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February 23rd, 2017 
Awake Goy Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon were amongst 26 Oscar celebrities who rejected free luxury trip to Israel.
The offers were for $55,000 personalised trips and came as part of the gift bags handed out to a host of famous faces at the prestigious awards ceremony.
Critics have criticised the trip as a means for Israel to highlight its narrative and ensure abuses to Palestinian rights and Israel’s illegal actions are not on show during the trip.
“This is a success,” Yousef Munayyer of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, which ran the campaign against the visits along with American organisation Jewish Voice for Peace, told AFP.
“I am very glad there’s no evidence that people went. I think it is clear the objective of using the actors to whitewash Israel has failed.”
The news agency said Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence gave the offer to her parents.
Source Article from http://www.daysofpalestine.com/news/oscar-stars-rejects-free-5-star-trip-israel/
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