Critic accused of racism: I won’t retract Regev-Goebbels quip

Film critic Gidi Orsher says he will not apologize for a Facebook post in which he compares Culture Minister Miri Regev to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.

A day after he was suspended by Army Radio for publishing a racist tirade against Israelis of North African and Middle Eastern descent, Orsher claims he does not recall writing the offending post, but declines to to walk back the comparison.

“None of the movies in recent years are left wing,” Orsher wrote on Facebook page last month about the ongoing spat between Regev and many Israeli artists over state funding for so-called politicized performances. “Whoever claims this, has not seen Israeli films since the 1960s, this is garbage propaganda from the mouth of Regev-Goebbels.”

Questioned today about the comparison, Orsher tells Channel 2: “There are some similarities in their actions.”