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Ken Loach speaks out in support of Jonathan Glazer’s ‘occupation’ Oscar speech

The acclaimed British director said Glazer had ‘understood the possible consequences, which made him braver still’

Glazer’s speech, in which he said he refuted his “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people”, attracted condemnation and praise from all sides of the debate over the Gaza war. Loach made his own protest on the Gaza conflict at the Bafta film awards in February, raising his fist as screenwriter Paul Laverty held up a “Stop the massacre” poster. In the same interview, Loach reiterated that The Old Oak, his recently released drama about refugees living in the north-east of England, was almost certainly his final film, saying, “I’ve reached the end of the line.”

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