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Source: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/red-alert-exposes-truth-after-oct-7-hollywoods-silence-antisemitism
"Red Alert" Exposes Truth after Oct. 7
(Fox News) Lawrence Bender - Over almost four decades of making movies and TV shows, I've supported many causes, working with people from many different walks of life - ethnicities, races, women, LGBTQ. I did it because it's how I saw the world, not because I was "supposed to." Then came Oct. 8, 2023, the day after the horrific massacre in Israel. I started to notice my phone not ringing. I wasn't getting calls from this diverse group of people I'd been working with most of my life: "Are you OK?" "Do you have family or friends in Israel, and are they OK?" Not only were my peers staying quiet, but many also denied the atrocities that happened. Some even started justifying the acts of terror. And the antisemitism of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, of which I've been a member since 1995, became clear. The very industry that preaches inclusion and empathy mostly turned away when my fellow Jews were being raped and murdered. Even worse, many blamed Israel for all this. I was compelled to act, and the result is my limited scripted TV series on Paramount+, "Red Alert." My team and I made it to honor the very people who went through this horrific experience, those who were killed and those who survived. It became a mission to tell their stories - to show the truth of these incredible heroes ignored or maligned by Hollywood and the rest of the world. We chose family and underdog stories - a middle-aged mother running off to save her son and, in the process, saving many neighbors; a man trying to save his wife; a mother saving her two daughters as her son is taken into Gaza. And we have a very important story of an Arab family whose father saves his child, himself and ultimately saves an IDF unit. All true. Most people don't understand that many Arabs were also murdered by Hamas. All these ordinary people became superheroes. For my progressive friends who have gotten it so wrong - who have twisted the truth, excused the terror and demonized Israel - I hope they begin to understand the real truth. The writer is the executive producer of "Red Alert." His films have earned 37 Academy Award nominations.