{"id":42109,"date":"2018-04-05T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T23:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=42109"},"modified":"2018-04-05T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T23:19:43","slug":"hollywood-executives-offer-support-to-netflix-after-bds-movement-asks-it-to-scrap-fauda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/hollywood-executives-offer-support-to-netflix-after-bds-movement-asks-it-to-scrap-fauda\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood executives offer support to Netflix after BDS movement asks it to scrap \u2018Fauda\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1536335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(JTA) \u2014 More than 50 entertainment industry executives have signed a letter in support of Netflix, after the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel threatened a lawsuit over its distribution of the Israeli drama series \u201cFauda.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_42110\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42110\" class=\"wp-image-42110 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42110\" class=\"wp-image-42110 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/netflix.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-42110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix has taken heat from the BDS movement for streaming the Israeli show \u201cFauda.\u201d (Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The show focuses on a commando unit of the Israeli Defense Forces whose members embed themselves in the Palestinian community, gathering intelligence and preventing terror attacks. Fauda is an Arabic word meaning \u201cchaos.\u201d The show incorporates both Arabic and Hebrew dialogue. It airs on Netflix with English subtitles. Netflix is set to release the second season of the series next month.<\/p>\n<p>The letter sent to Netflix\u2019s Ted Sarandos, chief content creator, and Peter Friedlander, vice president of original series, praised \u201cFauda\u201d for presenting a \u201cnuanced portrayal of issues related to the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict,\u201d Variety&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/tv\/news\/top-entertainment-industry-executives-support-netflix-1202743142\/\">reported<\/a>. The letter also said that the show, \u201cmirrors the power of the arts in general; they bring up difficult but important conversations, expanding our horizons and allowing us to experience different points of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the executives signing the letter, according to Variety, were Rick Rosen, head of television at WME; Marty Adelstein, CEO of Tomorrow Studios; Gary Ginsberg, executive vice president of corporate marketing and communications of Time Warner Inc.; Jody Gerson, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group; Neil Jacobson, president of Geffen Records; and Ben Silverman, chairman and co-CEO of Propagate Content.<\/p>\n<p>The BDS movement posted a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bdsmovement.net\/news\/netflix-time-nix-war-crimes-glorifying-series\">statement<\/a>&nbsp; on its website last week from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. It called on Israel to \u201cnix\u201d the series, calling it \u201can anti-Arab racist, Israeli propaganda tool that glorifies the Israeli military\u2019s war crimes against the Palestinian people. Failing to do so will open Netflix to nonviolent grassroots pressure and possible legal accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the statements demands that Netflix suspend production of season three of the series, refrain from releasing season two and remove season one from its streaming service.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said that the series \u201cpromotes and legitimizes violent acts committed against Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory by Israeli army death squads \u2014 the so-called \u2018Mistaravim.\u2019 The show\u2019s writers, who were&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-42566284\">members<\/a>&nbsp;in these units, have based the series on the war crimes committed by these squads against Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series was created by Avi Issacharoff, the Arab affairs reporter for the English-language Times of Israel news website, and actor Lior Raz, who stars in the show. Both men served in the IDF unit depicted in the series.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Hollywood%20executives%20offer%20support%20to%20Netflix%20after%20BDS%20movement%20asks%20it%20to%20scrap%20%E2%80%98Fauda%E2%80%99\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7139],"tags":[9280,8790,8795,9192,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42111,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42109\/revisions\/42111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}