Michael Douglas Meets with President Isaac Herzog (Israel’s President’s Office)
Michael Douglas, the Oscar winning actor, is in Israel on a unity trip to show solidarity with the Israeli public as the war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza continues. On Sunday, Douglas visited Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the places destroyed in the October 7 Hamas massacre and met with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog.
“It’s a very difficult time. You sense the deep shock of this whole experience,” said of his visit to Be’eri and meetings with October 7 survivors. “We’re just happy to be here in support of Israel, and to share with you the fact that America is definitely your ally as our president has shared with you. I just hope that the latest negotiations will be reached, and the hostages will be back soon.”
Michael Douglas also spoke about the American university students who are protesting against Israel, saying that the students seem to ave been brainwashed.
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“When you try to talk to many of them [the students], there is no education. There’s no knowledge,” he said.
At their meeting, President Herzog said, “Michael Douglas is a legend of the silver screen. What he saw today in the south of Israel however, is no movie set. It is the scene of one of the worst crimes against humanity, carried out against peace-loving people by brutal Hamas terrorists.”
“Thank you for coming to be a witness,” he told Michael Douglas. “Thank you for standing with the Israeli people.”
President Herzog presented Michael Douglas with the solidarity pin and necklace in support of the hostages “who must be released immediately.”
Michael Douglas is known for his iconic screen roles, like his Academy Award-winning turn as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987) as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed films Fatal Attraction (1987), The American President (1995), Basic Instinct (1992), Traffic (2000) and Romancing the Stone (1984).
He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
