This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) is a pro-Israel organization which works to counter anti-Israel sentiment in the entertainment industry.

The founders decided to start the organization during a 2011 breakfast meeting at the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv while discussing the BDS movement.

They asked friends and coworkers in Hollywood to contact celebrities scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv to counter BDS efforts lobbying for cancellations of their appearances in Israel.

[2] CCFP Director, Ari praised apolitical statements supporting peace from Rihanna and DJ Khaled who respectively said "stand[s] with humanity" and "love and light and prayers.

[4] Ari Ingel, director of CCFP, claims that misinformation about Israel is being spread online and amplified by social media influencers who lack a full understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

[8] Ingel criticized Clubhouse for not monitoring hate speech, noting a prevalence of anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and antisemitic tropes in the app.

David Siegel, consul general for Israel in Los Angeles, said in 2013 that "[CCFP are] effective because they work from inside the industry.

"[5] CCFP reaches out to every major artist or performer who is going to play in Israel, and helps prepare them for the coordinated BDS campaign they're going to face.

In response, CCFP board members disputed the apartheid comparison, and organized their own petition which received 18,000 signatures; Keys ended up playing in Israel.

The language of the petition called for peace and expressed sadness over the loss of life on both sides, and described Hamas as a terrorist organization determined to try to destroy Israel.

"[3][7] During the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, more than 125 entertainment industry figures, including Gene Simmons and Michael Bublé, signed a CCFP open letter urging peace in the Middle East and an end to inflammatory one-sided accounts.

[8] After the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, CCFP released an open letter "unequivocally voicing support for Israel and condemning Hamas' terrorism.

"[16] Over 700 entertainment industry figures signed, including Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Douglas, Helen Mirren, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Chris Pine, Andy García, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Hamill, Ziggy Marley, Zachary Levi, Howie Mandel, John Fogerty, Chuck Liddell, Jason Alexander, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Gal Gadot.

[19][20] It was signed by over 1,000 entertainers, authors and artists, including Nobel Prize winners Elfriede Jelinek and Herta Müller, Booker winner Howard Jacobson, Mayim Bialik, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Pulitzer winner David Mamet, Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons, Debra Messing, Rebecca De Mornay, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julianna Margulies, Jerry O'Connell, Scooter Braun, Jenji Kohan, Adam Gopnik, Diane Warren, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lionel Shriver, and Amy Sherman-Palladino.

[21][22] CCFP worked closely with Cyndi Lauper and her team on a trip to Israel, organizing an event at Tel Aviv's LGBT Center.

Brian Fishbach says "the arts are a vital mechanism in creating lasting change" and "Diane Warren knows what it takes to bridge divides."