Diamond icon lev leviev foes blast Sarandon
On December 24,2007 Susan Sarandon attended a cocktail party last month in the new Madison Avenue diamond jewelry store of Lev Leviev, a diamond-dealing real-estate who owns the former New York Times building and the Apthorp building on the Upper West Side.
Now the California-based grass-roots organization has sent the star a letter asking her to ‘’publicly sever ties’’ with diamond jeweler, whom the group is shut out because he supports Jewish settlements in the West bank. Sarandon’s rep denies she’s allied with the high-end gem dealer.
In mid November the picketers, who were there for the Leviev store stood on the sidewalk with Palestinian flags, shouting, ‘’you’re glitz, you’re glam, you’re building on Palestinian land,’’ and, ‘’occupation is a drag, just say no to your gift bag. A source had said that Sarandon marched in and tried not to notice the yells outside.
‘’Leviev is a very dangerous force not only in Israel. His real estate development projects has been roundly criticized for shoddy building, harsh treatment of workers and dangerous buildings and work sites.
‘’Jews who yearn and work for just a peace for Palestinians and Israelis’’ we implore you to take a public stand against Leviev.
Sarandon’s representative questioned whether the actress attending one Leviv event amounted to ‘’ties,’’ and added,’’ she has no ties to any jewelry diamond company.