Angelina Jolie’s father dismisses daughter’s pro-Gaza stance as propaganda

Angelina Jolie’s father Jon Voight has dismissed his daughter’s stance on Palestine and the ongoing conflict in Gaza, saying “she has been exposed to propaganda.”

In an interview with Variety on Tuesday, Voight said Angelina has “been influenced by anti-Semitic people.”

“Angie has a connection to the UN, and she’s enjoyed speaking out for refugees. But these people are not refugees,” he said, referring to Palestinians.

“Angie, I think she hasn’t been available to this information because in Hollywood people don’t share this kind of stuff…They’re way off. They have no idea what’s going on. It’s a bubble.”

“I love my daughter. I don’t want to fight with my daughter,” he added in the interview. “But the fact is, I think she has been influenced by the UN. From the beginning, it’s been awful with human rights. They call it human rights, but it’s just anti-Israel bashing… she’s ignorant of what the real stakes are and what the real story is because she’s in the loop of the United Nations.”

In a post on Instagram in October, Angelina Jolie said that the events of Oct. 7, 2023 does not “justify the innocent lives lost in bombing a civilian population in Gaza” adding that “Israel” is turning Gaza into a mass grave and imposing collective punishment on the Strip’s population against international law.