![]() "Silence is seen as taking a position," Dakhlia said. Tom Cruise prevented his own agent from losing her job after she had referred to "genocide" on her Instagram account, according to the cinema trade press.Ĭelebrities could just stay quiet, but with this conflict there is "pressure to pronounce" and no immunity from criticism, said Jamil Jean-Marc Dakhlia, a professor of information and communication at Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris. In this issue, two "extremely organised" communities are on the lookout, creating a "herd affect", Vanderbiest added. Producers and sponsors have little appetite for mixing geopolitics and business, he said. The Mexican had denounced what she called "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza.Ĭelebrities who take sides in the conflict have "a lot to lose and little to gain", said Nicolas Vanderbiest, founder of the public relations firm Saper Vedere in Brussels. Melissa Barrera, star of the fifth and sixth instalments of the "Scream" franchise, was cut from the cast of the seventh by the producers, who said they had "zero tolerance for anti-Semitism and incitement to hatred". The Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon was dropped by her talent agency in November for comments she made at a pro-Palestinian rally, for which she later apologised. Kylie Jenner, the half-sister of socialite Kim Kardashian, shared a pro-Israeli post with her 399 million Instagram followers shortly after October 7, which according to US media she deleted an hour later after being hit with insults. More recently the actors Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and Sean Penn showed their support for Ukraine by visiting the country, in moves that were approved by most of their Western fans.īut the Israel-Palestinian issue is more divisive than most, exposing celebrities to even fiercer backlashes. Well before social media, boxer Muhammad Ali, the actor Jane Fonda and singer Bob Dylan were adored or hated over their opposition to the Vietnam War. You and your sisters are antisemitic," said one comment, with many others expressing similar views.įamous stars can generate equally strong admiration and repulsion from the public, especially if they comment on divisive issues. She cited the "systemic mistreatment of the Palestinian people by the government of Israel". The Instagram account of American model Gigi Hadid, who is of Palestinian descent and followed by 79 million, has spent less attention on fashion in recent weeks. In reprisal for the October 7 attacks, Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip and launched a ground invasion, killing more than 17,000 people, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Hamas government. "While you're at it, can you use your platform to share all the missing and killed innocent Palestinians too?" a user on X, formerly Twitter, wrote in response to one of her posts. What if this was your family? #BringThemBack /wBlHkk5anw- Gal Gadot October 14, 2023 These are all members of the same family, 10 of them, all being held captive by Hamas.Ĭhildren, mothers, grandparents, all been taken from their homes and not heard from since last Saturday ![]() ![]() She has continued to regularly publish or share posts demanding that Hamas release the civilians it is holding - earning her both approval and criticism. ![]()
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