Disney's new Israeli superhero film hits a raw nerve with Arabs

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A new interpretation of an old Marvel character has created an uproar among those who fear that reviving the character would spread offensive stereotypes about Arabs and the dehumanization of Palestinians in cinema.

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Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi The classic 1981 Marvel comic page shows the giant green Hulk, tears streaming down his face as he yells at Sabra, an Israeli superhero and agent of the country's Mossad spy agency. The corpse of a young Palestinian boy, killed in an explosion by apparently Arab"terrorists" at his feet.

"Boy died because boy's people and yours both want to own land! Boy died because you wouldn't share!" the Hulk says. A few panels later, the woman in the white and blue costume with a Star of David on her chest kneels next to the boy. "It has taken the Hulk to make her see this dead Arab boy as a human being," the comic says."It has taken a monster to awaken her own sense of humanity.

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Well their Jewish hatred since Israel got its freedom, that also manifest itself as Israelophobia is what behinds it. I hope CNN finds a way to also tell that ugly story

Arabs offended about something again.

What has the Arab and Palestinian communities said about the out Gay characters?

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