Overview

• Paramount became the first major Hollywood studio to publicly oppose the campaign, saying silencing artists by nationality does not advance peace and calling for “more engagement and communication — not less.”
• The pledge, published Monday by Film Workers for Palestine, has drawn roughly 3,900–4,000 signatories, including Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton and Jonathan Glazer.
• Signatories vow to refuse work with Israeli festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies they describe as complicit in abuses, while the organizers state the refusal is aimed at institutional complicity, not identity.
• Israeli film organizations denounced the boycott as misguided and “counterproductive,” arguing the country’s creative community fosters cross‑community collaboration and often critiques government policy.
• The pledge cites International Court of Justice findings in its rationale, a characterization that supporters say underscores legal risk and that critics dispute as overstated.