Wallace Shawn: “Decent Jews Loathe What Is Happening“

Actor, playwright and essayist Wallace Shawn shares his thoughts on the “misbegotten“ state of Israel, condemns its “insanity,“ defends the protests, and expresses skepticism about the antisemitism of college campuses. Criticizing Zionism, he explains, is not antisemitism. He points out that Israel does not represent all Jews, including himself and fears that their actions will lead to antisemitism. Plus Wallace explains how he got radicalized and why he joined Jewish Voice for Peace. This clip comes from a livestream of a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” Katie anchored which was held on the second night of Passover on Tuesday night. The demonstration was held in Brooklyn one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hours before the Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes about $17 billion in arms and security funding to Israel. Hundreds of protesters were arrested. During the seder, Katie was in a studio on Manhattan’s Lower East Side providing commentary and interviewing special guests Rabbi Brant Rosen, filmmaker Michael Moore, journalist Abby Martin, Actor, playwright and essayist Wallace SHawn, Human Rights and environmental lawyer Steven Donziger and actor and activist Susan Sarandon. And she was joined in studio by Fouad Dakwar, a Palestinian-American musical theater writer and the creator of the great musical Fouad of Nazareth. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps