Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Who do Hollywood stars support?

The conflict between Israel and Palestine lasted more than 75 years (we wrote about what is happening now here). While some stars continue to remain silent about what is happening, some have still decided to speak out. We tell you which celebrities support Israel and which support Palestine.

According to the Creative Community for Peace, more than 700 actors, including Gal Gadot, Michael Douglas, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Helen Mirren and other Hollywood stars, signed an open letter in support of Israel. “I support Israel, you should too. The world cannot remain silent while these terrible acts of terrorism are taking place!” – said Gal Gadot, who was born in Israel.

Justin Bieber first posted a story supporting Israel with the caption “I pray for Israel,” but in the background was destruction in the Gaza Strip. The singer was criticized and deleted the Stories, replacing them with the same signature with a plain background. The artist later commented to journalists about the situation: “I am very worried about my Israeli and Palestinian friends. I am sure that we can recognize evil instinctively and at first glance. It seems wrong to me to portray all Palestinians or all Israelis as bad guys. “I don’t want to choose sides, but I want to support all the families that were cruelly taken from us.”

Bella Hadid, who previously said she supported Palestine, no longer comments on what is happening. However, her sister Gigi and father Mohamed Hadid have spoken out in support of Palestine. “It’s very simple. Eradicating the Palestinians from the UN map is an organized arrogance… It’s shameful,” says the Ambassador.

UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov posted today: “Bombing a hospital full of children and refugees is not the path to peace. This is genocide.” The athlete added the following to the text of his post: “No one deserves to be bombed just because they were born where they were born.”

Penelope Cruz also published a post with the following words: “Children caught in conflict zones should not be harmed. Children need peace. Now. “I join UNICEF in the bilateral call for the release of all Israeli hostages and for rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip.” Meanwhile, the actor wrote an open letter in 2014 stating that he supported the Palestinian side: “The Gaza Strip, which is surrounded and attacked by land, sea and air, is experiencing horror these days. “While the international community does nothing, Palestinians’ homes are being demolished and they are denied water, electricity and medical care.” Let us recall that on July 8, 2014, Israel launched Operation “Indestructible Rock” (“Defense Line”) in the Palestinian enclave (a part of the territory of a state completely surrounded by the territory of another state – Ed.). According to the UN, 1,462 Palestinian civilians were killed in the operation, one-third of whom were children. In the bombardment of the Palestinian army against Israel, 6 civilians lost their lives and nearly 1,600 people were injured.

Rihanna prefers not to comment on the conflict. However, we note that in 2014 the star published a post with the hashtag #FreePalestine. True, he later deleted the text and explained that he had incorrectly copied the text in an article and published a new article: “Let’s pray for peace and the speedy resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict! Is there any hope for this?

In 2014, Madonna chose neutral side. “Conflicts have never been resolved through violence! Cease fire on both sides. Every human life is valuable!” However, everything changed this year and the star supported the Israeli side with the following post: “Conflicts can never be resolved through violence. Unfortunately, humanity cannot understand this simple truth. And I never understood. We live in a world full of hate. My heart beats with Israel. “To the families and homes destroyed,” he wrote, adding at the end: “Let us all pray. For Israel. For peace. For the whole world.”