Actor Jon Voight has penned an opinion piece at the Hollywood reporter that responds to Spanish actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz open letter criticizing Israel. The Bardem and Cruz letter "condemn[ed] the bombing by land, sea and air against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip."

Voight called them "ignorant" of history and "oblivious" to the damage their letter caused.

Wrote Voight:

I am asking all my peers who signed that poison letter against Israel to examine their motives. Can you take back the fire of anti-Semitism that is raging all over the world now?

You have been able to become famous and have all your monetary gains because you are in a democratic country: America. Do you think you would have been able to accomplish this in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, et cetera? You had a great responsibility to use your celebrity for good. Instead, you have defamed the only democratic country of goodwill in the Middle East: Israel.

You should hang your heads in shame. You should all come forth with deep regrets for what you did, and ask forgiveness from the suffering people in Israel.