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Saturday, December 16, 2023
In Tel Aviv, Michael Rapaport slams Red Cross for not doing more on hostages: ‘F***ing disgrace’
Canaan Lidor is a former Jewish World reporter at The Times of Israel
Reading figures about those still presumed to be held hostage in Gaza, actor Michael Rapaport interlaces the Hebrew-language word for “now” into an English-language speech at the Tel Aviv demonstration demanding the captives’ release.
Rapaport, a Jewish American who is an outspoken advocate of Israel in the war against Hamas, singles out the Red Cross for not doing enough to secure the hostages’ release.
“You’re a fucking disgrace,” Rapaport says in his New York accent, triggering applause.
“This is not a crisis of the State of Israel or the Jewish people, this concerns everyone so get your shit together,” Rapaport says at the Tel Aviv rally.
“I’ve been here for only five days but I know Israel will rise from this,” adds Rapaport, who during his visit participated in the filming of a sketch on campus antisemitism in the United States with the cast of Israel’s “Eretz Nehederet” satirical TV show.
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