Short answer: Yes, in a documented, widely reported way. In October 2023, Aaron Sorkin ended his relationship with his longtime talent agency CAA after one of its senior agents, Maha Dakhil, posted content on social media characterizing Israel's response to Gaza as "genocide." Sorkin left for his former agency, WME, and said publicly of Dakhil: "She's just wrong." He is also reported to have signed a 2014 Hollywood open letter condemning Hamas rocket attacks on Israel and, separately, an October 2023 letter from entertainment-industry figures thanking President Biden for his handling of the war and urging the release of the hostages.
What Aaron Sorkin has actually said and done
- October 2023: Sorkin drops CAA over an agent's "genocide" post. Maha Dakhil, then co-head of CAA's motion picture department, shared Instagram posts describing Israel's military campaign as "genocide," including "You're currently learning who supports genocide. That's the line for me." Sorkin terminated his relationship with CAA over the posts and returned to WME, the agency he had worked with for years prior. He told reporters Dakhil "isn't an antisemite, she's just wrong." Dakhil deleted the posts, apologized, and stepped down from CAA's internal agency board. The story was reported by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Screen Daily, and The Daily Beast, among others.
- 2014: Sorkin signs a pro-Israel, anti-Hamas open letter. During that summer's Israel-Gaza war, Sorkin was among nearly 200 Hollywood actors and executives who signed a Creative Community for Peace letter stating they were "saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza" while declaring that "Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage." Reported by The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap.
- Late October 2023: Sorkin signs a letter thanking Biden and urging hostage release. Sorkin was among hundreds of entertainment-industry figures, alongside Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Zoe Saldana, and others, who signed a letter thanking President Biden for his diplomatic support of Israel and calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas, part of the "No Hostage Left Behind" campaign. Reported by Deadline, The Hill, and LAmag.
Taken together, this is not a case of public silence. It's a documented pattern: Sorkin ended a professional relationship over a characterization of Israel's conduct he disagreed with, and he put his name on two separate letters tied to Israel's security and the hostages, one in 2014 and one in 2023.
Jewish identity and Hollywood's Israel conversation
Sorkin was born in New York City and raised in Scarsdale, New York, to a Jewish family, and Jewish characters, settings, and moral questions run through much of his writing, from The West Wing to A Few Good Men. That background places him inside a broader entertainment-industry conversation where many prominent writers, directors, and actors were asked directly about Israel after October 7, 2023, and where the industry split visibly along multiple open letters. Sorkin's actions, the CAA departure and both signed letters, place him among the industry figures who spoke up on Israel's side of that conversation rather than staying silent.
The bottom line
Aaron Sorkin has taken clear, publicly reported action tied to Israel. In October 2023 he left CAA after an agent there called Israel's campaign in Gaza "genocide," a move he explained on the record. He also signed a 2014 letter condemning Hamas's rocket attacks on Israel and a 2023 letter thanking President Biden for supporting Israel and pressing for the hostages' release. None of this amounts to detailed policy commentary on the conflict, and Sorkin has not, as far as the record shows, given a long interview specifically about Israel. But the idea that he has said or done nothing does not hold up against the documented record.
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Last updated July 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
