Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars Speech Refuting Jewishness Being ‘Hijacked’ Prompts a Whirlwind of Backlash

“We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,” the filmmaker said from the stage

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Jonathan Glazer, winner of the Best International Feature Film award for 'The Zone of Interest,' poses in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Though “Zone of Interest” director Jonathan Glazer was met with applause for his speech at the 2024 Oscars, some online haven’t been quite so supportive. Many viewers were rankled by Glazer’s speech referencing the Israel-Hamas war, in which he said he refutes his “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many people.” The speech was called “absolutely disgusting” and “disappointing” by some, leading to a spiral of outrage and then later outrage against that outrage.

“All of our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say look what they did then, rather look what we do now.

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