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Nobody Wants This creator says she disagrees with Adam Brody’s ‘free Palestine’ comments
After Brody called out the ‘death and misery’ in Palestine, the Netflix hit’s Jewish creator said they don’t see eye to eye The creator of the hit Netflix comedy Nobody Wants This has responded to star Adam Brody’s recent support of Palestine amid the Israel-Gaza war . “Everyone is entitled to a different opinion,” Erin Foster said in an interview with the Not Skinny Not Fat podcast when asked about Brody calling for a free Palestine. Continue reading...
THE GUARDIAN · OCT 25 · 2 min read · 3 passages examined
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Genesis 1:27 (BSB)
“He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.”
Proverbs 18:13 (BSB)
The Israel-Gaza war divides public opinion sharply, including within this show's own cast. Some investigators and the United Nations have called Israel's Gaza campaign genocide, a term Israel and many supporters reject as inapplicable to its war against Hamas. Others favor a negotiated two state solution instead of calls for a free Palestine.
In dispute: Whether Israel's Gaza campaign amounts to genocide
A UN inquiry cited in the article found Israel is committing genocide by targeting children, a view Brody echoed. (empirical) Foster disagreed with Brody's framing, calling the conflict complicated rather than endorsing the genocide label. (moral)
In dispute: What political outcome the conflict should reach
Brody called for a free Palestine, framing liberation as overdue given the war's death and misery. (moral) Foster called instead for a two state solution with mutual respect, while criticizing Hamas's human rights record. (moral)
Peace as more than a political label
The piece frames this conflict only through political slogans like genocide and free Palestine. Scripture grounds human dignity in being made in God's image and calls believers toward reconciliation and prayer for peace that transcends partisan language.
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Genesis 1:27 (BSB)
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Psalm 34:14 (BSB)