Celebrities Boycotting Israeli Film Institutions Are Choosing to Amplify Hate | Guest Column

The Film Workers for Palestine pledge signed by over 4,000 prominent entertainers and filmmakers to boycott Israeli film and television industries is anathema to the industry itself. But apparently, actors and directors — recently among them Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix — support a boycott of the entire Israeli film and television industries.

“We pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions — including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies — that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people,” the pledge reads.

This call to boycott is nothing new. In fact, similar efforts have been around long before the establishment of the State of Israel.