Angelina Jolie's dad on 'antisemitic' Time

Mr Voight, who is not Jewish, has been a prominent Israel advocate for years and regularly lends his support to Lubavitch fundraising efforts.

He went on to describe recent remarks by Cuba’s Fidel Castro condemning Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Holocaust denial as “a ray of hope.”

The Anti Defamation League (ADL) has also called on Time’s managing editor Richard Stengel to issue an apology for implying “that Israelis care more about money than a future of peace and security.”

Abraham Foxman, the ADL’s national director wrote to Mr Stengel: “The insidious subtext of Israeli Jews being obsessed with money echoes the age-old antisemitic falsehood that Jews care about money above any other interest.

“Time ignores the very real sacrifices made by Israel and its people in the pursuit of peace and the efforts by successive Israeli governments of reconciliation.

“One can only be cynical about the timing of the article, appearing as Israelis and Palestinians engage in direct negotiations and Jews the world over pray on the High Holidays for a New Year that will bring peace.”

Watch Jon Voight discuss Time magazine here