Protests erupted outside the Hollywood premiere of Captain America: Brave New World on Tuesday night as demonstrators called for a boycott of the film for its inclusion of Israeli superhero Ruth Bat-Seraph, or Sabra, played by Shira Haas.
In videos posted on social media, protesters could be seen chanting “Disney, Disney, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide”, “every time Disney lies, a little kid in Gaza dies” and “Sabra, Sabra, what do you say, how many kids did you kill today?”
Activists also held signs that read “Sabra has got to go,” “Disney supports genocide,” “Boycott ‘Captain America’” and “Pray 4 Princess Jasmine”[sic].
The choice to feature the character Sabra, who first appeared in an issue of The Incredible Hulk in the early 1980s, sparked controversy from the start as the character was originally Jewish, a mutant and a superhuman agent of Mossad.
