‘Disgusting thing to do’: Jonathan Glazer under fire over Oscars speech

Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon has expressed outrage over ‘The Zone of Interest’ director Jonathan Glazer for his divisive Oscars speech. Ms Ungar-Sargon called the speech “disgusting”. “I want you to understand why so many Jews were so horrified by what he said,” she told Sky News host James Morrow. “He said that he ‘refutes his Jewishness and the Holocaust’ being used to justify the occupation. “First of all who is doing that, nobody is out there saying because there was a Holocaust therefore Israel can mistreat Palestinians. No one says that. “He is giving sucker and comfort to the anti-Semites saying, there are all these bad Jews out there, you’re right and I am the good Jew. “What a disgusting thing to do after winning an award for a Holocaust movie.”