Chris Evans, famous for playing Captain America, took to his Instagram to issue a clarification for a photo floating on the internet. The picture, which showed him signing ammunition with a soldier, was being shared with misleading information that the soldier was from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues unabated, people across the world slammed Evans for the photo.
This clarification came amid heightened speculations of Evans having gone to Israel to meet IDF soldiers and signing a missile for them like other American dignitaries including Nikki Haley.
While Reuters did a fact-check story on this picture earlier in February, Evans posted a story earlier in the day (May 31). In his Instagram story, he wrote, “This image was taken during a USO tour in 2016. I went with a group of actors, athletes and musicians to show appreciation for our service members.” He went on to add that, “The object he was asked to sign is not a bomb, or a missile, or a weapon of any kind. It is an inert object used for training or display purposes only.”
It’s been close to nine months since the genocide in Gaza started but the actor neither condemned it nor uttered a word of support for the oppressed Gazans. His clarification is thus receiving flak for still not mentioning Palestine.
A netizen wrote, “Chris Evans can say all this to defend himself and still not use his platform spread awareness about Palestine is truly so evil.”
chris evans can say all this to defend himself and still not use his platform spread awareness about palestine is truly so evil. pic.twitter.com/G4OjnT0siw
— ً (@cityofdilfs) May 31, 2024
A supporter of Free Palestine lambasted Captain America for signing something that merely represents the bomb but no information or donation link about Palestine.
Ohhhh, sure thing, Chris Evans. It’s perfectly all right for you to sign something that merely REPRESENTS the bombs being dropped by our military on human beings. And it’s just fine for you to post about this, but not any info or donation links about Palestine. pic.twitter.com/i4LQPby7Ef
— Arthur (Free Palestine🇵🇸) (@arthur_ant18) May 31, 2024
Nicole on X (formerly Twitter) called him out for not shedding light on the genocide and said, “Anyway, don’t be like Chris, call for a free Palestine.”
Instead of calling for a ceasefire or shedding light on the genocide that’s going on, Chris Evans used his platform to first make sure you know he signed an inert “training” objet.
— Nicole 🦇| Godless Entity (@WestenrasKiss) May 31, 2024
What were they training for, Chris?
Anyway, don’t be like Chris, call for a free Palestine 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/SZYacss5Px
A proponent of Ceasefire Now posted, “The thing that bothers me about this post, even though it should be reassuring he’s not gross is the fact he said nothing about Palestine whatsoever in conjunction with this picture.”
Chris Evans apparently didn't actually sign a missile, it was a fake one for educational purposes. The thing that bothers me about this post ,even though it should be reassuring he's not gross is the fact he said nothing about Palestine whatsoever in conjunction with this picture pic.twitter.com/oTpNcKdMm4
— 🍉🇵🇸Izzy🇵🇸🍉 CEASEFIRENOW (@IsaBella19_20) May 31, 2024
While a passionate user called him “cold-hearted” another said that, “this speaks a lot about his character.”
