Marvel actor Mark Ruffalo quote tweeted an article on his Twitter account on Thursday that tries to invalidate the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
In his tweet, the actor copied and pasted a specific passage from the article, published by the nonprofit news organization The Intercept, which claims the IHRA definition is "a culmination of lobbying efforts to instrumentalize and accelerate the use of false accusations in order to censor protected speech, to target any sort of viewpoint that is critical of Israel."
The actor's tweet can be seen below:
“‘The IHRA working definition is a culmination of lobbying efforts to instrumentalize and accelerate the use of false accusations in order to censor protected speech, to target any sort of viewpoint that is critical of Israel, and to chill one side of an important political… https://t.co/vMNPtsvkkj
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) June 8, 2023
Non-partisan organization StopAntisemitism tweeted in response to the Hulk actor's tweet, stating that it's "interesting how you always find the fringe Jews who are against IHRA yet NEVER amplify the 90+% of Jews that are for IHRA. Why is that Mark?" Other reactions on Twitter accused the Marvel actor of antisemitism, while others told him to "stick to acting."
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