"Totally Reject Her Claims": Israel President Slams Angelina Jolie For Comments On Gaza War

"In Gaza now there is war, but there is no humanitarian crisis that does not enable them to survive," Israeli President Isaac Herzog said.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has slammed Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie after her recent remarks on the Israel-Hamas War. Mr Herzog was in an interview with Piers Morgan and stated that he witnessed personally what happened on the first day of the attacks and how it was the "worst atrocity as a nation." Ms Jolie had recently posted about her anti-Israel stance on her social media accounts. While referring to her experience working with the United Nations to help refugees, Ms Jolie stated that her "focus is on the people displaced by violence in any context." 

She added, "What happened in Israel is an act of terror. But that cannot justify the innocent lives lost in bombing a civilian population in Gaza that has nowhere to go, no access to food or water, no possibility of evacuation, and not even the basic human right to cross a border to seek refuge." She wrote that Gaza was "fast becoming a mass grave" as a result of Israel's airstrikes and that "the world watches" as "millions of Palestinian civilians - children, women, and families - are being collectively punished" in a later post that included a photo that appeared to show a recent Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip.

Reacting to the same, Mr Herzog in the interview said that Ms Jolie has not visited Gaza and she is not offering Israelis any ability to defend themselves by her remarks. "I totally reject her claims. I think she's never been in Gaza.... to visit and see the facts on the ground. In Gaza now there is war, but there is no humanitarian crisis that does not enable them to survive," he said.