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MRC CEO Scott Tenley, alongside founders Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, are speaking out against the actions taken against Israel by Hamas.
In a memo to their company colleagues sent Tuesday, the trio condemned “in the strongest possible terms the actions of Hamas and all terrorism.”
The trio cited similar statements in support of Israel including from President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama and the New York Times Editorial Board.
Others in the Hollywood and entertainment community have spoken out against the attacks, which began over the weekend. More than 1,000 deaths have been reported by officials in Israel and almost that many more in the Gaza Strip.
“There is no moral equivalence for terrorism and there is no hedging on Hamas. You are seeing pure evil play out,” the MRC trio wrote today.
Read the memo in full below.
Several industry events in the region have been halted since the attacks began. The El-Gouna Film Festival in Egypt has been postponed, while Sean Penn’s satire C.A.U.G.H.T. has been pulled from the upcoming Mipcom market among recent moves.
Dear Colleagues,
We write to you this morning as reports continue to flood in from Israel. 260 massacred teenagers at a music festival. 100 massacred farmers. Kidnapped grandparents, babies. Parents called by their children’s captors so they can hear them being raped and murdered. And new reports of dozens of decapitated infants and children.
When we dealt with the Kanye documentary, we spoke about our desire for peace between Israel and Palestine.
This is not about that. Hamas has no cause and no nation. It does not represent the Palestinian people any more than Isis represents Syrians or Taliban represents Afghans. They are not freedom fighters. They were not elected democratically and honestly. These groups only know barbarism, violence, and death. They are as destructive to the people they control as they are to their enemies. These actions are always borne from hatred, but specifically now they are borne from a desperate desire to ruin the peace process that has gained momentum between Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the US.
If you are pro-peace, you are against Hamas. MRC condemns in the strongest possible terms the actions of Hamas and all terrorism. Like President Obama, President Biden, Representative Ritchie Torres, leaders of over 50 countries and the entire New York Times Editorial Board – many of whom have criticized Israel in the past – today we stand unequivocally with Israel.
And we do not forget the millions of Palestinians who crave peace but are under Hamas rule. We stand with you too in the struggle against Hamas.
There is no moral equivalence for terrorism and there is no hedging on Hamas. You are seeing pure evil play out.
We have resources for anyone that wants to send aid to all those affected in Gaza and in Israel.
Scott, Modi and Asif
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