The WGA West sent a message to members explaining why it previously did not comment on Hamas' attack on Israelis and Israel's strikes on Palestinians.
The western branch of the Writers Guild of America released an internal statement to members Tuesday mourning the recent loss of Israeli and Palestinian life. WGA West leaders began their message by explaining why the guild did not previously comment when Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and into nearby Israeli towns, carrying out an attack that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Israelis, most of them them civilians, according to the Israeli government.
In the immediate aftermath of the Hamas attacks, we did not issue a public statement, not because we were not horrified by the atrocities, but because it felt outside the purview of a U.S. labor union representing writers to comment on it. This was and is a difficult balance to strike. We have, as a Guild, made statements on other occasions, which could be characterized as beyond our scope and want to offer some transparency here about our thinking.
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