Accepting the international feature Oscar for “The Zone of Interest,” director Jonathan Glazer delivered the night’s most pointed and controversial words.
With the conflict in Gaza looming large over Sunday's Oscars ceremony and sparking a pro-Palestinian protest outside the venue, director Jonathan Glazer gave the evening's most politically charged speech on the subject when he took the stage to accept the international film award for his Holocaust drama 'The Zone of Interest.
“By saying he refutes his Jewishness on the biggest stage in the world five months after the attack on Israel, Jonathan Glazer has instantly made himself into one of Judaism’s historical villains,” Commentary editor John Podhoretz wrote on Twitter.
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