Rising anti-Semitism: ‘The Pianist’ actress considers leaving UK

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88. But she's not making statements just about her.

When she says that such animosity is not a result of the Gaza killings, she's actually making statements on behalf of all the people who are causing that upswing in attacks on Jewish people.

Certainly she has good reason to think what she does, but that doesn't actually mean it's the reality behind what's going on. The Jewish people have a long history that dictates that they SHOULD be mistrustful of other peoples, that they SHOULD expect people who dislike them or attack them to be doing so for absolutely no rational reason.

And attacking regular Jewish folks in England for the actions of the Israeli military is indeed irrational. But 'her reality' isn't 'the only reality'. Each person has their own 'reality', their own reasons for what they do, even if those reasons don't make objective, logical sense. So no, I don't think she can categorically state that there is no connection between the two in the minds of other people.

As to your ETA, correct. Although it's possible she's made statements of support or even monetary support for his government and it's actions. This is the first time I think I've ever heard her name, so I have no clue what her position on the Palestinian people and their treatment by Israel is. If she has offered public support to Netanyahu's actions, she then would have assumed some small measure of responsibility for helping sway public sentiment to support such actions. Just as if you had made public statements that support the House of Saud, you would assume some small measure of 'responsibility' for supporting their atrocities.