Overview

• Creative Community for Peace and The Brigade released a counter‑letter with more than 1,200 signatories, including Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik and Debra Messing, urging colleagues to reject the boycott.
• The letter argues the boycott is a “document of misinformation” that promotes arbitrary censorship and says Israeli film institutions often criticize government policy and foster collaboration between Jewish and Palestinian artists.
• Film Workers for Palestine’s original pledge, launched Sept. 8, has grown to over 5,000 signatories and targets festivals, broadcasters and companies it deems implicated in genocide and apartheid, which organizers say focuses on institutions rather than individual artists.
• Some industry power brokers backed the counter‑letter, with supporters listed such as Shari Redstone, Ynon Kreiz, David Kohan and Fernando Szew, underscoring the divide across talent and executives.
• Paramount publicly criticized the boycott on Sept. 12, saying silencing artists based on nationality does not advance peace, while Film Workers for Palestine dismissed the counter‑letter as anti‑Palestinian and announced additional high‑profile supporters.