Overview
- Signers include Liev Schreiber, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jerry O’Connell, Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik and Sharon Osbourne.
- The statement argues the boycott spreads misinformation, amplifies antisemitic propaganda, promotes arbitrary censorship and amounts to collective punishment.
- Variety first reported the letter, which was published on the Creative Community for Peace website.
- It directly responds to a September 8 pledge by Film Workers for Palestine urging artists to shun Israeli film institutions deemed complicit in the Gaza war and supported by high‑profile figures.
- Signatory counts remain contested, while studios and festivals emphasize neutrality, with Paramount publicly rejecting boycotts.