Mick Hartley

From the Jerusalem Post:

The Hollywood premiere of Captain America: Brave New World on Tuesday was picketed by several dozen pro-Palestine protesters upset over the inclusion in the film of an Israeli superhero, Ruth Bat-Seraph, aka Sabra, played by Shira Haas, Variety reported.

Sabra, in the original Marvel comics version, first appeared in the early 1980s as a Mossad agent, but Brave New World producer Nate Moore added in February that Sabra is “not Mossad” in the film and although she’s a first-generation Israeli, she now “works within the US government.”

That softening of the character didn’t deter the protesters, who held signs reading “Sabra has got to go” and “Disney supports genocide” while shouting out “Free, free, free Palestine” and “Disney, Disney, you can’t hide.”

Shira Haas is not a soldier. She’s not a political figure. She doesn’t represent the Israeli government or speak for the IDF.

She’s an actress.

No one would think to boycott a Sudanese, Syrian, or Yemeni actor because their country is at war.

Yet, dozens of “Free Palestine”… pic.twitter.com/D6oBrKAIq3

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) February 12, 2025

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"Yet, dozens of “Free Palestine” protesters gathered to oppose the presence of an Israeli actress and Israeli character in the new Captain America film.

"You can protest a war, you can protest a government’s actions, but you can’t protest our existence.

"Shira Haas exists. Israelis exist. And we’re not going anywhere."