According to The Hollywood Reporter on May 13, Gal Gadot expressed her sadness and concern for her homeland Israel when the country is in conflict with Palestine. But the actress’s new statement caused her to receive a wave of fierce criticism.
The escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine is becoming a hot topic of international public concern. As a person born and raised in Israel, Gal Gadot attracted attention with her latest post on Instagram, keywords related to her trended on Twitter. “My heart is broken. My country is at war. I worry about my family and friends. I worry about my people. This is a vicious cycle that has gone on for too long. Israel deserves to live as a free and safe country. Our neighbors deserve the same. I pray for the victims and their families, I pray for an end to this unimaginable hostility, I pray for leaders to find a solution soon so we can live together in peace. jar. I pray for better days,” the Wonder Woman star confided.
Gal Gadot’s spirit of loving peace and respecting both sides sounds gentle and friendly, but it causes this actor to receive a lot of criticism. The reason is because instead of naming Palestine, she used the word “neighbor” amid the intense conflict between the two sides. Many people also fiercely condemned the actress born in 1985 when she expressed support for her homeland Israel amid the country’s conflicts with Palestine. More significantly, the fact that the Hollywood star served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (mandatory for all citizens over the age of 18 in the country) also became a controversial factor.
Writer and social activist Aaron Vallely spoke out against Gal Gadot’s statement and emphasized: “A state is conducting military occupation, land robbery and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people.” and include the hashtag #FreePalestine. Singer-songwriter James Kennedy expressed: “Gal Gadot was wrong. Israel is not at war with Palestine. Israel is massacring Palestine.” Journalist Ben Norton publicly attacked the 36-year-old actress: “From soldier of the Israeli army to Hollywood’s million-dollar Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot made meaningless prayers…”.
While Gal Gadot turned off comments on the above article, countless accounts publicly “stoned” the 8X female star across social networks. Political reporter Ben Jacobs said the actress’s name became a popular keyword on Twitter with a series of criticisms from anti-Semites. However, there were also many people who spoke out in support of the Israeli beauty, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who posted: “God bless Gal Gadot.”
The bloody conflict between these two Middle Eastern countries stemmed from Israel’s expulsion of a group of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, causing protests. In response, Hamas fired more than 1,000 rockets into Jerusalem this week and Israel retaliated with hundreds of attacks. Since violence escalated on May 10, at least 72 people have died in Gaza. The Israeli army said the country had 7 people killed by rockets and the number of Palestinians killed was even more, including 16 children.
