"'Despite operating in Israel's system of apartheid, and therefore benefiting from it, the vast majority of Israeli film production & distribution companies, sales agents, cinemas and other film institutions have never endorsed the full, internationally-recognized rights of the Palestinian people,' the website's FAQ page states."
"'The call is for film workers to refuse to work with Israeli institutions that are complicit in Israel's human rights abuses against the Palestinian people,' the letter said. 'This refusal takes aim at institutional complicity, not identity.'"
"In a statement to NPR, the Friends of the Israeli Film and TV Producers Association, a nonprofit that supports the Israeli film and TV industry, called Filmmakers for Palestine's boycott 'profoundly misguided.'"
More than 2,000 Hollywood actors, filmmakers and industry professionals pledged to refuse work with Israeli film production, distribution and related institutions amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The pledge frames many Israeli film institutions as operating within and benefiting from a system described as apartheid and asserts those institutions have not endorsed internationally recognized Palestinian rights. The effort, organized as Filmmakers for Palestine, aligns with broader Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) strategies that have targeted companies since 2005. Israeli film industry groups condemned the boycott as profoundly misguided and said signatories were targeting the wrong people.
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