Controversy - Israeli character in Captain America movie

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Captain America: Brave New World is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 14, 2025, as part of Phase Five of the MCU.

At the D23 Expo in September, Danny Ramirez and Carl Lumbly were announced to be reprising their respective roles of Joaquin Torres / Falcon and Isaiah Bradley from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier; Tim Blake Nelson was set to return as Samuel Sterns / Leader from the second MCU film, The Incredible Hulk (2008); and Israeli actress Shira Haas was revealed to have been cast as the comic book character Sabra.

The announcement that Sabra, an Israeli superheroine, would be adapted for the film led to criticisms from some people who believed this would lead to negative stereotypical portrayals of Palestinians and Arabs; in the comics, Sabra is a member of the Mossad and some of the Arab characters she interacts with were perceived to be misogynistic, antisemitic, and violent.The name "Sabra" also has different meanings to Israeli Jews and Palestinians. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel criticized the use of the character and called the comic book version's "valorization of Mossad" and perceived racism against Palestinians "sickening". Yousef Munayyer, a Palestinian-American writer and analyst, felt the character could not have a positive role in the film based on her depiction in the comics and said turning Israeli spies into heroes was "insensitive and disgraceful". In response, Marvel Studios said the film was taking a new approach to the character, just as other comics characters had been re-imagined for modern audiences when brought into the MCU.This led to concerns from some other groups that Marvel was "erasing" the character's Israeli background, which the American Jewish Committee (AJC) compared to "making Captain America Canadian". In the film, the character is a former Black Widow and high-ranking U.S. government official named Ruth Bat-Seraph. The name Sabra is not used, but the character is depicted as Israeli and has an Israeli accent. The character's inclusion prompted some calls to boycott the film, in part due to the Israel–Hamas war; some supporters of Israel took issue with the character having allegiance to the U.S. government, while some who opposed Israel protested the film's use of the character due to her depiction in the comics. With confirmation that the character would still be depicted as Israeli in the film, the AJC and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) both praised the decision.

Lolololzz..this is precious depicting Sabra as a super anything...Am staring to think the character was intended Satirically.
? Possibly as a Drunken Israeli Super something... But they prolly figured that Americans are not familiar with Israeli
culture .. Little insight for those not aware that " Sabra" is the name of a long term well known Israeli Liqour .

maybe a Super Johnny Walker , with his brothers black and Red, would be new comic book hero or bring back Super
Budman . Comic book heroes can be such fun. Personally am waiting for Super Smirnoff .To get a leading Comic book hero role.

Sorry my misunderstanding but my,late husband kept a bottle of Sabra for special occassions, So consequently the only reference for Sabra for me is alchohol...lololzzz curious for a Super hero, even if being named for a massacre ..