Jewish Actor Miriam Margolyes Says Visit to Israel Strengthened Her Pro-Palestinian Views
June 13, 2026
Miriam Margolyes isn’t staying silent.
The beloved Jewish actor says a visit to Israel changed her forever and made her even more determined to stand with Palestinians.
“I saw it with my own eyes.”
That’s what makes her voice so powerful.
She’s not repeating talking points.
She’s speaking about what she says she personally witnessed.
At a time when many celebrities avoid the subject altogether, Margolyes has continued to speak out, even knowing the backlash that often follows anyone who publicly supports Palestinian rights.
And she has made one thing clear:
Being Jewish and standing with Palestinians are not contradictions.
Sometimes the most powerful words are the simplest ones:
“I saw it with my own eyes.”
Source: @landpalestine
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English Script:
Miriam Margolyes: When you go to Israel and you see how Palestinians are treated, that for me was the door opening, the blind being lifted. And I saw if people can treat people like that, they are shits. They are shits. I saw it with my own eyes. And I will never get over that. And that’s when I became fiercely pro-Palestinian. Fiercely pro-Palestinian. If you want to talk about Judaism, it’s a lot bigger than Zionism. Zionism is a political affiliation, a genocidal ideology.
