Gratuitous insult to Israel in @NYTimes story on Marvel changing Sabra's superhero origins

The New York Times reports:When Marvel Studios announced two years ago that it had cast the Israeli actress Shira Haas to play Sabra, a superhero Mossad agent, in its next “Captain America” film, the news was cheered by Israelis and denounced by Palestinians.The studio said at the time that the makers of the film, “Captain America: Brave New World,” would be “taking a new...

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Palestinian artists call to boycott Captain America

Remember last September when Israel haters went crazy with the announcement that the upcoming Captain America movie would include an Israeli superhero?Since then, the Israeli actress Shira Haas who plays the role of Sabra has apparently already done her scenes, so the campaign has now shifted from trying to pressure Marvel not to have the character to saying that the movie...

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