A pro-Israel Hollywood collective called “The Brigade” has issued a forceful response to a campaign encouraging Oscar attendees to wear red pins in support of Gaza.
In a statement released Monday night, the group—which includes around 700 producers, actors, agents, and filmmakers—criticized the symbolism and timing of the Artists4Ceasefire initiative. The campaign was sent to Hollywood celebrities on February 20, the same day Hamas returned the bodies of the Bibas children.
Artists4Ceasefire has deceived many signatories posing as a peace mvnt while whitewashing the bloody hand symbol used in the ME to celebrate Jewish deaths.
Hollywood reconsider your involvement in this anti-Israel campaign. https://t.co/DJbc9IUpWI pic.twitter.com/vGwxGwHqnB— LiberateArt (@LanaMelman) February 26, 2025
The Artists4Ceasefire enamel pin features an orange hand with a black heart on a red background. The Israeli government and New York Post reporter David Kaufman claimed the symbol references the 2000 Ramallah lynching, while Seth Mandel argued in The Free Press that it “is meant to valorize the murderers of Jews.” Artists4Ceasefire clarified that the hand is orange, not red, but did not address whether it was intended as a reference to the lynchings.
The Brigade stated: “In 2000, Palestinian terrorists in Ramallah lynched two innocent Israelis, ripped them apart limb by limb, and held up their blood-soaked hands to a cheering mob. That infamous image is now your ‘ceasefire’ badge. Is this ignorance? Or is this deliberate, calculated malice?”
It continued: “On February 20th, the same day the world learned 10-month-old Kfir Bibas and his 4-year-old brother Ariel were strangled to death by their terrorist captors in Gaza, you doubled down, urging celebrities to proudly wear your bloodstained red hand pin. Have you no shame?”
The Brigade’s statement concluded: “To those who wore it without knowing—now you know. To those who knew and wore it anyway—we see you and we will not be silent.”
