Academy Awards Reflect Far-Left Anti-Israel Position

Academy Awards Reflect Far-Left Anti-Israel Position

Is anyone surprised? Whatever the radical left is doing gets nearly automatic approval in Hollywood.

The New York Post reports:

Hollywood loves #diversity — except when it comes to Israel and Jews

Hollywood came relatively late to the culture wars.

It wasn’t until 2016 — when all 20 Oscars acting nominations went to white performers for the second year in a row — that the Academy Awards began to take diversity seriously. By the following year, black actors received nods in every major acting category, a result of both talent and the impact of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign that demanded real change.

Nearly a decade later, the most meaningful consequence of that change is that it is failing to benefit everyone equally. Last week, the short-list for nominations for the 2025 Oscars was released in 10 categories. And while there may be racial and gender diversity, it appears far more limited when it comes to Israel and Jews.

Take a quick look at the nominations for the Academy’s two documentary categories, Documentary Feature Films and Documentary Short Films. In the former, a pair of features have clear anti-Israel agendas: “The Bibi Files” focuses on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption scandals, and “No Other Land” details the destruction of a Palestinian village by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.

There’s also Palestine’s official selection for the Documentary Short category, “From Ground Zero,” an anthology of 22 “video diaries” from Gaza. The topic matter speaks for itself.

Important stuff, but what about the other side? More than a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre — a period of remarkable cultural response to the terrorist attack and its impact on Israeli society and the Jewish world — no Israeli or Jewish-themed films have made the Academy shortlist, despite plenty to choose from.

Both “OCTOBER H8TE,” which chronicles antisemitism across American college campuses, and “We Will Dance Again,” about the survivors of the Nova massacre, were submitted for consideration but did not make the cut.

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