{"id":937167,"date":"2021-10-29T12:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937167"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:28:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:28:59","slug":"bds-fail-mila-kunis-helen-mirren-join-200-celebs-in-denouncing-israel-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bds-fail-mila-kunis-helen-mirren-join-200-celebs-in-denouncing-israel-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"BDS Fail: Mila Kunis, Helen Mirren Join 200 Celebs in Denouncing Israel Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbds-fail-mila-kunis-helen-mirren-join-200-celebs-in-denouncing-israel-boycott%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937167&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mila1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">More than 200 celebrities, including actors Mila Kunis, Billy Porter, Neil Patrick Harris, Zachary Quinto and Helen Mirren, signed an open letter this week denouncing cultural boycotts of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The public act of support came ahead of what they said were \u201cbullying\u201d tactics by the BDS movement calling on the entertainment industry to boycott an LGBTQ film festival in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe reject any attempt to boycott TLVFest \u2013 Israel\u2019s largest LGBTQ Film Festival \u2014 which works to showcase the stories of LGBTQ people globally and create a brighter future for LGBTQ people both inside Israel and around the world,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativecommunityforpeace.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/26\/entertainment-industry-leaders-stand-united-against-cultural-boycott-of-israel-and-in-support-of-lgbtq-film-festival-and-filmmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>, organized by the Creative Community for Peace, reads.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe stand united with all the participating filmmakers against the divisive rhetoric espoused by boycott activists who seek to misinform, bully and intimidate artists into removing their films from the festival or shame them for participating in the festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Israel, movies have the unique power to bring together Jews, Arabs, and people of all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds in collaboration under a shared love of the arts, working together towards the common goal of telling their stories, and building bridges of compassion and understanding,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes after activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement called to boycott the Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, known as the TLVFest.<\/p>\n<p>Other signatories of Wednesday\u2019s letter include actor Emmanuelle Chriqui, former NSYNC singer Lance Bass, actor Jeremy Piven, and KISS frontman Gene Simmons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 200 celebrities, including actors Mila Kunis, Billy Porter, Neil Patrick Harris, Zachary Quinto and Helen Mirren, signed an open letter this week denouncing cultural boycotts of Israel. 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