“Defending Israel does not mean Israel is beyond criticism,” said Skydance‘s Ynon Kriez bluntly tonight after being presented by Simon Wiesenthal Center‘s 2026 Humanitarian Award by co-CEO David Ellison, Gal Gadot and Jeffrey Katzenberg. “The fight against antisemitism is a fight against hatred in any form,” the ex-Mattel boss added.
Thanking Ellison for his “bold stand for Israel and the Jewish people,” Kriez wasted no time at the Beverly Wilshire hosted function addressing contemporary attacks on Jews and its rise around the globe in his acceptance speech. “Israel is now confronting a very different world beyond it’s borders” he
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