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CCFP’s Ambassadors of Peace Gala To Honor Mayim Bialik, Music Industry Leaders

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CCFP is holding its sixth annual Ambassadors of Peace Gala (AOP), where they honor five individuals in entertainment for using their platform to bring people together, as well as effect positive change.

On Oct. 12, five days after the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, Creative Community for Peace put out a letter in support for Israel. Signed by over 2,000+ people in entertainment including Gal Gadot, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Pine, Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer, Michael Douglas, Jerry Seinfeld, Helen Mirren and Debra Messing, the letter called for the release of the hostages and condemned Hamas.

Gadot said, “My heart is aching for the lives lost and families shattered. I’m praying for everyone who has been affected by Hamas’ terrorism and brutality. And I hope that the world remains steadfast in their support of the Israeli people.”

Since the letter was released, CCFP has urged celebrities – whether or not they are Jewish – to stand up for Israel and advocate for peace. On their Instagram account, they frequently release videos of entertainers voicing support for the Jewish state, as well as advocate for the hostages and share inspiring content, like Shaq wishing a “Shana Tova” to survivors of Oct. 7.

Now, CCFP is holding its sixth annual Ambassadors of Peace Gala (AOP), where they honor five individuals in entertainment for using their platform to bring people together, as well as effect positive change. The main honoree at this year’s event, which is taking place at a home in Beverly Hills, is Mayim Bialik of “The Big Bang Theory,” “Blossom” and “Beaches.”

“I am so grateful to all of the work that CCFP has done for the Jewish community and in particular, for those of us in Hollywood trying to make sense of a lot of uncertainty and fear post Oct. 7,” Bialik told The Journal. “My understanding of the news coming out of Israel and my place in the world as a proud liberal Zionist has been transformed by the work of CCFP and their tireless efforts to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism.”

I am so grateful to all of the work that CCFP has done for the Jewish community and in particular, for those of us in Hollywood trying to make sense of a lot of uncertainty and fear post Oct. 7.” – Mayim Bialik

The other gala honorees include Phylicia Fant, who is head of music industry and culture collaboration at Amazon Music; Josh Binder, a founding partner at Rothenberg, Mohr & Binder, LLP; Elliot Grange, CEO of Atlantic Music Group; and Ben Silverman, chairman and co-CEO of Propagate Content.

“All of the honorees are people we know that care about our mission and they understand the importance of our work and believe in it,” said former CEO/Chairman Universal Music Publishing and CCFP Chairman and Co-Founder David Renzer.

According to Renzer, this AOP is shaping up be the biggest event yet, with over 500 attendees, and a record amount of fundraising.

He was proud to see that, after Oct. 7, “there are many people in the Jewish community who have been activated. They say they were apathetic about their Judaism in the past, but the rise in antisemitism has really alarmed them. So many people are motivated to do something.”

At the same time, Renzer has seen people in the entertainment industry face backlash and attacks for being Jewish and/or pro-Israel.

“People have created online groups that call out Zionists in music and film and entertainment,” he said. “It’s their way of trying to intimidate the Jewish executives. But we will not be intimidated.”

Along with posting up videos and statements of celebrities coming out in support of the Jewish community and Israel, CCFP educates on antisemitism within the entertainment industry and builds bridges with other communities.

“We have a lot of members who aren’t Jewish who we honor,” Renzer said. “We try to have a diverse group of people who embody the spirit of CCFP.”

Unlike other galas, AOP, which honored actors Liev Schreiber in 2023 and Eugene Levy in 2022, is more of a casual party as opposed to a sit-down, formal banquet.

“It’s not your typical event,” Renzer said. “There will be music and performances, and it’s an incredible networking opportunity for people in entertainment. It’s in a beautiful home in Beverly Hills. It’s got a unique vibe, which is by design.”

Ari Ingel, executive director of CCFP, added, “People in the entertainment community are like the entire Jewish community right now — they feel the need to be with their peers and are looking for support and guidance on how we can tackle challenges together. That’s where CCFP has been doing an incredible job and service to the industry. That’s why this evening has taken on a new level of importance.”

By gathering together hundreds of leaders in entertainment, CCFP is fulfilling its mission: to push for peace and create positive change in the world. For

Ingel, this proves that “our communities are stronger when we stand together against all forms of hate.”

To purchase tickets (General admission, $360; sponsorships available), visithttps://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/gala/purchase.

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HEAVYWEIGHTS TO BE HONORED BY CCFP

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Atlantic Music Group CEO Elliot Grainge, Amazon Music Head of Music Industry & Culture Collaborations Phylicia Fant and Rothenberg, Mohr & Binder Founding Partner Josh Binder will be among the entertainment-business figures honored as “Ambassadors of Peace” by the Creative Community for Peace at a Beverly Hills gala on 9/24.

They’ll be feted alongside actress-author Mayim Bialik and Propagate Content Chairman/Co-CEO Ben Silverman.

Said Grainge, “In an era where division often makes headlines, the arts can offer a powerful counter-narrative of connection and joy. I’m thrilled to be acknowledged by CCFP, an organization that epitomizes the transformative impact of the arts. Together, we can continue to build bridges and promote a more harmonious world.”

“Music has always been a universal language that transcends boundaries,” Fant noted. “It’s a privilege to use my role to foster cultural collaborations that inspire and unite. I am deeply grateful to CCFP for this recognition and for their unwavering dedication to promoting peace through the arts.”

“Growing up, I witnessed the profound impact music had on my community, connecting people of different backgrounds and cultures,” Binder commented. “Now more than ever, in these divided times, it’s essential to use our platforms and the arts to bring people together, highlighting the most creative members of different communities and cultures so that people can connect and recognize their shared humanity. CCFP’s mission aligns with my core belief that music builds bridges, and we should do everything within our power to preserve and promote that goal.”

“Our honorees this year exemplify the core values of Creative Community for Peace,” reads the joint quote of David Renzer, CCFP’s chairman, and Ari Ingel, the nonprofit’s executive director. “Their contributions to the entertainment industry promote understanding and peace. We are proud to recognize their efforts and celebrate their achievements.”

For more info about the Ambassadors of Peace event and to purchase tickets, go to https://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/gala/

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Emmy-nominated Palestinian filmmaker’s ‘ties to terrorist group’ resurface as she’s pictured speaking at multiple rallies – but Academy refuses to rescind nomination

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By Josh Boswell In Los Angeles For Dailymail.Com

Shocking new details of an Emmy-nominated Palestinian filmmaker’s alleged links to a terrorist group have been unearthed by pro-Israel nonprofit groups.

Bisan Owda was nominated last month for an Emmy in the News and Documentary category, for her film ‘It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive’, aired on the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera channel AJ+.

But pro-Israel groups uncovered videos and photos showing Owda giving speeches at four rallies for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a US government-designated terrorist group – including one event where children were pictured wielding swords and attendees waved terror group flags.

Last month a pro-Israel group of top Hollywood professionals, the Creative Community For Peace (CCFP), called on Emmy runners to take back the gong nomination, claiming that Owda had given multiple speeches at PFLP rallies in Gaza.

But the organization behind the Emmys, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), doubled down, saying the claims were uncorroborated and from several years ago.

Now, researchers at US nonprofit the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) have documented further incidents they claim show Owda’s support for PFLP, and the CCFP have renewed their calls to rescind the Emmy nod.

Videos and pictures uncovered by MEMRI and the CCFP appear to show Owda speaking on stage at the terror group’s 2015 anniversary rally where children were photographed holding daggers and wearing PFLP bandannas, and masked men brandished swords.

Posts on the terror group PFLP’s own website describe the celebrated filmmaker as ‘Comrade Bisan Owda’ and picture her in military outfits giving speeches at the 2014, 2015, and 2016 anniversary rallies for the terror group in Gaza.

A 2018 PFLP post referred to Owda as a member of the organization’s youth wing, publishing pictures of her taking part in a panel discussion for the PFLPs Progressive Youth Union.

AJ+ said the claims of Owda’s terror links were ‘baseless allegations’.

Owda did not respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.

The controversy was first sparked on August 19, when CCFP wrote an open letter to the Emmy organization calling on them to rescind Owda’s nomination over her alleged PFLP links.

In an August 20 email obtained by DailyMail.com, Academy President Adam Sharp replied to CCFP that they were ‘unable to corroborate these reports’ and found no ‘contemporary or active involvement by Owda with the PFLP organization’.

‘NATAS is aware of reports, cited in your letter and initially surfaced by a communications consultant in the region, that appear to show a then-teenaged Bisan Owda speaking at various PFLP-associated events between six and nine years ago,’ Sharp wrote to the CCFP.

‘NATAS has been unable to corroborate these reports, nor has it been able, to date, to surface any evidence of more contemporary or active involvement by Owda with the PFLP organization.

‘NATAS has found no grounds, to date, upon which to overturn the editorial judgment of the independent journalists who reviewed the material.’

Researchers at US nonprofit the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) found more recent controversial statements by Owda – including a reported Instagram post in which she appeared to justify the October 7 Hamas terror attacks in Israel last year that killed 1,139 people.

‘For every action, there is a reaction,’ Owda posted on social media following the attacks, according to the Jerusalem Post.

In an August 20 email obtained by DailyMail.com, Academy President Adam Sharp replied to CCFP saying the claims were uncorroborated and from several years ago

‘This means: What was expected after 75 years of occupation and 17 years of siege?… What was expected of us?… Would the families of the prisoners remain silent?’

And MEMRI researchers highlighted that the day before her Emmy nomination, Owda posted a video on Instagram in which she repeatedly said: ‘Free Palestine from the River to the Sea’ – a phrase often interpreted to mean the eradication of Israel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

As well as giving speeches and even allegedly helping organize the three PFLP anniversary rallies, MEMRI said Owda ‘hosted’ a fourth event in 2016 ‘held in honor of PFLP operatives who had been wounded in a ‘Day of Rage’ against Israel organized by the PFLP’, and published pictures of her speaking at the event.

MEMRI documented photos and videos from the 2015 anniversary rally where Owda gave a speech dressed in military camouflage clothing.

Attendees waved flags for Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, and masked PFLP operatives brandished swords and knives.

One photograph even shows a young child holding a dagger and wearing a PFLP bandanna.

The PFLP’s website described her as the ‘master of ceremonies’ at the 2016 anniversary rally.

The PFLP was designated a terrorist group by the US government in 1997. The group was behind two hijackings in 1968 and 1969, as well as a Rocket Propelled Grenade attack on planes at Orly Airport in Paris in 1975.

The PFLP was held responsible for assassinating Israeli lawmaker Rehavam Ze’evi in a Jerusalem hotel, conducting suicide bombings at a bus stop in 2003 and a Tel Aviv market in 2004, as well as a shooting in Jerusalem in October last year.

According to the US Office for the Director of National Intelligence, a PFLP bomb killed a 17-year-old girl near an Israeli settlement in August 2019, and ‘two PFLP-affiliated Palestinians’ killed three Americans and two other worshippers and injured 12 at an Israeli synagogue in 2014.

In an August 21 press release, the channel that aired Owda’s documentary, AJ+, said the allegations of her links to the PFLP were ‘baseless allegations’ and ‘an attempt to silence Bisan’.

‘The call for the Emmy nomination to be rescinded is nothing more than an attempt to deny an important perspective to the global audience on the war and its devastating impact on innocent civilians,’ AJ+ said.

Despite the new controversy surrounding Owda, her work has already received accolades and notoriety.

Her Emmy-nominated documentary It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive, which has received over 40 million views, was given a 2023 Peabody award, a coveted journalism gong, as well as the prominent Edward R. Murrow Award.

The Peabody website said it awarded Owda ‘for showing bravery and persistence in the midst of imminent danger, and for carrying a heavy journalistic burden as the entire world looks on’.

‘Owda’s frequent video and livestream reports from the Gaza Strip vividly document the Palestinian civilian experience under Israeli siege following Hamas’ attack on October 7,’ the organization said.

‘Reporting from her makeshift tent outside the medical center, she shows what survival looks like for her and the masses around her, reporting through tears and horror when Israeli forces strike an ambulance nearby.’

CCFP executive director Ari Ingel told DailyMail.com that he supported other Palestinian Emmy nominees, but that Owda’s terror ties should have ruled her out.

‘There are two other documentaries nominated in the same exact category about the war in Gaza, which we have no problem with, since these are voices that should be heard and stories that should be told,’ he said.

‘The NATAS decision to nominate Owda — whose goal with this project was to spread PFLP propaganda — alongside respected journalists and storytellers seeking the truth, sets a dangerous precedent for the future of objective journalism.

‘She is a longtime proud member of the terrorist group and supports their tactics wholeheartedly.

‘The Emmys have decided that supporting a member of a terrorist group that murders innocent men, women, and children is not a dealbreaker for their award.’

Owda’s documentary was aired on AJ+, a media organization owned by the government of Middle East nation Qatar.

In 2020 the Department of Justice ordered AJ+ to register as a foreign lobbying agent, saying it conducts ‘political activities’ on behalf of Qatar’s government and is designed to ‘influence American perceptions’ of ‘domestic policy’.

The CCFP says that AJ+ promotes ‘anti-Semitic’ content and even suggested Jews ‘benefited’ from the holocaust.

‘In 2019, AJ+ released a video captioned The Gas Chambers Killed Millions of Jews – That’s How the Story Goes. What Is the Truth behind the Holocaust and How Did the Zionist Movement Benefit from It?’ the organization said in a statement.

‘In December 2023, AJ+ released a 17-minute video downplaying the genocidal nature of [Palestine terror group] Hamas, arguing that they are merely ‘freedom fighters’ who are ‘resisting occupation and colonial violence.’

CCFP said that in a seemingly innocuous February 2024 Instagram post, AJ+ wrote: ‘People around the world demanded an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza this weekend. This is what global solidarity looks like.’

But behind the text was a photo of protesters holding placards that said in Arabic: ‘God is the greatest, death to America, death to Israel. Curse the Jews, victory to Islam.’

AJ+ said that they deleted the 2019 holocaust video and suspended the journalists who produced it in May 2019. The outlet declined to comment on CCFP’s other allegations.

NATAS did not provide a further response to DailyMail.com, but pointed to their August 20 letter to CCFP, which says that all submissions are ‘judged by experienced journalists from across multiple news organizations, serving in an independent, volunteer capacity’.

‘It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive was reviewed by two successive panels of independent judges, including senior editorial leadership from each significant U.S. broadcast news network,’ NATAS’ letter said.

‘It was selected for nomination from among more than 50 submissions in one of the year’s most competitive categories.’

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Jewish Nonprofit Calls on Emmys to Rescind Palestinian Journalist’s ‘Inexcusable’ Nom, Citing Ties to PFLP | Exclusive

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Bisan Atef Owda was nominated with AJ+ at news Emmys for series “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive”

Creative Community for Peace, an entertainment nonprofit, is calling for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to rescind an Emmy Awards nomination for Bisan Atef Owda, a Palestinian journalist, who the organization says is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

Owda was nominated at the 2024 News & Documentary Emmys in the Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form category, alongside Qatari-owned media outlet AJ+, for their series “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive.”

Nominations for the 45th annual awards were announced July 25, as selected by a far-reaching, anonymous body of “individuals with significant experience in the fields of broadcast and online journalism and documentary filmmaking at the national level,” according to NATAS.

Owda is a journalist, activist and filmmaker best known for her work on social media platforms like Instagram (4.7 million followers) and TikTok (191,500 followers), in which she documents her experience during the ongoing Israel-Hamas War in Gaza. She won a Peabody Award for “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” earlier this year.

CCFP discovered Owda’s long-standing ties to PFLP, which has been a designated terrorist organization in the U.S. since 1997. The journalist regularly spoke at PFLP rallies and hosted events to honor Palestinians injured or killed in violent confrontations with Israeli soldiers. In 2018, the PFLP explicitly referred to Owda as a member of the Progressive Youth Union of the organization.

Owda, AJ+ and NATAS did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. NATAS is a separate organization from the Television Academy, which awards the Primetime Emmys; NATAS is responsible for the News and Documentary Emmys, as well as the Daytime Emmys.

PFLP, which became known in the 1970s for its airplane hijackings, also participated in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,200 Israeli citizens and the kidnapping of hundreds of others.

According to CCFP, Owda and AJ+’s nomination violates NATAS’ Code of Ethical Conduct, which states that “NATAS and its Chapters have zero tolerance for discrimination, harassment or illegal, dishonest, unethical or otherwise harmful conduct.”

As a member of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, the pro-Israel nonprofit argues that her Emmy nomination “could reasonably be construed as contrary or detrimental to the best interests of the Academy”.

The nonprofit also pointed out Owda’s social media presence, which includes a recent X post that espouses an antisemitic conspiracy theory that Israel “is occupying every corner of the world.”

“The Emmys decision to honor someone with clear ties to a U.S.-designated terrorist group is inexcusable and should have never happened,” CCFP executive director Ari Ingel said in a statement provided to TheWrap. “It would be legitimizing a terrorist organization.”

Ingel added, “If the Emmys don’t change course and rescind this nomination, they will be glorifying someone who is a member of an organization that has carried our numerous aircraft hijackings, participated in the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, carried out waves of bombings on markets and restaurants and murdered innocent women and children. The Emmys cannot allow their prestigious award show to be highjacked by terrorists, and instead should continue to promote peace and tolerance through the arts.”

“The entertainment community, including the National Television Academy, should use its voice to help build bridges for peace and understanding,” CCFP chairman and cofounder David Renzer said.

“However, the Emmy nomination of Bisan Owda, someone with documented terrorism ties, is unfathomably irresponsible,” Renzer continued. “With it, the Academy is condoning violence and helping to normalize PFLP terrorism around the globe.”

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Entertainment Leaders Host Antisemitism Summit

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More than 200 entertainment insiders attend day-long event to learn, strategize, and implement steps to effectively combat antisemitism.

Entertainment leaders recently gathered for the first-ever “Countering Antisemitism: An Entertainment Industry Summit.” Launched by Jewish advocacy and entertainment experts, the Summit was jointly held by Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), an entertainment-industry nonprofit, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), leading entertainment and sports agency, and American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people.

Hundreds of entertainment professionals joined for the full day of programming. The Summit featured Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff; with Van Jones, political analyst; Eli Roth, actor/director; Scott Budnick, producer; and Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress.

The Summit comes at a particularly raw moment. Just seven months removed from the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust, antisemitism around the globe is surging. The Summit’s launch and the number of attendees represent the entertainment industry’s growing consensus for increased awareness, education, and action on antisemitism. Throughout the event, executives, agents, producers, talent, and other entertainment professionals took part in roundtable discussions and strategy sessions on the state of antisemitism, allyship, and ways the entertainment industry can effect positive change.

Opening remarks from Deborah Marcus, CAA Foundation Executive, David Renzer, CCFP Chairman and co-founder, and Ted Deutch, AJC CEO kicked off the event.

Marcus said, “We need more than ever to take care of each other, to work together, to provide comfort and community, to celebrate and to mourn and to inspire a different narrative to counter antisemitism.”

Renzer said: “Creative Community for Peace is proud to convene the leaders of the entertainment industry with our partners at CAA and AJC in this crucial time – uniting our industry to combat hate, build allyship, support Israel, and collaborate to effect positive change.”

Deutch said: “History has shown that when antisemitism flourishes, it is never just the Jewish community that is at risk. It is a sign that there is something wrong in society, that our society and ultimately democracy is at risk. That’s why we do this work.”

Programming consistently highlighted the connection between the Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel and the rising antisemitism around the globe. John Ondrasik, also known as Five for Fighting, an ally of the Jewish community, performed his song “OK.” Aligning with the Summit’s goal to spur action, Ondrasik has referred to his song as a moral statement, and “a call to action.”

Concluding the event was the screening of “Supernova,” a documentary co-directed by Duki Dror and Yossi Bloch about the Nova Music Festival where 364 civilians were murdered in southern Israel. Prior to the screening, a survivor of the Nova attack spoke to attendees. In closing, CCFP Executive Director Ari Ingel said, “Today’s Summit marks a pivotal step in our collective effort to combat antisemitism. Together, as entertainment industry leaders, we can ensure that our storytelling and public platforms serve the cause of peace and understanding, rather than vitriol and hate.”

CCFP, CAA, and AJC emphasized their commitment to continuing dialogue to ensure the entertainment industry takes actionable steps to combat antisemitism in all its forms. The partnering organizations hope that the Summit will serve as catalyst for the industry to launch additional initiatives and collective action to advocate for the Jewish people.

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Boy George, Sharon Osbourne, Gene Simmons & More Sign Letter Rejecting Attempt to Bar Israel From 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

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Mayim Bialik, Helen Mirren, Scooter Braun, Selma Blair and more than 380 others also lent their names to open letter.
By: Gil Kaufman
A wide-ranging group of more than 400 musicians, actors, agents and managers and studio executives signed an open letter to the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest rejecting attempts by some participating countries to bar Israel from participating in this year’s event. Among those lending their names to the letter from the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community for Peace were: Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber, KISS’ Gene Simmons, Scooter Braun, Boy George, Sharon Osbourne, Emmy Rossum, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing, Diane Warren and Selma Blair, among many others.
The letter supports the European Broadcasting Union’s commitment to including Israel in this year’s contest amid calls last month from Swedish and Finnish artists demanding Israel’s exclusion from the contest over their belief that including the country “undermines” the spirit of the competition. The letters cited Israel’s ongoing response to the deadly Oct. 7 surprise assault on the nation from Hamas militants in which more than 1,200 Israelis — mostly civilians — were murdered, sexually assaulted and attacked and more than 250 were taken hostage.
“We have been shocked and disappointed to see some members of the entertainment community calling for Israel to be banished from the Contest for responding to the greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,” the letter reads. “Under the cover of thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately into civilian populations, Hamas murdered and kidnapped innocent men, women, and children.”
Artist manager Braun added, “Music is a place for unity not division. It is a language that should always bring us together. Artists should never be discriminated against for who they are, who they love, or where they’re born. These boycott efforts do nothing but distract from the uplifting and unifying power of music – something we need now more than ever.”
KISS’ Simmons, who was born in Israel to a Holocaust survivor mother, wrote, “Music unites people from all backgrounds. It’s the one language that everyone can understand. It’s a beautiful thing and a great way to bring people together. Those advocating to exclude an Israeli singer from Eurovision don’t move the needle towards peace, but only further divide the world.”
Last month’s letter from a group of more than 1,000 Swedish artists — this year’s Eurovision will be held in the the Swedish city of Malmö from May 7-11 — requested that Israel be barred from participating over it’s “brutal” response to the Hamas attack, citing the “humanitarian disaster” in Gaza.
“We who sign this are 1,000 artists who believe in music as a unifying force. The Eurovision song contest began as a peace project with the ambition to unite countries and citizens through music,” read the Swedish letter, whose signers included Robyn, First Aid Kit and Fever Ray. “Allowing Israel’s participation undermines not only the spirit of the competition but the entire public service mission. It also sends the signal that governments can commit war crimes without consequences. Therefore, we appeal to the EBU: Exclude Israel from the Eurovision song contest 2024.”
To date, the 130-day war has reportedly led to the deaths of more than 28,000 Palestinians, the destruction of much of the Gaza Strip’s infrastructure and the displacement of more than one million Gazans. The Swedish letter joined earlier, similar requests to exclude Israel from more than 1,400 artists in Finland and Iceland.
The open letter from Creative Community for Peace — the first public call of its kind from the entertainment industry voicing unequivocal support of Israel’s inclusion in the contest — highlights Eurovision’s ability to unify people from diverse backgrounds and music’s power to effect positive change in the world.
Other signatories to the open letter include: Julianna Marguiles, Ginnifer Goodwin, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr., Skylar Astin, Atlantic Records Group CEO Julie Greenwald, Universal Music Publishing Group CEO Jody Gerson, Warner Records CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck, Patricia Heaton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Disturbed’s David Draiman, Tom Arnold, Columbia Pictures chairman Tom Rothman and MRC co-founder/co-CEO Modi Wiczyk.
The letter notes that Israel has a long and storied Eurovision history — including hosting in 1979, 1999 and 2019 and winning in 1978, 1979, 1998 and 2018 — while offering up a diverse group of contestants representing the Palestinian, Ethiopian and LGBTQIA+ communities. “Furthermore, we believe that unifying events such as singing competitions are crucial to help bridge our cultural divides and unite people of all backgrounds through their shared love of music,” it reads.
“The annual Eurovision Song Contest embodies this unifying spirit. Every year, millions of people across Europe and around the world join in a massive display of cultural exchange and celebration of music. Those who are calling for Israel’s exclusion are subverting the spirit of the Contest and turning it from a celebration of unity into a tool of politics.” Click here to see the full letter.
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Open Letter – Eurovision

Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber, Gene Simmons, Scooter Braun, Boy George, Mayim Bialik, Haim Saban, Julianna Margulies, Sharon Osbourne, Debra Messing, Emmy Rossum Support Israel’s Continued Inclusion in Eurovision

Jody Gerson, Julie Greenwald, Ginnifer Goodwin, Selma Blair, Noa Kirel, Tom Rothman, Harvey Mason jr., Skyler Astin, Gregg Sulkin, Patricia Heaton, Diane Warren, Tracy-Ann Oberman among 400+ celebrities and entertainment industry professionals who signed an open letter rejecting attempts to banish Israel from the contest

More than 400+ leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace in support of the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) public commitment to include Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The letter comes in response to others who have demanded that Israel be disinvited from the contest. The letter highlights Eurovision’s unique ability to unify people from diverse backgrounds and music’s capacity to effect positive change in the world. The letter states that the annual event, with more viewers than the Super Bowl, is a celebration of unity and should not be used as a tool for politics.

Scooter Braun said, “Music is a place for unity not division. It is a language that should always bring us together. Artists should never be discriminated against for who they are, who they love, or where they’re born. These boycott efforts do nothing but distract from the uplifting and unifying power of music – something we need now more than ever.”

Gene Simmons said, “Music unites people from all backgrounds. It’s the one language that everyone can understand. It’s a beautiful thing and a great way to bring people together. Those advocating to exclude an Israeli singer from Eurovision don’t move the needle towards peace, but only further divide the world.”

The statement is the first of its kind – a call from the entertainment industry unequivocally voicing support for Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision.

Mayim Bialik said, “After a horrendous violent attack on Israeli civilians, calls for boycotts and excluding Israeli artists from international events simply because they are Israeli is abhorrent and shameful. Targeting Israeli musicians in this way tarnishes the unifying spirit that is Eurovision.”

The over 400+ Signatories Include: Helen Mirren (Actress); Liev Schreiber (Actor); Boy George (Artist); Gene Simmons (Artist/Co-founder KISS & multi-hyphenate businessman); Mayim Bialik (Actress); Julianna Margulies (Actor/Producer/Author); Emmy Rossum (Actress); Debra Messing (Actress); Ginnifer Goodwin (Actress); Haim Saban (Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group); Scooter Braun (Founder/CEO, Hybe America); Selma Blair (Actress); Harvey Mason jr. (CEO of the Recording Academy); Gregg Sulkin (Actor); Skylar Astin (Actor); Julie Greenwald (Chairperson & CEO, Atlantic Records Group); Jody Gerson (Chairperson and CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group); Aaron Bay-Schuck (CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records); Dan Rosen (President, Warner Music Australasia); Joshua Malina (Actor); Patricia Heaton (Actress and Producer); Noa Kirel (Artist, Former Eurovision Contestant); Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actress); David Draiman (Disturbed); Tom Arnold (Actor); Tracy-Ann Oberman (Actress); Sharon Osbourne (Manager, TV Personality); Tom Rothman (Chairman, Columbia Pictures); Diane Warren (Songwriter); Sherry Lansing (Former CEO of Paramount Pictures); Rick Rosen (Co-Founder, Endeavor); Ben Silverman (Chairman & Co-CEO, Propagate Content); Alison Kaye (President, SB Projects); Orly Marley (President, Tuff Gong Worldwide); Ynon Kreiz (Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.); Gary Barber (Chairman and CEO, Spyglass Media Group); Raye Cosbert (Managing Director, Metropolis Music); Jacqueline Saturn (President, Virgin Music); John Ondrasik (Artist, Five For Fighting); Emmanuelle Chriqui (Actress); Samantha Ronson (Artist); Colin Lester OBE (Founder/Chairman JEM Music Group); David Renzer (Former CEO/Chairman Universal Music Publishing); Paul Kemsley (Manager, Nixxi Entertainment); Odeya Rush (Actress); Modi Wiczyk (Co-Founder and Co-CEO, MRC); and David Zedeck (Global Head of Music at UTA); Laurent Amir Haddad (Singer/Former Eurovision Contestant), amongst others, which you can see below.

“We have been shocked and disappointed to see some members of the entertainment community calling for Israel to be banished from the Contest for responding to the greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,” the letter reads. “Under the cover of thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately into civilian populations, Hamas murdered and kidnapped innocent men, women, and children,” it continues.

On Eurovision’s impact, the letter states, “We believe that unifying events such as singing competitions are crucial to help bridge our cultural divides and unite people of all backgrounds through their shared love of music.” The letter concludes: “Those who are calling for Israel’s exclusion are subverting the spirit of the Contest and turning it from a celebration of unity into a tool of politics.”

CCFP’s Chairman, David Renzer, and Executive Director, Ari Ingel said, “We join entertainment industry leaders in rejecting the vilification of Israel on the global music stage. After thousands of innocent Israelis were killed, over 360 of them at a music festival as they danced in celebration of life, to see some respond in this fashion is shameful. We hope Eurovision stands firm in the face of this misguided, discriminatory boycott attempt. We want the world to know that the entertainment industry supports the Contest and all this year’s amazing participants, including Israel’s.”

OPEN LETTER

We, the undersigned members of the entertainment industry, are writing to express our support for Israel’s continued inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest.

We have been shocked and disappointed to see some members of the entertainment community calling for Israel to be banished from the Contest for responding to the greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

October 7th was a day in which a music festival meant to celebrate life was attacked by Hamas and saw 364 innocent civilians killed, hundreds maimed and brutalized, over 40 festivalgoers taken hostage, and many raped.

Israel is fighting a war against a European Union-designated terrorist group that once again broke a ceasefire that day, and then went on to slaughter over 1,200 people. This current round of fighting is not a war that Israel wanted or started. To punish Israel would be an inversion of justice.

Israel also has a long and storied history in Eurovision. This includes winning the Contest in 1978, 1979, 1998, and 2018 and having a diverse group of contestants representing the country, including Palestinians, Ethiopians, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Israel then hosted the Contest in 1979, 1999, and 2019. In fact, Eurovision fans voted “Dare to Dream,” the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, the best Eurovision production of the decade.

Furthermore, we believe that unifying events such as singing competitions are crucial to help bridge our cultural divides and unite people of all backgrounds through their shared love of music.

The annual Eurovision Song Contest embodies this unifying spirit. Every year, millions of people across Europe and around the world join in a massive display of cultural exchange and celebration of music.

Those who are calling for Israel’s exclusion are subverting the spirit of the Contest and turning it from a celebration of unity into a tool of politics.

We support all of this year’s contestants as well as your decision to reject the calls to expel Israel from the Contest. We are looking forward to a successful and exciting Eurovision.

SIGNATORIES

(If you are in the entertainment industry and want to add your name, you can do so here: LINK)

Ari Ingel, Executive Director, Creative Community for Peace

Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman, Warner Records

Rakefet Abergel, CEO, Cyclamen films

Jamie Abzug, SVP/Head of Publicity, RCA Records

Stuart Acher, CEO, Stupendous Films inc

Jason Adelman, VP, Brand Innovators Labs

Orly Adelson, Former President of ITV Studios, America

Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Ben Adler, Musician

Shelley Altman, Head of Production, Mophonics

Tom Arnold, Actor

Skylar Astin, Actor

Dalia Auerbach, Vice President, A&R Administration, Epic Records

Nate Auerbach, Partner, Versus Creative

Jordan Bahat, Director

Craig Balsam, Co-Founder, Razor & Tie Entertainment

Gary Barber, Chairman and CEO, Spyglass Media Group

Eve Barlow, Music Journalist

Richard Baskind, Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Mason Bates, Composer, Masonic Music Inc.

Miles Beard, Executive VP of A&R, Republic Records

Karyn Ben-Gal, A&R Coordinator, Disney Music Publishing

Aton Ben-Horin, VP of Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group

Pablo Bendersky, Producer/Artist

Steven Bensusan, President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Evie Bergson-Korn, Producer, Buffalo Pictures

Adam Berkowitz, Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Luc Bernard, Director, Voices of the Forgotten

Duff Berschback, EVP, Business Affairs, Concord Music Publishing, Concord Music Publishing

Mayim Bialik, Actress

Sharon Bialy, Owner, Bialy/Thomas & Associates Casting

David Bickel, President, SME

Joshua P. Binder, Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership

Selma Blair, Actor/Producer

Marti Blatt, Literary Manager, 59 Management

Evan Bogart, Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music

Boy George, Artist

Scooter Braun, Founder/CEO, Hybe America

Josh Brill, Writer/Producer

Lucy Brin, Musician, Freelance

Hallie Brookman, Agent, United Talent Agency

Benjamin Budde, CEO, Budde Music

Paul Burger OBE, Soho Artists

David Byrnes, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP

Marika Cahn, Music Executive, Bill Silva Management

Sarah Camlett, Talent Agent, Independent Talent Group

Michele Carlisle, Executive Producer, Epiphany Productions

Charlie Carne, Director, Music Managers Forum

Rick Carnes, President, Songwriters Guild of America

Civia Caroline, President, Clic Entertainment

Robin Carus, Casting Director, Robin Carus Casting

Markell Casey, Music Executive

Brian Celler, Founder, Bravo Charlie Management

Pamela Charbit, A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Cliff Chenfeld, Co-Founder, Razor & Tie

David Chesnoff, Partner, Chesnoff and Schonfeld

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actress

Lester Christie, Christabel Music

Gary Cohen, Director, Looi Ltd

Tanya Cohen, Partner, Range Media Partners

Rochelle Cole, Filmmaker, Watch Your Back Productions!

Wallace Collins, Entertainment Attorney, Law Offices of Wallace Collins, Esq.

Billiam Coronel, CFO, The Coronel Group

Leanne Coronel, President, The Coronel Group

Raye Cosbert, Managing Director, Metropolis Music

Ben Cosgrove, CEO, Leviathan Productions

Nick Cosgrove, Partner, Brunswick Group

Paul Craig, Ceo, Nostromo Management

Avi Dahan, Attorney, Boyarski Fritz LLP

Ian Daly, Head of Brand Strategy, Live Nation

Greg Daniels, Writer, Producer, Showrunner

Robin Davids, SVP Publicity, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Chloé Jo Davis, Music writer, GirlieGirlArmy

Mirelle Davis, Artist Manager, Wind Up Bird Ltd

Hannah Davison, Music Operations Manager, Blue Raincoat Music

Shula Daws, Plum Pictures

Will Daws, Plum Pictures

Danielle Demchick, Casting Director, DPD Casting

Josh Deutsch, Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Avi Diamond, Director, Film & TV Licensing, Warner Music Canada

Kayla Diamond, Producer, Kolossal Records

Kosha Dillz, Artist, Rapper

Craig Dorfman, Partner, ThreeSixZero

David Draiman, Frontman of the band Disturbed

Jeremy Drysdale, bigbamboo

Carly Einfeld, Talent Coordinator

Noam Eisen, Musician & Composer, Sound Hound

Talya Elitzer, Co-Founder, Godmode Music

Craig Emanuel, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Paul Hastings

Wendy Engelberg, Producer, Wengelco.inc

Ilan Eshkeri, Composer

Sharon Eterman, Singer

Ron Fair, Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber, Composer

Daniel Federman, Owner, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Eric Feig, Founder, Feig Finkel LLP

Sheri Feldman, Tempo Group

Patti Felker, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan

Jacob Fenton, Partner, United Talent Agency

Ken Fermaglich, Partner, United Talent Agency

Jamie Fine, Production Tax, Netflix

David Fishof, Producer and Music Executive

Lindsay Flans, Associate Editor, The Hollywood Reporter

Josh Fluxgold, Founder and President, ONEWAY.

Erica Forster, Entertainment Attorney

Gary Foster, Principal, Krasnoff Foster Productions

Sarah Francus, Manager, Roc Nation

Jordan Frazes, Founder, Frazes Creative

Yaniv Fridel, Music Producer

Adina Friedman, Manager, Artist House

Daryl Friedman, Former Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer, The Recording Academy

Neil Friedman, Counsel, Entertainment Law

Roger Friedman, Owner, Showbiz411.com

Marla Friedson, Producer, Freelance

Simon Friend, Producer, Simon Friend Entertainment Ltd

Andrew Fromm, President, Fromm Consulting

Sarah Gabrielli, A&R, SONY PUBLISHING

Siri Garber, CEO & Founder, Platform Public Relations

David Gardner, President, Artists First

Daniella Geller, Netflix

Brett Gelman, Actor

Andrew Genger, Manager, Red Light Management

Gary Gersh, Former President, Global Touring, A.E.G.

Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group

Rochelle Gerson, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Original Series, Netflix

Greta Gertler Gold, Composer, Lyricist

Maya Giladi, Business and Legal Affairs, Netflix

Gary Ginsberg, Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Hana Giraldo, Singer-Songwriter/Actress

Daniel Glass, Founder/CEO, Glassnote Records

Karen Glauber, President, HITS Magazine

David Glick, Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Joshua Glick, Manager, Brillstein

Jordan Glickson, VP, Music & Talent, Vevo

Cathy Godwin, Manager, Rsg Management

Jennifer Goetz, Manager, Singin in the Reign

Harry Gold, Founder and Senior Partner, Talentworks

Iddo Goldberg, Actor, Liba99

Zusha Goldin, Celebrity Photography, Zusha Goldin

Barry Goldlist, COO, 4cCollective

Michael Goldwasser, President/Co-Founder, Easy Star Records

Robert Golenberg, President, Golenberg & Co.

Ginnifer Goodwin, Actress

Michael Gordon, Partner, Creative Artists Agency

Victoria Gordon, Performer and Writer

Andrew Gould, President, Music Publishing, Roc Nation

Matt Graff, Managing Director, Zig Zag Productions

Cary Granat, Co-Founder and Partner, Destiny Media, EMH Media

Malcolm Green, Director and Writer, Green AFM Ltd

Trudy Green, Trudy Green Management/HK

David Greenbaum, Music Producer

Scott Greenberg, Manager and Partner, LBI Entertainment

Steve Greenberg, Founder and President, S-Curve Records

Julie Greenwald, Chairperson & CEO, Atlantic Records Group

Jonah Grinberg, Musician, Numb Tongues

Jeremy Gruber, Friends at Work, Head of Artist Marketing

Sarah Halioua, Producer, Visionaire Films-Spain

Vicky Hamburger, SliderTV

Nili Harary, A&R Administration, Atlantic Records

Ronnie Harris, Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

Sam Harris, Actor/Singer, Funky Pants Productions

Toby Harris, 100% Records

Patricia Heaton, Actress and Producer

Marilyn Herman, Composer

David Hershon, VP, MGM

Avi Hirshbein, A&R Coordinator, Electric Feel Ent.

Linda Howard, President, Edell Howard Enterprises LLC

Richard “BournRich” Ingram, Artist/Creative Director

Nicole Isaacs, Producer

Steve Jablonsky, Composer, Arata Music

Neil Jacobson, Founder of Hallwood Media

Max Jacoby, Producer

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Actress

Jordan Jay, Director, Karma Artists Management

Jim Jermanok, Producer, Command Performance Productions

Nathan Kaminski, Songwriter

Zach Katz, Former President, BMG

Alina Kaufman, Actor

Allison Kaye, President, SB Projects

Jonathan Kellerman, Novelist

Dorit Kemsley, Designer

Paul Kemsley, Manager, Nixxi Entertainment

Charlotte Kendall, Harris and Trotter LLP

Ketura Kestin, Serendipity Prod.

Ilan Kidron, Artist & Musician

Noa Kirel, Artist, Former Eurovision Contestant

Scott Kluge, President, Tremendous Entertainment

Rebecca Kneubuhl, Composer, Bourbon & Bubblegum Music, Inc.

Amanda Kogan, Manager, Aaron Kogan Management

Keetgi Kogan Steinberg, Writer/Producer, Self

Sharon Kornmehl, Literary Manager, Sharona Fae Management

Zoe Korsner, TV Production

Bettina Kramer, President, Creative Effects Inc

Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.

Rick Krim, CEO, Krim Music + Media

Dana Landman, Big Life Management

Gabz Landman, Music Executive

Sherry Lansing, Former CEO, Paramount Pictures

Sanaz Lavaedian, SVP of Music, MOCEAN

Nicholas Lazarus, Content Creator Studios

Marsha Lee, Filmmaker, Definition Films

Jackie Len, Senior Counsel, Netflix

Peter Lenkov, Film and Television Writer, 101st Street Entertainment

Colin Lester OBE, Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

Loretta Levinson, Consultant, Starvox Entertainment

David Levy, Co-CEO / Founder, Horizon Sports & Experiences and Former President of Turner/WarnerMedia

Michal Levy, Writer, February Fifth Productions

Sharon Lieblein, Casting Director, Sharon Lieblein Casting

Sean Liebowitz, Agent, Creative Artists Agency

Cory Litwin, Managing Partner, Music, Range Media Partners

Danielle Livesey, Partner, Push Music Management

David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Co.

Gustavo Lopez, CEO, Saban Music Latin

Ben Maddahi, SVP A&R, Columbia Records

Sepideh Makabi, Director and Producer, NewMil Media

Shannon Makhanian, Casting Director

Gabrielle Malek, Marketing Manager, Universal Music Canada

Joshua Malina, Actor, Busy Izzy Productions, Inc.

Gabriel Mann, Composer/Producer

Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA

Julianna Margulies, Actress/Producer/Author

Alex Markovitz, Producer

Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Harvey Mason jr, CEO of the Recording Academy

Nancy Matalon, VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

Ann Mcelhinney, Producer, Unreported Story Society

Barry McPherson, Partner, Executive Vice President, Talent, Independent Artist Group

William Mercer, Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Debra Messing, Actress

Hilary Zaitz Michael, Co-Head & Partner, Literary Packaging at William Morris Endeavor

Altara Michelle, Actress

Marigo Mihalos, Celeb Talent, SIRIUSXM

Helen Mirren, Actress

Amie Mitchell, Producer, ASAM PRODUCTIONS

Robert Mor, Producer, Tallboy Agency

Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba, CEO, Germany, Switzerland & Austria, Sony Music Entertainment

DJ Nash, Executive Produce/Showrunner/Director, Next Thing You Know, Inc.

Guy Nattiv, Filmmaker

Gabrielle Neimand, SVP, Current for Streaming, CBS Studios

Jason Newman, Partner, Untitled Entertainment

Sharona Nomder, Owner, Morse Artists

Lisa Nupoff, Manager, IMIN Music

Tracy-Ann Oberman, Actress

John Ondrasik, Artist, Five For Fighting

Sharon Osbourne, Manager, TV Personality

Scott Packman, Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC

Ravi Parsan, Director, FV Films

Donald Passman, Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, Inc.

Leo Pearlman, Managing Partner, Fulwell 73

Shelly Peiken, Songwriter, Shellayla

David Pick, CEO, Real Music TV

Mark Pinkus, President, Rhino

Jonah Platt, Singer/Actor

Wendy Plaut, SVP, Celebrity Talent, MTV/Paramount Global

Alla Plotkin, Co-Founder, Birch Public Relations

Monique Powell, Lead Singer, Save Ferris

Mike Praw, Music Executive

Steven Price, Film Composer, GSA

Michal Prywes, Sky with Stars Music

Sylvie Rabineau, Co-Head, Book to Film/TV, WME

Golan Ramraz, President, EGX Film Factory

Dani Reis, Artist Manager, Artist House

Remedy, Artist

David Renzer, Former Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Publishing

Bruce Resnikoff, President & CEO, Universal Music Enterprises, UMG

Jade Reuben, Music Manager, Bold Management

Leeron Revah, Film Producer

Allan Rich, Songwriter, Gefilte Fish Songs

Frederic Richter, Senior Development Consultant, Tradition Pictures

Matt Ritter, Screenwriter

Lindy Robbins, Songwriter

Hanna Rochelle, Founder, Purple Productions LLC

Samantha Ronson, Artist

Dan Rosen, President, Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor

Aaron Rosenberg, Partner, Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light

Ben Rosenberg, Head of Distribution, BBC

Emmy Rossum, Actress

Michael Rotenberg, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Tom Rothman, Chairman, Columbia Pictures

Joshua Rothstein, Partnership Marketing Manager, Primary Wave Entertainment and CEO, Ice Cream For Dinner

Autumn Rowe, Singer/Songwriter

Gavin Rudolph, President, Audio Chateau Records

Odeya Rush, Actress

David Russell, Manager, Crush Music

Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group

Rochel Saks, Manager, SAKS&

Jacqueline Saturn, President, Virgin Music

Anna Savage, Artist Manager, Fullstop

Leslie Schapira, Writer/Producer, Max

Colin Schaverien, Prolifica Management

Ayelet Schiffman, SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts

Liev Schreiber, Actor

Jordan Schur, CEO and Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Entertainment

Eddie Schwartz, President, Music Creators North America

Sam Schwartz, Co-Principal, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Nicki Seifert, Silverstone Music Group

Camila Seta, Executive, Brand Consulting

Stefi Shabashev, Songwriter

Ofer Shabi, Director, Soho Sonic Ltd.

Guy Shalem, Producer, Fox

Riki Shasha, PGI

Hillary Shaw, MD, Shaw Thing Management Ltd

Carly Shear, Hat Trick

Simon Shelley, Chief Commercial Officer, BBC Studios

Doniel Sherman, Solutions Architect, Netflix

Noah “Westside Gravy” Shufutinsky, Artist

Jeremy Silver, Producer/Songwriter, Paradiso Music

Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO, Propagate Content

Gene Simmons, Artist/Co-founder KISS & multi-hyphenate businessman

Ralph Simon, Chairman & CEO, Mobilium Global Limited

Tamar Simon, Owner, Mean Streets Management

Marty Singer, Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Brad Slater, Agent, WME

Reginald Smith, Director, Wesson Enterprises

Yehuda Solomon, Lead Singer, Moshav

Jeff Sosnow, EVP A&R, Warner Bros. Records

Donna Spievak, VP of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records

Halle Stanford, President of Television, The Jim Henson Company

John Stark, Musician, Sony Music

Jonathan Steinsapir, Partner, Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir

Harriet Sternberg, President, Harriet Sternberg Management, Inc.

Roger Stevens, Lighter Entertainment

Gary Stiffelman, Founder, GSS Law

Lee Stone, Lee & Thompson

Victoria Stone, Vilee Media

Rachel Strassberger, Manager, Grassroots Music

Bryan Subotnick, Attorney, Business Affairs, Visionary Entertainment and Media

Gregg Sulkin, Actor

Gary Sumray, ABC

Aaron Symonds, Film Composer

Traci Szymanski, President, Co-Star Entertainment

Nina Tassler, CEO, Tassler, Inc

Adam Taylor, President, APM Music

Lou Taylor, CEO, Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group

Noa Tishby, Author/Producer

Niv Toar, Composer, Noise Maker LLC

Fred Toczek, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson LLP

Alisa Traskunov, Script Supervisor, Freelancer

Paul Trijbits, CEO, Magical Society

Harry Tschebiner, Composer, Freelance

Gabriela Tscherniak, Film & TV Director, Cohensisters Entertainment

Eric Tuchman, Writer, Producer

Michelle Tucker, Manager, Mon T Corp

Oded Turgeman, President, The Operating Room

Ronli Tzour, VP, Marketing, FAE grp

Anna Van Grimbergen, Music Producer, Freelance

David Ventura, Sony Music Publishing

Michèle Vice-Maslin, Music Producer/Songwriter/Publisher

Alex Voihanski, President, Paramount Business Group

Serene Vtn, Singer/Songwriter, Planet Studios

Jeremy Vuernick, President of A&R, Capitol Music Group

Diane Warren, Songwriter, Producer

Joshua Washington, Artist/Producer

Gregory Watton, Songwriter, Wemusicllc

Kevin Weaver, President, West Coast, Atlantic Records

Jon Weinbach, President, Skydance Sports

Guri Weinberg, Actor, Destiny’s Saloon

Nola Weinstein, Entertainment Executive

David N Weiss, Fat Dancing Productions Inc.

Debbie Weiss, President, Wonderful World of Animation

Philippe Weissberg, Boost

Adam Wells, Photographer and Filmmaker, Freelance

Ilana Wernick, Writer/Producer, Bonnie Meadow Road Productions

Shawna Wexler, Head of Talent, Sugar23

Russell White, Radio Presenter, Delite Radio

Nicole Wichinsky, Talent Agent, Stewart Talent

Modi Wiczyk, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, MRC

Evan Winiker, Managing Partner, Range Media

Ori Winokur, Musical Artist

Michele Woods, Sound Editor, Shaboogamoo Ltd

Craig Wyckoff, Talent Manager and Rabbi, Craig Wyckoff& Assoc. INc.

Summer Xinlei Yang, Producer / Founder, Summery Productions

Alicia Yaffe, SVP, Content Development and Marketing, Warner Music Group

Seth Yanklewitz, Casting Director, Yanklewitz/Pollack Casting

Sharon Tal Yguado, Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

Melanie Yudolph, Right On Track

Sebastian Zar Esq., Attorney, Sedlmayr & Associates

David Zedeck, Global Head of Music, UTA

Jennifer Zeller, Promotion, Interscope Records

Rachel Zevita, Singer

Additional Signers:

Montana Tucker, Influencer

Noel Ashman, Producer

Jordan Glickson, VP, Music & Talent, Vevo

Joel Severino, Manager of Latin Programing, Vevo

Stephanie Liss, Playwright/Artistic Director, American Jewish Theatre Company

Courtney Hardin, Publicist, Paramount Global

Limor Gott Ronen, Producer, Gott Films

Millie Dweck, Video Production, Atlantic Records

Elisheva Herrera, Executive Director, American Jewish Theatre Company

Michael Kaplan, Writer/Producer

Noah Lehrman, Musician/Songwriter, Art Kibbutz

Lee Trink, CEO, RISE

Joachim Tromark, Musician, Faithland Music

Richard Svensson, Artist, YouKnow Richard

Anne-Marie Asner, Co-Founder, Animation Israel

Brett Greenberg, Music Business Affairs, United Talent Agency

Simon David, Partner, Confirmed360

Natanya Torn, Singer

Brett Gursky, Writer/Director/Producer, Magic Hour

Jonathan Rubenstein, Producer, Crystal City Entertainment

Laurie Klugman, Filmmaker/ Producer

Jennifer Chauvin, Propmaker

Moses Mah, Concert Producer, Moses Airlines/Moses Presents

Sammy Scher, Producer

Greta Gertler Gold, Composer-Lyricist, Performer, Producer

Mitch Tenzer, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham LLP

Thomas McDaniel, Producer, Kodiak Pictures

Liana Brener, Actor/Singer/Creative Business Owner, Open Ocean Enterprises Pty Ltd

Olaide Ajewole, Singer/Actress, Open Ocean Enterprises

Jack Barton, Opera Singer, Opera Australia

Nancy Banks, Acting Coach, Nancy Banks Studio

Audrey Genevieve Holland, Actress

Steven Schub, Actor/Musician/Writer, Creative Ventures Agency (CVA)

Keaton Shyler, Actress

Robert Cowan, CEO & Founder, Point Blank Music School

Madelaine Cusick, Associate Producer, Entertainment Advertising

Anna Ruben, Actor

Brian Nabney, Musician, Criminal Records

Laura Saiter, Artist

Judie Aronson, Actor

Hadassah Weinreb, Artist/Actor

Fredrik Vogel, Media Producer, Vogel Media

Ashley Brucks, President, Screen Gems

Laurent Amir Haddad, Singer, Former Eurovision Contestant

** 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.

Cover photo: Asset ID 1643769724 KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 08, 2020: Scene with Logo Eurovision during national selection during the Eurovision-2018 from Ukraine

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