There is an ever-increasing dichotomy between the Zionist military leaders of the Likud government in Israel and the brilliant talent of Jewish American and British television and film professionals; world-acclaimed stars, directors, composers, musicians and producers. On the one hand, there are those who consistently create versus those who tragically destroy.

The wealth of talent in the entertainment field – such as Mike Nichols, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lisa Kudrow, Paul Simon, Daniel Day-Lewis, Art Garfunkel, Helena Bonham Carter, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Baddiel, Harrison Ford, Daniel Barenboim, Mila Kunis, Steven Spielberg, Billy Crystal, Simon Cowell and so many others in the West, set against the violent policies of power-hungry politicians like Binyamin Netanyahu – is without parallel in the modern world within a group of people born to the same faith but who are as different as water is to wine.

Here we have those who ‘build-up’ against those who ‘tear-down’: those who show respect for human and civil rights and those who deny those rights. It is a dichotomy that itself is denied by one side but confirmed by the other – an ideology that now poses a very specific threat to global peace.

Likud Zionism is a secular political movement that flies in the face of Judaism and human and civil rights. It should be condemned by all who value justice and freedom.