Overview

• The letter was released Thursday by Creative Community for Peace and The Brigade in response to a pledge to shun Israeli festivals, broadcasters and production companies.
• Signatories include Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing, Greg Berlanti, Sharon Osbourne, Gene Simmons, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Haim Saban.
• The text calls the boycott drive misinformation that promotes censorship and the erasure of art, labeling it discriminatory and warning of blacklists.
• The original Film Workers for Palestine pledge, now reported at roughly 4,000–5,000 names, vows to avoid institutions they say are implicated in genocide and apartheid and includes Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Olivia Colman and Mark Ruffalo.
• Paramount earlier condemned the boycott effort, saying silencing artists based on nationality does not advance peace.