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Steven Spielberg warns of rising antisemitism and extremism in wake of Israel-Hamas war
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Steven Spielberg has given an impassioned speech urging the importance of stopping the rise of antisemitism and extremist views amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas which began in October.
The 77-year-old director was speaking at a ceremony to honour the USC Shoah Foundation - a non-profit organisation he founded, which documents interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, during which some six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis.
The foundation - which he created in 1994 following the release of his Oscar-winning film Schindler’s List - received the University of Southern California (USC) Medallion, which is its highest honour.
Acknowledging the current climate amid the Israel-Hamas war, Spielberg said: “I am increasingly alarmed that we may be condemned to repeat history, to once again have to fight for the very right to be Jewish.”
Israel retaliated after fighters from Hamas - a proscribed terror group in the UK - killed more than 1,000 Israelis and took hundreds of hostages in attacks on 7 October last year.
“It is crucial because stopping the rise of antisemitism and hate of any kind is critical to the health of our democratic republic and the future of democracy all over the civilised world.”
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