The TV personality also criticized those in Hollywood choosing to remain silent on rising antisemitism since the Hamas attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
“I can tell you he understands the critical nature of standing by our allies. And I believe he understands the importance of friendship. I believe he understands the importance of allies and I don’t think there will be a gap in his understanding,” the TV personality said Thursday night in Toronto while delivering a keynote speech at a Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center fundraiser.
“I don’t know why there are people in Hollywood that are Jews, that I have been in partnership with, that I know well on speed dial and they’ve been activists in a lot of different causes, but when one comes absolutely to their doorstep, you can’t find them with both hands. I don’t understand it,” McGraw told the Spirit of Hope gala dinner in Toronto.
“I hate to see any death occur, certainly children and civilians. But these are collateral deaths from a bomb,” the TV host said of Palestinians left dead or injured after getting caught up in the “All of us in America, all of us in the western world, if we watch this happening to our Jewish brothers and sisters, if we watch antisemitism, if we see the language happening, if we see the bullying, if we see the hate crimes, if we see our Israeli ally being bullied in this way, and we are bystanders who do not step up and stand up… then we are as guilty as the people that are perpetrating the violence,” he told the Toronto audience.
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