Hannah Einbinder Defends Mark Ruffalo as Paramount Antisemitism Row Hits 30 Million Views
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 25
Hannah Einbinder Defends Mark Ruffalo as Paramount Antisemitism Row Hits 30 Million Views
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 25
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Hannah Einbinder used Instagram Stories on Monday to back Mark Ruffalo, calling Paramount Skydance’s antisemitism accusation “ludicrous” and praising him for linking the Ellisons’ Israel-related tech ties to the Paramount-WBD deal.
Ruffalo had drawn scrutiny after connecting Oracle and the Israeli military to the merger fight; over the weekend he called Paramount’s charge “appalling and fundamentally dishonest” in an X post viewed by 30 million users.
Einbinder, who is Jewish, argued Ruffalo was criticizing “right wing technofeudalist oligarchs,” not Jewish people, and cited Oracle executive Safra Catz’s IDF comments, Larry Ellison’s political donations and his ties to Benjamin Netanyahu.
She also recast the dispute as a labor issue, echoing Ruffalo’s warning that the Paramount-WBD merger could cost Hollywood crews and other workers thousands of jobs if completed.
The clash has widened beyond the studio and actors: the Simon Wiesenthal Center said Ruffalo’s references to Israel were a “textbook case” of obsession and demonization, underscoring how the merger battle is spilling into a broader political fight.