[Reader-list] Spielberg to direct feature based on Palestinia n Uprising

[Greg Wise]

This article is a hoax:
http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/spielberg.htm
<http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/spielberg.htm> 
I've seen this article pop up on another list as well.

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Spielberg to direct feature based on Palestinian Uprising
Fri Apr 12, 2:25 AM ET
By Scott Tom Smittey

LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- In an announcement from Dream
Works, Director Steven Spielberg announced that his latest project documents
the current uprising of Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza
(Intifada).

Spielberg, who has previously documented the horrors of the Holocaust in
Shindler's List,  and World WorldII in the HBO series Band of Brothers,
hopes that his new project would break the silence on a subject that until
now has been taboo. In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter Spielberg said:
"As an American Director who also happens to be
Jewish, I can no longer stay silent about what the Israelis and the Zionist
movement have been doing in the name of Judaism and with our tax money." He
added "For years, the Hollywood community know to embrace progressive issues
has been reluctant to tackle theissue of Palestine for fear of reprisal by
what is perceived as a blind Jewish support to Israel in Hollywood. This
needs to change; the sad history of the holocaust is being repeated again in
Palestine at the hands of those who claim to do it in the name of Judaism.
We should not remain silent".

The project is sure to create a huge controversy in an industry that has
been known to shun any pro-Palestinian activities. Actress Vanessa Redgrave
was all but blacklisted from the Hollywood system after speaking out in
favor of Palestinian rights in the seventies.
A Dream Works spokesman declined to comment, saying he had not seen a copy
of the project brief.