Award-winning actress Natalie Portman has been castigated by a fellow Jew for refusing to accept Israel’s prestigious Genesis Prize because of their “mistreatment” of Palestinians.

In an open letter published by World Israel News, Canadian Henry Roth said her “very wrong” decision amounted to parroting the distortions and half-truths of Israel’s opponents.

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