Nobody Wants This cast addresses disagreement over Middle East conflict

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 2 Nov, 10:58 · Archive

Cast members of Netflix series Nobody Wants This have expressed opposing views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Adam Brody, who plays a rabbi in the Netflix series Nobody Wants This, said in an interview with GQ in September that he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and called for a free Palestine. He stated: 'Put me down as thinking it's a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine.'

Tovah Feldshuh, who plays Brody's mother Bina in the series, publicly disagreed with his position. She told the New York Post: 'To accuse the Jewish people of genocide is wild. It's right out of Hitler's playbook. You take the victim and you make the victim the perpetrator.' Showrunner Erin Foster also made clear she disagreed with Brody's comments.

On 30 October, Feldshuh addressed reports of tension on set via social media, writing on Threads: 'Tensions are NOT RISING. Profound differences of opinion are. Please do not conflate the two — And none of it will be brought to the set.' She added: 'My job, as Bina but also as Tovah, is to love the people on set at my place of work, to be kind.' Feldshuh expressed hope the series would continue for a fourth season.

How it is being reported

• Nobody Wants This Star Addresses Claims Of 'Tension' Over Cast's Views On IsraelNobody Wants This actor Tovah Feldshuh has played down the suggestion that the cast’s opposing views on the current conflict in the Middle East have caused drama behind the scenes of the Netflix series. Back in September, Tovah’s on-screen son Adam Brody – who was raised Jewish – called for a “free Palestine” during an interview with GQ , and made it clear that he thought Israel was committing a “genocide” in Gaza. His comments echoed previous statements made by Amnesty International , a United Nations independent commission and multiple Israeli human rights groups . Tovah Feldshuh and Adam…HuffPost UK · 2 Nov, 10:30
• ‘Nobody Wants This’ star Tovah Feldshuh addresses ‘tensions’ regarding Adam Brody’s Palestine commentsThe veteran actress wrote on social media that "differences of opinion” are in effect among the cast.New York Post · 31 Oct, 23:39

In this story: Adam Brody · Tovah Feldshuh · Nobody Wants This · Netflix · Erin Foster · Gaza · Palestine · Israel

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