A letter from entertainment industry group Creative Community for Peace calling for the rejection of extremist anti-Israel rhetoric and the spread of misinformation has been signed by more than 400 in the Hollywood community.
Mayim Bialik, Haim Saban, Billy Ray, Uzo Aduba, Julianna Margulies, Diane Warren and Dean Cain are among the signatories to the letter, which was released Thursday and written after the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers last week on the steps of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
“Hamas, Iran, and their allies and ideological sympathizers in the West have flooded the world with their hateful lies and antisemitic incitement since October 7 — lies designed to demonize Israel, the Jewish people, and their supporters,” reads the letter.
The letter also calls out the release of other statements signed by entertainment figures condemning Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, saying that “some well-meaning celebrities and public figures have been manipulated by this constant stream of misinformation, which they have also helped to amplify.”
“We call on all our colleagues to reject this extremist rhetoric and the spread of misinformation so that we can all work toward a future in which all Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace and dignity,” the CCFP letter adds.
“For the past 600 days, the anti-Israel movement has espoused an unrelenting stream of extremist rhetoric to demonize Israel and anyone who supports the country — it’s a toxic mix of distortion, bigotry and incitement,” CCFP chairman/co-founder David Renzer and executive director Ari Ingel said today. “Given the power of social media, it’s incumbent on entertainers and public figures, with their ability to influence millions around the world, to use their platforms responsibly. Without a course correction, we will only see more hate, more violence, and more innocent people targeted simply for being Jewish.”
We, the undersigned, are saying enough! Enough with the lies, and enough with the extremism.
Hamas, Iran, and their allies and ideological sympathizers in the West have flooded the world with their hateful lies and antisemitic incitement since October 7 — lies designed to demonize Israel, the Jewish people, and their supporters.
Some well-meaning celebrities and public figures have been manipulated by this constant stream of misinformation, which they have also helped to amplify.
On May 21, 2025, we saw that these lies can have deadly consequences when two young people were murdered outside a Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., as the perpetrator chanted “Free Palestine” — a chant that has now become a call to violence.
War is horrific — where far too many civilians suffer — which is why even though Hamas launched wars against Israel in 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2021, the wars were short-lived.
But the gruesome Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, changed everything.
Tragically, the suffering of civilians in Gaza is a strategy of Hamas, with one Hamas official stating that it is “a small price” to pay.
When Russia launched its war on Ukraine, it was the women and children that went underground in the metro system for safety while the men fought above ground.
In contrast, in Gaza — after Hamas launched their genocidal war on Israel — it was their fighters who went underground into the Gaza “metro,” while leaving women and children above ground to be used as their human shields.
This is a war Hamas started, and one that they can end by releasing the hostages, by laying down their arms, thereby freeing the Palestinians of Gaza from their tyrannical rule as well.
Yet, Hamas refuses to relent on their demand to have all of the land between the river and the sea cleansed of Jews, as they state in their own charter:
“The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: ‘O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.’ (Article 7).
The anti-Israel campaign shares this extremism.
The anti-Israel campaign refuses to hold Hamas accountable for the death and destruction caused by their illegal and repeated use of hospitals, mosques, schools, and UN facilities to launch attacks and shield their command centers.
The anti-Israel campaign refuses to acknowledge that the vast majority of “journalists” pumping out propaganda in Gaza are, in fact, members or supporters of the terrorist organizations themselves — even joining Hamas on October 7th to help broadcast their massacre inside Israel to the world.
The anti-Israel campaign spreads the antisemitic blood libel that the Jewish state – and all the Jews that support Israel – are bloodthirsty, intentionally targeting civilians, and committing “genocide.”
The anti-Israel campaign makes outrageous claims — such as Israel seeking to murder 14,000 babies in a 48-hour period — claims so egregious they should collapse under the weight of its own absurdity. Yet, these claims are amplified by the media, in addition to celebrities who share this disinformation to their millions of followers on social media.
The anti-Israel campaign claims that Jews are colonizers, when they are indigenous to the land of Israel and have the right to self-determination in their historical homeland as enshrined by the UN Charter.
We reject all these lies.
We reject the anti-Israel movement co-opting every social justice cause — outrageously claiming that to stand with the LGBTQIA+ community, or with anti-racist, anti-colonialist, anti-Islamophobic and anti-antisemitic movements, is to stand against Israel.
This is all done to paint Israel — and Jews around the world — as embodying the world’s ultimate evils. This is antisemitism.
We call on all our colleagues to reject this extremist rhetoric and the spread of misinformation so that we can all work toward a future in which all Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace and dignity.
SIGNATORIES
Ari Ingel, Executive Director, Creative Community for Peace
Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records
Rakefet Abergel, Actor
Michael Abrams, Talent Manager, Constellation Media Group
Jason Adelman, VP, Brand Innovators Labs
Orly Adelson, Former President of ITV Studios, America
Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studios
Dan Adler, Producer
Uzo Aduba, Artist
Shir Aharon, Talent Manager
Jillian Apfelbaum, Head of Film, Sandbox Entertainment Group
Michael Auerbach, Partner, Jackoway Austen
Dean Bahat, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Andrea Ballas, VP Communications, CBS/Paramount
Craig Balsam, CEO, RT Industries
Gary Barber, Executive
Eve Barlow, Writer
Jackie Barrie, A&R Executive
Jonathan Baruch, President, Rain
Richard Baskind, Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton
Aton Ben-Horin, Executive VP A&R, Warner Music Group/CEO, Plush Mgmt.
David Bercovici-Artieda, Director/Producer, EQUINOX DREAM PROJECT
Adam Berkowitz, Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group
Mayim Bialik, Actor, Writer, Producer, Sad Clown Productions
Sharon Bialy, Casting Director/Co-Owner, Bialy/Thomas & Associates
Hillary Bibicoff, Transactional Entertainment Attorney, Feig Finkel LLP
David Bickel, Writer/Producer
Allison Binder, Partner, GGSS&C
Joshua P. Binder, Partner, Rothenberg, Mohr, & Binder, LLP
Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership
Evan Bogart, Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music
Sarah Bremner, Partner, Prologue Entertainment
Joanne Bressler, SVP, Attorney
Kevin Bright, Producer, Just Bright Productions.
Drew Buckley, Group President, COO, Propagate Content
Benjamin Budde, CEO, Budde Group
David Byrnes, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Dean Cain, Actor
Emily Cameron, Manager, Plush Management
Sarah Camlett, Agent
Civia Caroline, Industry Impact Consultant, CLiC Impact Entertainment
Markell Casey, Founder & Manager, Worldwide Tracks
Cliff Chenfeld, Co-Founder, Razor & Tie
David Chesnoff, Partner, Chesnoff and Schinfeld
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actor
Danny Cohen, President, Access Entertainment
Emily Cohen, Director
Gabriella Cohen, Musician
Lyor Cohen, Global Head of Music, Google and YouTube
Tanya Cohen, Partner, Range Media Partners
Leanne Coronel, President, The Coronel Group
Raye Cosbert, Managing Director, Metropolis Music
Ben Cosgrove, CEO, Leviathan Productions
Avi Dahan, Attorney, Boyarski Fritz LLP
Robin Davids, Publicity, Sony Pictures Entertainment
David Davis, Lawyer
Doug Davis, Attorney and Founder, The Davis Firm
Mirelle Davis, Artist Manager, Wind Up Bird Ltd
Rebecca De Mornay, Actress
Linda Deal, Social Work
Danielle Del, Partner, D2 Management
Jamie Denbo, Writer/Actor
Kurt Deutsch, President, Broadway Music Group
Avi Diamond, Director, Film & TV Licensing, Warner Music Canada
Michael Diamond, Talent Manager/Partner, Range Media Partners
Ro Diamond, Vice President, SDB Partners
Craig Dorfman, Owner/Manager, Frontline Management
Rachel Douglas, Manager, Range Media Partners
Brian P. Drach, Attorney, Lewis Brisbois
David Draiman, Frontman of the band Disturbed
A.M. Driver, Actress
Jeremy Drysdale, Screenwriter
Linda Edell Howard, Attorney, Edell Howard Enterprises LLC
Jessica Elbaum, Producer, Gloria Sanchez Productions
Talya Elitzer, Co-Founder, Godmode Music
Craig Emanuel, Executive, The Kid From Downunder Inc.
Emma Engers, Agent, Emma Engers Associates Ltd
Dvora Englefield, Partner and Head of Music Artist Strategy, WME
Hannah Epstein, Agent, CAA
Rami “Kosha Dillz” Even-Esh, Artist/Comic/Filmmaker
Ron Fair, Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.
Sharon Farber, Film Composer
Eric Feig, Partner, Feig/Finkel, LLP
Joel Feigenbaum, Vice President, Warner Music Group
Patti Felker, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP
Jacob Fenton, Partner, UTA
Ken Fermaglich, Partner, UTA
Mark Feuerstein, Actor
Bradley Fischer, Producer
Erica Forster, COO, Pendulum
Jordan Frazes, Founder, Frazes Creative
Jennifer Freed, Artist Management
Hilary Freeman, Journalist and Author
Adam Friedman, Executive, Creative Artists Agency
Adina Friedman, Manager, Artist House
Daryl Friedman, Former Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer, The Recording Academy
Siri Garber, CEO and Founder, Platform Public Relations
David Gardner, President, Artists First
Jeremy Garelick, Writer/Director/Producer
Barbara Garshman, Writer/Producer, Garshman ProductionsLLC
Andrew Genger, Manager, Red Light Management
Maya Giladi, Business & Legal Affairs, Netflix
Gary Ginsberg, Author and TV Producer
Jordan Glickson, VP, Music & Talent, Vevo
Elissa Gold, Creative Event Producer & Cultural Programmer
Michael Goldstein, Executive Producer
Michael Goldwasser, President/Co-Founder, Easy Star Records
Robert Golenberg, President, Pivot Artists Group
Jonathan Gordon, Producer
Michael Gordon, Partner, Creative Artists Agency
Andrew Gould, President, Music Publishing, Roc Nation
Marc Graboff, Media Consultant
Westside Gravy, Artist
Scott Greenberg, Manager and Partner, LBI Entertainment
Julie Greenwald, Music Executive
Daniel Grindlinger, Writer
Julie Gurovitsch, Producer, NBC
Elle Hamilton, Stuntwoman, Stuntwomen’s Association
Lynn Harris, Film Producer
Ronnie Harris, Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP
Ronny Hatchwell, Industry Relations Manager, CCFP
Patricia Heaton, Actress
Noreena Hertz, Writer
Joanne Horowitz, Talent Management/ Producer, Joanne Horowitz Management
Sammy Horowitz, Writer/Producer
Josh Howie, Comedian/Writer
Richard “BournRich” Ingram, Artist/Creative Director
Neil Jacobson, CEO, Hallwood Media
Jonathan Jakubowicz, Writer & Director
Sara Johnson, Access Consultant
Heather Kadin, President, Scripted Television, Range Media Partners
Dan Kanter, Musical Director
Michael Kaplan, Writer-Producer
Zach Katz, CEO & Co-Founder, Fixated
Melanie Kessler, Production Co-ordinator
Dana Klein, Writer, EP
Sam Kling, Chief Creative Officer for SESAC
Keetgi Kogan Steinberg, Writer/Producer/Showrunner
Blair Kohan, Partner, United Talent Agency
David Kohan, Writer-Producer
Eric Kranzler, Co-Founder, Entertainment 360
Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel Inc.
Rick Krim, CEO, Krim Music + Media
Sherry Lansing, Former CEO, Paramount Pictures
Estelle Lasher, President, Lasher Group
Adam Leibner, Partner/Agent, UTA
Allan Leicht, Writer
Colin Lester OBE, Chairman/CEO, JEM Music Group
Ben Levine, Partner/Link Entertainment, Link Entertainment
Robert Levine, Editor At Large, Billboard
Avi Liberman, Entertainer
Sharon Lieblein, Casting Director, Sharon Lieblein Casting
Sean Liebowitz, Agent
Robin Lippin, Owner, Lippin/Block Casting
Cory Litwin, Managing Partner, Music, Range Media Partners
David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Company
Jane Lush, Former BAFTA Chair and Former BBC Head of Ent.
Ben Maddahi, President, Unrestricted Publishing/Management
Gabriel Mann, Composer/Producer
Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA
Ashlee Margolis, Founder & Managing Partner, The A List
Julianna Marguiles, Actor, Producer, Author
Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide
Rafael Marmor, Partner, Delirio Films
Nancy Matalon, Manager
Debra Messing, Actor/Producer
Max Michael, Head of Asia Business Development, UTA
Darren Michaelson, Director, L25 Entertainment
Petra Miller, Account Director, Alive Activation
Gev Miron, Director
Elizabeth Much, CEO, East to West Collective PR
DJ Nash, Showrunner/Executive Producer/Director, Next Thing You Know, Inc.
Stefi Novo, Songwriter
Lisa Nupoff, Manager, iminmusic management
Jerry O’Connell, Actor
John Ondrasik, Five for Fighting
Sharon Osbourne, Manager & TV Personality
Howard Owens, Co-CEO, Propagate
Scott Packman, Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC
Sharon Paz, Manager/Founder, Paz Talent
Leo Pearlman, Co-CEO, Fulwell Entertainment
Mark Pinkus, President, Rhino Records
Jonah Platt, Creator/Host, Being Jewish with Jonah Platt
Wendy Plaut, SVP, Celebrity Talent, Paramount Global
Rhonda Price, Managing Partner, Gersh Agency
Jeff Rabhan, CEO, Bored-of-ed.com
Sylvie Rabineau, Co-Head, Book to Film/TV, WME
Golan Ramraz, Writer-Producer, EGX Film Factory
Billy Ray, Writer/Director
Bruce Resnikoff, President & CEO, Universal Music Enterprises
Frederic Richter, Archive Producer, Researcher, Writer
Doug Robinson, Producer, DRP
Dan Rosen, President, Warner Music Australasia
Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, WME
Aaron Rosenberg, Partner, Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light
Erez Rosenberg, Attorney
Shani Rosenzweig, Partner, Talent Agent, UTA
Brian Ross, Writer-Producer
Gregg Rossen, Screenwriter
Michael Rotenberg, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment
Lynn Roth, Writer. Producer, Director, Lynn Roth Productions, Inc.
Joshua Rothstein, CEO/Founder, Ice Cream For Dinner
Susan Rovner, Producer, Aha Studios
Jonathan Ruggiero, Filmmaker
Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group
Wendy Sachs, Director/Producer, October 8 Film
David Sacks, Executive Producer
Laura Salvato, Director, Publicity, Paramount Pictures
Jacqueline Saturn, President, Virgin Music
Nicola Saul, Personal Assistant, Warner Music
Anna Savage, Manager, Full Stop Management
Fred Savage, Actor/Director/Producer
Leslie Schapira, Writer/Producer
William Schmidt, TV Writer
Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts
Jordan Schur, CEO & Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures & Suretone Entertainment
Sam Schwartz, Co-principal, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency
Teddy Schwarzman, CEO, Black Bear
Jay Schweid, Founder/CEO, ephelants / Village
Adam J. Segal, President, The 2050 Group – Publicity
Rick Senat, Producer
Stefi Shabashev, Songwriter
Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE, Chairman, InterTalent Rights Group / Chosen Music / Project 30 Studios
Carly Shear, Head of Legal, Hat Trick Productions
Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO, Propagate Content
Tamar Simon, Film Distribution/PR, Mean Streets Management
Marty Singer, Managing Partner, Lavely & Singer
Danielle Solzman, Film Critic, Solzy at the Movies
Jeff Sosnow, EVP A&R, Warner Records
Donna Spievak, VP of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records
Halle Stanford, President, Executive Producer, 7 Crow Stories
Mimi Steinberg, Writer and Producer
Jonathan Steinsapir, Attorney
Tracy Steinsapir, President, Main Title Entertainment
Deena Stern, Marketing Executive
Caroline Stevens, Director, iSolutions Ltd
Gary Stiffelman, Founder, GSS Law
Estee Stimler, Writer
Lee Stone, Entertainment Lawyer, Lee & Thompson
Alison Stover, Actor/Filmmaker, Luminous Pictures
Daniel Sussman, Talent Manager, Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Aaron Symonds, Film Composer, AJS Music
Fernando Szew, President, Fox Entertainment Studios
Traci Szymanski, President of Co-Star Entertainment
Sharon Tal Yguado, Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment
Nina Tassler, Prodicer, Kismet Creative Group
Adam Taylor, President, APM Music
Suzanne Tenner, Photographer
Fred Toczek, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson LLP
Lee Trink, CEO, Game Theory Ventures
Eric Tuchman, Writer/Producer, MGM-TV
Montana Tucker, Singer/Actress/Dancer/Social Media Activist
Noa Vinshtok, Streaming Manager, Range Media Partners/Range Music
Alex Voihanski, President, Paramount Business Group
Vera Wagman, Producer
Katie Walder, Actress
Evan Warner, Senior Partner/Agent, WME
Diane Warren, Songwriter, Producer
Joshua Washington, Artist/Producer
Jon Weinbach, President, Skydance Sports
Jenni Weinman, Strategist, The Current Co.
Nola Weinstein, Entertainment Executive
Jarred Weisfeld, President, Objective Entertainment
Joshua Weisleder, Global Music Rights
Ilana Wernick, Writer/Producer
Modi Wiczyk, Co-Founder, MRC
Cindy Wiener, Music Executive, Realsongs, Realsongs
Evan Winiker, Managing Partner, Music, Range Media Partners
Cara Wodnicki, Founder, CSW Publicity
Seth Yanklewitz, Casting Director, Yanklewitz Pollack Casting
Hilary Zaitz Michael, Co-Head & Partner, Literary Packaging at WME
Kari Zalik, Publicist, Bad Parade
David Zedeck, Global Co-Head of Music, UTA
Oran Zegman, Film/TV Director, Van Zegman Films
** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.
