"John Malkovich has cancelled a planned trip to Israel next year to appear on stage after a PR firm hired by the show attributed quotes to the actor that the company had written. A press release circulated on 5 September quoted Malkovich as saying he was “thrilled to return to Israel” and looked “forward to meeting the warm Israeli audience once again, to whom I feel a strong closeness and solidarity”. The actor, 72, was alerted to the quotes after reading them in the Hollywood Reporter, who picked them up from the Jerusalem Post. In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter on 8 September, Malkovich said that a “PR company hired by the Israeli promoter drafted a quote for the article that was attributed to me, though I never made the statements that were quoted, nor was I consulted before they were printed.” He added: “I did not utter these phrases, and they most certainly are not approved by me, nor do they reflect my feelings. The fact that they were printed as direct quotes from me is unacceptable and untenable. For this reason, I have decided I cannot participate in the Tel Aviv performance.”" https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/09/john-malkovich-cancels-israel-trip-over-fabricated-solidarity-quote #BoycottIsrael #Misinformation #Corruption #News #Activism