Last month, reliably clueless actor Mark Ruffalo made an extra-large ass of himself when he decided to wade into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, armed only with ignorance:
@joelakayaki @markruffalo Sorry, I thought blowing up Hospitals was something that all human beings could agree was off limits.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) July 17, 2014
He just couldn’t believe that Hamas would ever knowingly jeopardize children’s lives in order to carry out acts of terrorism:
@LaneShari1 Do you honestly think these people, these fellow human beings, would use their own children as shields? Use your heart.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) July 21, 2014
Oh, and those three kidnapped and murdered Israeli teens? Hamas didn’t do it. They couldn’t’ve done it:
Wow. It Turns Out Hamas Didn’t Kidnap and Kill the 3 Israeli Teens After All http://t.co/WpqHckSErT via @intelligencer
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) July 26, 2014
Except, as it turns out, they did:
A senior Hamas official boasted during a conference in Istanbul on Wednesday that the group’s military wing was behind the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank in June.
A video captured during the conference shows Salah Arouri, who is based in Turkey and is considered a primary figure within Hamas, saying that the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades were responsible for the abduction of the three youths, Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16.
…
“The al-Qassam’s mujahedeen were the ones to carry out [the abduction] in show of support for the prisoners’ hunger strike,” he adds, referring to Palestinian inmates held in Israel.
“West Wing” and “Scandal” actor Josh Malina is a supporter of Israel, and in light of this news, he is calling on Ruffalo to correct his mistake:
Please RT @MarkRuffalo, you helped spread a lie. Now help get the truth out: http://t.co/Mdx8Wjq2xb
— (((Josh Malina))) (@JoshMalina) August 21, 2014
@itstonenobrien He should correct a lie he spread to a million followers.
— (((Josh Malina))) (@JoshMalina) August 21, 2014
Ruffalo irresponsibly helped to spread a major lie. It would be even more irresponsible of him not to acknowledge that he was wrong and make an effort to share the truth.
@JoshMalina @MarkRuffalo Its so easy to spread lies about Israel, but when the truth is revealed suddenly everybody silent. #hypocrisy
— Neta Grinfas (@netagrinfas134r) August 21, 2014
.@netagrinfas134r Let's give him some time. If @MarkRuffalo is a man of integrity, he'll correct himself publicly.
— (((Josh Malina))) (@JoshMalina) August 21, 2014
No word from Ruffalo so far.
***
Related:
Josh Malina joins push for minute of silence to remember #Munich11, is blocked by fellow celebs
Joshua Malina: ‘Wonder which of Michael Moore’s nine homes is the most blue collar-y’
Join the conversation as a VIP Member