Susan Sarandon Climbs Down From Anti-Jewish Stand, Made a 'Terrible Mistake'

Susan Sarandon feels “deep regret” for “hurting people” with her controversial comment about Jews at a recent pro-Palestine rally in New York City.

The Oscar winner was slammed after she said on Nov. 17 that Jewish people are “getting a taste of what it is like to be Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence” following the global rise of antisemitic attacks due to the Israel-Hamas war.

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“This phrasing was a terrible mistake, as it implies that until recently Jews have been strangers to persecution, when the opposite is true,” Sarandon, 77, said in a statement on Instagram Friday.

She then listed some of the horrific acts of violence Jews have had to endure like the “genocide in Europe” and “the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh.”

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