During their meeting, Herzog presented Douglas with a yellow hostage pin and a dog tag with the words, 'Our heart is held captive in Gaza.'

After Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones announced they would co-host the Genesis Prize ceremony, Israel-haters descended upon his Instagram post to blast the actor.

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren has agreed to host the award ceremony of Israel's $1 million Genesis Prize in Jerusalem, which is being given to famed Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Two world-renown celebrities, albeit in different ways, are set to take on anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hostility on US academic campuses.

Award-winning American actor Michael Douglas will be awarded the prestigious Genesis Prize for 2015 in Jerusalem this week.

The famous actor revealed that his son, who is not Jewish, encountered anti-Semitism in Europe.