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Hollywood’s Israel Divide Intensifies: Susan Sarandon, Roger Waters and More Speak Out on Boycotts, Blacklists and Secret Dossiers


Both sides say they are being boycotted and blacklisted as the Israel-Gaza conflict drags on in its second year.

Attendees included “The Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik and singer Montana Tucker, and the topic at hand was one rarely discussed outside of similar informal gatherings — that Israeli content creators are increasingly becoming pariahs in the global marketplace. The unexpected plight of the country’s film and TV producers underscores a tense climate in the entertainment industry in the wake of last year’s Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel and that government’s ongoing military response in Gaza. This past summer, Disney drew fire for whitewashing elements of superheroine Sabra/Ruth Bat-Seraph’s Israeli identity from its upcoming Marvel tentpole “Captain America: Brave New World,” with the character’s backstory as a Mossad agent excised.

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