Palestine (The Inside Palestine)- Pop singer Dua Lipa has hit back at a full-page advertisement in the New York Times which attacked her, along with models Bella and Gigi Hadid, for their support of Palestine and accusing them of anti-semitic.
— DUA LIPA (@DUALIPA) May 22, 2021
She added, โThis is the price you pay for defending Palestinian human rights against an Israeli government whose actions in Palestine both Human Rights Watch and Israeli human rights Bโtselem accuse of persecution and discrimination.โ
The ad from the World Values Network refers to Lipa and models Bella and Gigi Hadid as “mega-influencers” who have “vilified the Jewish state” and “accused Israel of ethnic cleansing.”
The accusation came after celebrities show their support for Palestinians during the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip, as 248 Palestinians, including 66 children and 39 women, were killed and at least 1,910 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the besieged enclave, according to Gazaโs ministry of health.
Many celebrities show their support for Palestine, including singers Roger Waters, Zayn, The Weeknd, and Malik zayn.
A group of Palestinian activists, represented in Palestine Online, VPalestine, Palestine SunBird, and Palestine Defense Forces teams, who saw it as an attempt to silence prominent pro-Palestinian voices, speak out in solidarity with Dua Lipa and condemn the waging campaign against Bellah, Gigi Hadid, and Dula Lipa that accusing them of being anti-semitic for their outspoken advocacy for Palestinian human rights, assure that the Israeli lobby in the US must stop doing this.
The activists speak out and stand with Dua Lipa, saying:
We Love you, Dua Lipa! ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ
We really appreciate your honourable response to the Israeli crimes in Palestine, and we hope you don't stop supporting Palestine! ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ you will be remembered in the right side of history โโฅ๏ธ#Freepalestine ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ
— Rawand Shurrab๐๐ต๐ธ (@ShurrabRawand) May 23, 2021
We all with you and you're on the right side if history, they have just accused you of anti-semitic because Israel wants to suppress the voice of the voiceless people.
Keep on the support of the oppressed Palestinians. โค๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ
Thanks again from Gaza ๐ต๐ธโคโค๐ต๐ธ
— Enas W. โ (@ENASSULIMAN97) May 23, 2021
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Well said Dua! Thanks a million for your solidarity with the Palestinians and your standing with truth and justice! We are so proud of you!๐ฅฐ๐๐ปโฅ๏ธ๐ต๐ธ#freepalastine #IsraelTerrorists
— Jenin98 (@ninplas98) May 23, 2021
Palestinians thank you for being a voice for their suffering under the Isra*li occupation ๐ต๐ธ
We hope you continue supporting us and show the world what Isra*l really is !#SaveShikhJarrah#Palestinewillbefree
๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ— Fight for Palestine (@FightPalestine) May 23, 2021
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, head of World Values Network, not only paid for the ad in the New York Times but also launched a fundraising promotion through the Gofundme website. The promotion aims to launch new campaigns against celebrities and other supporters of Palestinian rights.
Our full page ad in todayโs @nytimes calling out @bellahadid @gigihadid and @dualipa for their #anti-Semitic attacks and defamation against #Israel. Please support the promotion of the ad https://t.co/1j7ji9AXc5 https://t.co/46tF2I8YXz
— Rabbi Shmuley (@RabbiShmuley) May 23, 2021
The Palestinian activists, show their disapproval and anger against the promotion and reported it, asserting that the promotion spread hatred and racism against the Palestinians and their supporters as well.
They said “This racist is asking his followers to raise funds for a racist and delusional ad targeting celebrities over their support for Palestinian human rights. He falsely accused them of supporting a second Holocaust and being antisemites.”
Source: In Palestine Today
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