‘Fauda’ creator calls Mark Ruffalo a ‘rare combination’ of ‘stupid’ and 'ignorant'

Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the Israeli series “Fauda,” criticized U.S. actor Mark Ruffalo, calling him “a rare combination” of “ignorant” and “stupid” for his claims of genocide in Gaza. Speaking at a London event last week, Issacharoff questioned Ruffalo's understanding of the term “genocide,” citing Israel's allowance of daily aid trucks into Gaza and the birth rate during the conflict as evidence against such claims. This criticism follows Ruffalo's recent antisemitism dispute with Paramount Pictures, where he accused a Jewish board member of “reveling” in “genocide,” a charge Paramount rejected as antisemitic. Ruffalo, a vocal opponent of Israel's war against Hamas, denied the antisemitism accusation, while the Simon Wiesenthal Center supported Paramount's stance.