Hannah Einbinder is one of the latest celebs to defend Mark Ruffalo after being accused of antisemitism by Paramount.
The 31-year-old Hacks star took to her Instagram story on Monday (August 24) with a lengthy message in support of Mark.
In her message, via THR, Hannah thanked Mark for drawing “a connection between the Ellisons providing military technology to Israel during a genocide and their unprecedented media takeover—and pointed out that this is a dangerous consolidation of power that could ultimately be used against us.”
She continued saying “the idea that he only said these things because the Ellisons are Jewish is LUDICROUS.”
If you don’t know, Hannah is also Jewish and has been an outspoken supporter of Palestinians’ rights and a critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza.
“Is it also antisemitic to point out that Safra Catz, the Oracle executive vice chair who boasted about the ‘profoundly scary technology’ provided to the IDF, also sits on Paramount’s board?” the actress poses. “Or that Larry Ellison has been buying favor with Trump by donating tens of millions to his political efforts for years? Or that he once offered Netanyahu a lucrative Oracle post?”
She noted that this was criticism of “right-wing technofeudalist oligarchs who are in the process of carrying out the largest media acquisition,” and that people are “not too stupid” to see the connections.
“And i’ll say it till i’m blue in the face: every time zionists equate criticism of israel, its genocide, or anyone who supports it to antisemitism, they rob the word of all of its meaning. For those of us who ACTUALLY care about jewish safety, we want that word to mean something so that when jews are actually in danger it’s taken seriously.”
Hannah added that, as Mark has been saying, opposing the merger is “also about fighting for the working class of Hollywood,” including the crews and more workers whom artists care for that could lose their jobs.
“All of us artists could stand to be more like Mark, willing to speak out for oppressed people everywhere, even when powerful people try to bully us into silence. Visibility is a responsibility. Those of us with a platform need to use our voices before speaking out is outlawed altogether.”
See Hannah’s full post below…
Why are Mark Ruffalo and Paramount feuding?
Previously, Mark called out the Ellison family over the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, comparing Larry Ellison, Oracle’s former CEO and a billionaire with a controlling stake in Paramount that is being managed by his son, David Ellison, to a “classic Oligarch.”
A spokesperson for Paramount then responded to Mark‘s message saying the company is “troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn’t deserve a response in kind — and to be clear, we don’t tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone,” per Variety.
If you missed it, see Mark‘s reaction to Paramount calling him antisemitic.
Hannah Einbinder’s full message in support of Mark Ruffalo
I’m so grateful that Mark Ruffalo drew a connection between the Ellisons providing military technology to Israel during a genocide and their unprecedented media takeover—and pointed out that this is a dangerous consolidation of power that could ultimately be used against us.
The idea that he only said these things because the Ellisons are Jewish is LUDICROUS. Is it also antisemitic to point out that Safra Catz, the Oracle executive vice chair who boasted about the “profoundly scary technology” provided to the IDF, also sits on Paramount’s board? Or that Larry Ellison has been buying favor with Trump by donating tens of millions to his political efforts for years? Or that he once offered Netanyahu a lucrative Oracle post?
This is criticism of RIGHT WING technofeudalist oligarchs who are in the process of carrying out the largest media acquisition in history. Period end of story.
People are not too stupid to see these obvious connections. If you want to make it about the Ellisons being Jewish, then you are the one being antisemitic.
And i’ll say it till i’m blue in the face: every time zionists equate criticism of israel, its genocide, or anyone who supports it to antisemitism, they rob the word of all of its meaning. For those of us who ACTUALLY care about jewish safety, we want that word to mean something so that when jews are actually in danger it’s taken seriously.
And, as Mark has been saying for months, opposing this merger is also about fighting for the working class of Hollywood: the crews and other workers that we artists claim to care so much about, who could lose thousands of jobs if it goes through.
All of us artists could stand to be more like Mark, willing to speak out for oppressed people everywhere, even when powerful people try to bully us into silence. Visibility is a responsibility. Those of us with a platform need to use our voices before speaking out is outlawed altogether.
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