Jewish Leaders Condemn Mark Ruffalo's 'Antisemitic' Remarks Amid Paramount Merger Dispute
Several prominent Jewish and pro-Israel organizations have condemned actor Mark Ruffalo for what they describe as antisemitic rhetoric in his social media commentary. The controversy stems from Ruffalo's Instagram post targeting the Ellison family, specifically Larry Ellison and his son David Ellison, amidst the pending merger of Paramount with Warner Bros. Discovery. Ruffalo's post featured footage of Safra Catz, executive vice chair of Oracle and a Paramount board member, discussing the company's engagement in Israel. In his commentary, Ruffalo labeled Larry Ellison a 'classic oligarch' and accused him and David Ellison of 'powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.' He further stated that Catz 'revels in what we now have come to see as a genocide, which was built on an apartheid system of oppression powered by Oracle.' Paramount issued a statement condemning Ruffalo's remarks, calling them 'troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business disput... 
