It has taken a monster to awaken her own sense of humanity.” Forty-five years later, Sabra makes her film debut in Captain America: Brave New World. She has no powers and no costume, unless you count some blue flair on her jacket.

Throughout Captain America: Brave New World, Israeli actress Shira Haas’ character stops the action to moon over the beauty of Tel Aviv’s beaches, mention her West Bank settler uncle Menachem and recall the wonderful day during her IDF service when she arrested a Palestinian child for throwing a stone in Jenin.

The fictional landscape of Captain America: Brave New World feels too close to reality for pro-Palestinian demonstrators who turned out at the films premiere to object to the inclusion of an Israeli character named Ruth Bat-Seraph, aka Sabra, played by Shira Haas.