‘Hacks’ Star Hannah Einbinder Critiques Hollywood’s Silence on Palestine Support

Hannah Einbinder is voicing her concerns regarding Hollywood’s reaction to the ongoing war in Gaza and the Free Palestine movement. She expressed her frustration over what she perceives as a lack of response from influential figures in the industry.

During her appearance on the “Beyond Israelism” podcast, the Hacks star shared her thoughts on the apparent absence of public support from those in the entertainment sector. Her comments were highlighted in the podcast interview.

Einbinder struggles to comprehend why some individuals remain silent, especially when compared to activists who put their lives on the line. She stated, “It pisses me off. Because I’m sitting here with [Algerian-Palestinian activist] Mahmoud [Khalil], who has so much to risk and who has risked so much who has sacrificed so much… And I look at these people who have absolutely every privilege imaginable to mankind and they cannot utter a single word. I guess it makes me naive, but I cannot understand it. I really can’t understand it. And I hear people say that they don’t know enough and I — I don’t, it’s like, OK, so what do you do all day?”

She also pointed out the disparity in attention given to issues in Hollywood, noting that certain matters only gain traction when they involve well-known or privileged individuals. She remarked, “People in Hollywood, unfortunately, need these issues to affect a white person for them to see it as relating to them. Like, they see Jimmy Kimmel getting taken off the air suddenly, they see Stephen Colbert’s show being canceled by CBS, which is owned by the Ellisons, and they go, ‘How could this possibly happen?’ And it’s like, we know how because we saw students and professors and journalists and authors and Palestinian folks be silenced and fired and expelled and imprisoned… it took it happening to these white men for people to be like, ‘Oh my god,’” she continued.

Einbinder also discussed the concept of bravery in addressing political issues publicly. She clarified that she does not view her actions as particularly courageous, stating, “I always resist the idea that what I am doing is in any way brave because I don’t want cowardice to be a metric by which I judge bravery. What I am doing is having eyes and seeing reality and saying what I am seeing. And I think that so many people risk so much more in a tangible sense,” she added.

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