Social media users have renewed calls for a boycott of the upcoming Captain America film after the release of a trailer on Friday showed scenes of Israeli actor Shira Haas playing Ruth Bat-Seraph, an Israeli character who was featured in comics as the super-powered Sabra.
Initial boycott calls sparked back in 2022, when the casting of Haas for the role of Sabra was announced. Sabra, who was introduced in Marvel’s comics in the 1980s, is usually shown wearing outfits with the colours of Israel’s flag, ornamented with the Star of David. The original backstory of the character has her working as an agent for Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency.
However, Marvel announced that in the movie the character will be a former Black Widow and a “high-ranking US official”, seemingly altering or minimising elements of the character that were seen as controversial.
Some pro-Palestinian users praised the rebranding of the character, but others maintained calls for a boycott of the movie and other Marvel entertainment. Pro-Israeli users instead criticised Marvel for “erasing” the character’s Jewish and Israeli identity.
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