in serious denial over her role with SodaStream. From another gossip site:

On the SodaStream controversy: “[I’m being called] the new face of apartheid. There’s a lot of anti-Semitism out there.”

 

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There is also a lot of ignorance out there Johansson, especially not knowing the difference real anti-semitism, and criticism against Israel. It seems the koolaid was given to Johansson, and she must have drunk a hefty dose of it. Perhaps Johansson should spend some time doing some reading and lots of research, avoiding hasbara/Israeli propaganda of course.

A lot of thoughtless Zionists like Johansson fail to make the connection or do not acknowledge the obvious reality that a lot of modern anti-Semitism is the result of illegal Israeli activities in the occupied territories and Gaza. This unprecedented level of hostility towards Israel in Europe and the USA is the direct result of the illegal Israeli occupation and aggression against the State of Palestine. The aspirations of the Palestinian State threaten the desire of Zionists to steal the entire West Bank and cleanse the area of Palestinians. I think that by challenging Israel on these grounds the new generation of journalists can make a name for themselves and develop a healthy and noble reputation. I hope that more of them will joint the real world and start to speak the truth rather than succumbing to the lobby who have worked so diligently to perpetuate the subterfuge and intimidate the truth tellers by means of bribery, threats and relentlessly deceptive programming.

Phil, you’re missing the relevant point: she got the cover of Vanity Fair. Just like Claire Danes got the cover of Vogue, perhaps an even higher honor/payoff for an actress, for raving about Tel Aviv as a party town.

But it’s not really payoff; as I commented on Danes earlier: not a reward to her, but a message for everyone else. (And look at Johansson — it works!!)

And look at all the good press de Blasio is getting out of nowhere … you think that’s not tied to the rim job he gave AIPAC?

Kudos to Johansson for calling it like it is. The notion that BDS and anti-Sodastream activism is anything other than thinly veiled antisemitism is absurd. One look no further than MW.