Why did Ruffalo reject antisemitism claims over merger criticism?

Ruffalo said Paramount's accusation was "appalling and fundamentally dishonest", arguing his comments targeted Israel's prime minister, military technology contracts and the executives supplying them, not Jewish people, so criticising those things should not be treated as antisemitic [1, 2]. Paramount had accused him of invoking "antisemitic tropes" after he criticised the studio's financial links to Israel via Oracle, the tech firm backing the proposed Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros Discovery merger [4].