Several anti-Irsael Arab organizations have launched a digital protest against the screening of Disney’s upcoming film “Snow White” in the Arab world, set to take place Monday at 8:00 p.m. The campaign urges a boycott due to the movie’s lead actress Gal Gadot’s past service in the IDF.
A widely circulated online invitation read: "Boycott normalization, boycott ‘Snow White’. Former soldier Gal Gadot represents nothing but the occupation and its terror. We reject any attempt to whitewash the occupation through art. Join our digital storm against ‘Snow White’ and send a clear message — supporters of the occupation have no place among us."
Snow White - Trailer
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Another message encourages social media users to participate in the campaign by posting against normalization on social media.
Last week, several Arab organizations — including the "Jordanian Organization for Resistance Support and Anti-Normalization," the "Bahraini Association for Resistance to Normalization," and "Cinema Professionals Against Normalization" — issued a joint letter calling for a regional boycott of the film.
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The letter said that Disney is set to release “Snow White”, starring Gadot, whom it describes as "a former soldier in the occupation army who has always supported Zionist crimes, the massacres in Gaza that have continued for over a year and a half, and ongoing attacks on more than one Arab country."
The groups argue that screening the film in Arab cinemas would amount to "promoting a company that supports the occupation and helping to rehabilitate the image of a former soldier in an army committing the worst crimes against our Arab people."
The letter further claims that "the occupation has always sought to infiltrate our audience through screens to whitewash its crimes, using artists and actors to break psychological barriers and end its imposed isolation.
“Films starring Israeli actors directly contribute to the occupation’s goals. We urge cinema owners not to screen it, in line with public opposition to any form of cultural and artistic normalization. We call on the free public to boycott the film and Disney."
Additional boycott calls have surfaced on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), including from the "Kuwaiti Democratic Youth Union," which urged theaters in Kuwait to ban the film.