{"id":230373,"date":"2025-10-17T01:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/230373\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T01:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:37:10","slug":"warner-bros-discovery-rejects-israeli-film-industry-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/230373\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros Discovery Rejects Israeli Film Industry Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA potential corporate purchase notwithstanding, Warner Bros Discovery on Thursday followed Paramount<\/a>\u2018s lead in rejecting an A-lister-heavy boycott of the Israeli film industry<\/a> over the war in Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWarner Bros Discovery is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful environment for its employees, collaborators, and other stakeholders,\u201d a WBD spokesperson told Deadline in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur policies prohibit discrimination of any kind, including discrimination based on race, religion, national origin or ancestry,\u201d the David Zaslav<\/a>-led company added. \u201cWe believe a boycott of Israeli film institutions violates our policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhile we respect the rights of individuals and groups to express their views and advocate for causes, we will continue to align our business practices with the requirements of our policies and the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWBD\u2019s remarks come just days after the release of the final living Israeli hostages<\/a> kidnapped two years ago during Hamas\u2019 murderous rampage in Gaza-bordering settlements, kibbutzim and IDF stations. It also follows a multi-national signing ceremony in Egypt over the Donald Trump<\/a>-brokered 20-point peace plan \u2014 a plan that is already being strained.<\/p>\n

\n\tOdd timing aside, WBD\u2019s statement is a reaction to the letter that the likes of Emma Stone, Peter Sarsgaard, Lily Gladstone, Elliot Page, Ava DuVernay and Olivia Colman signed in early September advocating\u00a0boycotting Israeli film institutions<\/a>\u00a0that are \u201cimplicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn September 12, the now David Ellison<\/a>-owned Paramount Skydance pushed back<\/a> against the Film Workers for Palestine letter for attempting to silence \u201cindividual creative artists based on their nationality.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt Paramount, we believe in the power of storytelling to connect and inspire people, promote mutual understanding and preserve the moments, ideas and events that shape the world we share,\u201d the company and home of the October 7 miniseries Red Alert<\/a> added. \u201cThis is our creative mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOf course, as everyone around town knows, another mission for Par is to try to take over WBD. Having seen an admittedly lowball bid declined last week, the Ellisons (David and his father, Oracle\u2019s Larry Ellison, aka one of the world\u2019s richest men) are determined to take another swing at the home of HBO<\/a> with what looks to be an offer in the $60 billion range.<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety was first to report on the WBD statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A potential corporate purchase notwithstanding, Warner Bros Discovery on Thursday followed Paramount\u2018s lead in rejecting an A-lister-heavy boycott…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[18205,7687,12,5109,88,5618,1035,803,35425,4208,107382],"class_list":["post-230373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-david-ellison","tag-david-zaslav","tag-donald-trump","tag-electionline","tag-entertainment","tag-gaza","tag-hbo","tag-israel","tag-israel-gaza-conflict","tag-paramount","tag-red-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}