\u201cMunich\u201d was blasted by some US Jewish commentators who accused Spielberg of equating the Israeli assassins with the Palestinian militants.<\/p>\n
Spielberg dismissed the charges as \u201cnonsense\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese critics are acting as if we were all missing a moral compass. Of course it is a horrible, abominable crime when people are taken hostage and killed like in Munich,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it does not excuse the act when you ask what the motives of the perpetrators were and show that they were also individuals with families and a history\u2026. Understanding does not mean forgiving. Understanding does not mean being soft, it is a courageous and strong stance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spielberg defends his movie\u2026 \u201cMunich\u201d was blasted by some US Jewish commentators who accused Spielberg of equating the Israeli assassins with the Palestinian militants. Spielberg dismissed the charges as \u201cnonsense\u201d. \u201cThese critics are acting as if we were all missing a moral compass. Of course it is a horrible, abominable crime when people are taken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1332,350],"class_list":["post-13982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-munich","tag-steven-spielberg"],"yoast_head":"\n
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