New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Paramount has hit back at Mark Ruffalo over his criticism of David and Larry Ellison. In return, the company has accused the actor of invoking antisemitic tropes while commenting on the proposed business deal involving Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, reported Variety.

A spokesperson for the David Ellison-led company was quoted by Variety as saying that it was "troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute. Words like 'genocide' and 'apartheid,' applied to a corporate transaction, aren't just wrong - they're a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe. This doesn't deserve a response in kind - and to be clear, we don't to...