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Pedro Pascal Called to Testify in Gina Carano’s ‘Mandalorian’ Lawsuit Over His Holocaust-Related Posts
Gina Carano as Cara Dune in “The Mandalorian” season two, exclusively on Disney+. Photo: Disney+
Actress Gina Carano has called on her former co-star from “The Mandalorian,” Pedro Pascal, to be a potential witness and testify in her sex discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm because of social media posts uploaded by Pascal that are related to the Holocaust.
In February 2021, not long after the second season of The Mandalorian finished airing on Disney+, Carano shared on social media a TikTok post that compared political divides in America to Nazi Germany. Shortly afterward, Lucasfilm, which co-produces “The Mandalorian,” fired the actress and ex-mixed martial arts fighter from the popular Disney+ series because of her social media post. Carano played a bounty hunter Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the show, whose title character is portrayed by Pascal.
Carano filed a lawsuit in February 2024, claiming that she was wrongfully fired and that her words were “consistently twisted to demonize and dehumanize me as an alt right-wing extremist.”
In a July 26 joint filing from Carano and Disney, she named Pascal, “Mandalorian” creator and showrunner Jon Favreau, and former Disney chief executive Bob Chapek as potential witnesses that could be called to testify in her case, according to the court document obtained The Hollywood Reporter. She also named other potential witnesses, including Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and Lynne Hale, the longtime Lucasfilm head of public relations and communications.
In the joint filling, Carano argued that Disney and Lucasfilm fired her for “expressing her personal political opinions” on social media while “male actors,” like Pascal, “were allowed to make political comments on social media without any adverse action.” She claims she was “treated differently than her similarly situated male co-workers.”
Carano drew attention to a post by Pascal in 2017 that compared former US President Donald Trump to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. He also compared Trump supporters to Nazis. Carano additionally cited in her lawsuit a 2018 picture Pascal posted on X/Twitter that showed children in a cage in what he claimed to be America, and he compared it to the detention of Jewish children in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. He wrote in the caption, “#ThisisAmerica.”
Carano was fired from “The Mandalorian” for sharing a social media post that said: “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors … even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”
Lucasfilm said her post “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.” A month later, Disney’s CEO at the time explained that Carano was fired because her views “didn’t align with company values,” including its “values of respect, values of decency, values of integrity, and values of inclusion.”
Carano’s trial against Disney and Lucasfilm is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 25, 2025. Last week, a federal judge rejected Disney’s efforts to dismiss the lawsuit. Disney has argued that it has “a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano’s speech” and that the First Amendment “protects Disney’s right to protect its own speech from association with Carano’s high-profile, controversial speech.”
After the federal judge’s decision last week, Carano said in a post on X: “I am moved to tears. After a brutal 3 1/2 years, I am being given the opportunity to move forward in the court of law before the judge and my peers to clear my name. I am so grateful for this opportunity.”
“What happened to me was unacceptable, absurd and abusive, among other things,” she added. “It should not have happened to me, and it should not happen to anyone else moving forward. Let it stop here … I pray for justice to shine through this case. It’s been one heck of a life. I am looking forward to getting back to the art of storytelling and doing my part to help the world heal.”
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Netanyahu Criticizes Nation-Wide Strike That ‘Strengthens Hamas’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday harshly criticized nationwide demonstrations calling for the release of hostages and an end to the Gaza war.
Speaking at a government meeting, Netanyahu argued that such protests only strengthen Hamas and risk repeating the atrocities of October 7.
“Those who call today for an end to Hamas’s war not only harden the terrorist group’s position and delay the release of our hostages, but also guarantee that the horrors of October 7 will be repeated and that we will have to fight an endless war,” Netanyahu said.
The prime minister defended Israel’s ongoing military operations, citing strikes carried out in recent days: “In the last 24 hours, the navy attacked power stations in Yemen, IDF soldiers struck Zeitoun and eliminated dozens of terrorists in Gaza, and the air force targeted Hezbollah commanders and launch sites in Lebanon.”
He added that Israel’s response in Lebanon was consistent with the ceasefire agreement: “According to this agreement, we will meet with fire any violation and any attempt to arm Hezbollah.”
Netanyahu reaffirmed Israel’s conditions for ending the conflict, stressing the need for continued security control in Gaza and the group’s long-term demilitarization. He rejected Hamas’s demand for a full Israeli withdrawal: “They want us to leave Gaza entirely — from the north, the south, the Philadelphi corridor, and the security perimeter. That would only allow them to reorganize, rearm, and attack us again.”
The war has now entered its 681st day, with 49 hostages still held by Hamas.
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Israelis joined a general strike organized by the Hostage Families Forum, calling for the return of all captives in a single deal and for an end to the war. Demonstrations spread across the country, at major intersections, government ministers’ homes, and familiar protest hubs such as Kaplan Junction and the Ayalon highways.
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Family Releases Footage of Matan Zangauker in Captivity
A screenshot of a video released by the family of hostage Matan Zangauker.
i24 News – The family of Matan Zangauker, the Israeli hostage held by Hamas since October 7, shared new footage of him from captivity on Sunday evening.
The video, obtained by the IDF, was recorded several months ago.
In the recording, 32-year-old Matan looks directly into the camera, addressing his loved ones: “Tato, Shani, Ilana, I miss you. God willing, we’ll see each other soon. All my friends and acquaintances, go out and make noise like only you know how.”
Matan was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, along with his partner Ilana Gritsievsky, who was released in a hostage deal last year. Since then, Matan has remained in Hamas custody while his family continues to fight for his return.
On the national protest day calling for the release of hostages, Ilana staged a poignant display at Hostages Square. Dressed in a wedding gown beneath a chuppah, she symbolically “married” Matan in his absence. “Matan, my curly-haired one, if you hadn’t been abducted, we could already be married. In a single day, our world was destroyed, and you’re not here to hold me. I’m fighting for you until you come back,” she said.
Matan’s mother, Einav, has emerged as a leading voice in the campaign for the hostages’ release and has sharply criticized Israel’s political leadership, accusing them of undermining potential hostage deals.
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Hamas Rejects Israel’s Gaza Relocation Plan
Palestinians, displaced by the Israeli offensive, shelter in a tent camp as the Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, in Gaza City August 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said on Sunday that Israel’s plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a “new wave of genocide and displacement” for hundreds of thousands of residents in the area.
The group said the planned deployment of tents and other shelter equipment by Israel into southern Gaza was a “blatant deception.”
The Israeli military has said it is preparing to provide tents and other equipment starting from Sunday ahead of its plan to relocate residents from combat zones to the south of the enclave “to ensure their safety.”
Hamas said in a statement that the deployment of tents under the guise of humanitarian purposes is a blatant deception intended to “cover up a brutal crime that the occupation forces prepare to execute.”
Israel said earlier this month that it intended to launch a new offensive to seize control of northern Gaza City, the enclave’s largest urban center. The plan has raised international alarm over the fate of the demolished strip, which is home to about 2.2 million people.