Harvey Weinstein To Lead Palestinian Committee On Women’s Rights

They specifically sought Weinstein for the role, given the his longtime exposure to the ways in which power is leveraged to disadvantage women.

Los Angeles, October 17 – Influential Hollywood Mogul Harvey Weinstein agreed to accept chairmanship of a Palestinian committee advising President Mahmoud Abbas on women’s rights and related issues, a spokesman for the producer announced today.

Fox Henhaus, a representative of Weinstein, informed reporters at a joint press conference with Palestinian Minister of Politicization Nabil Shaath that the two sides had agreed on terms Monday night. Beginning next month, stated Henhaus, the committee would convene at a luxury hotel in Beverley Hills to keep abreast of developments in the field and to formulate recommendations for specific avenues of activity.

“We are pleased to announce that Mr. Weinstein and the Palestinian Authority have come to agreement on his chairing a committee on women’s issues for President Abbas,” declared Henhaus. “Mr. Weinstein will bring to the table his formidable experience with women and the issues of concern to them, and will help the Palestinian government grapple, as it were, with the myriad ways in which current societal power structures are exploited. We of course have hundreds of years of experience, but an outside perspective always helps.”

Weinstein, for decades a pivotal figure in the movie-making industry and a key player in Democratic Party funding, will bring his expertise in women’s issues to a committee that already boasts Palestinian personnel, all men, well-versed in domestic abuse, honor killings, child marriage, and disempowerment of women. “This is a victory for diversity,” asserted Minister Shaath. “We do not insist that the committee comprise only native Palestinians. Mr. Weinstein has already demonstrated an affinity for progressive causes, and we are excited to have him at our sides as we tackle these topics.”

Shaath explained that he and his colleagues specifically sought Weinstein for the role, given the latter’s political connections and longtime exposure to the ways in which power is leveraged to disadvantage women. “We of course possess numerous experts in the field,” he noted, “but for an issue of this magnitude, this importance to society, we cannot spare any expense in seeking out the best.”

Henhaus and Shaath dismissed concerns that no women have been installed on the committee. “There will be plenty of women around,” assured Shaath. “They will be with us around the table, and with us in the other rooms at the hotel. such that we do not see why there must be any sort of formalized, artificial ‘status’ associated with being on the committee. We must focus on the issues, not on cosmetics or optics.”

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