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There is no place on Earth right now that does not have its eyes on the ongoing tension between Israel and Palestine. While the peace pact is making headlines, many influential people have spoken about the scene and expressed their opinion. One of them was Marvel’s Hulk fame Mark Ruffalo who had compared Israel’s move towards Palestine as genocide. The actor has now apologised for his tweet.
For the unversed Mark Ruffalo aka Hulk on his official Twitter handle, shared some stats from the ongoing tension. He wrote how 1500 Palestinians have faced expulsion in Jerusalem. 200 protesters have been injured. 9 children have been killed. The tweet garnered some massive criticism and that has made the actor now apologise to the ones who were offended. Read on to know everything you should about the same.
In his tweet, while apologising, Mark Ruffalo called his opinions uninformed and inflammatory. He did not mention exactly which comment he is apologising for. He wrote, “I have reflected and wanted to apologise for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is committing ‘genocide’.” Ruffalo added, “It’s not accurate, it’s inflammatory, disrespectful and is being used to justify antisemitism here and abroad. Now is the time to avoid hyperbole.”
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