Last week, the official account of Israel drew backlash on X (formerly Twitter) when it attacked Pakistani cricket player Muhammad Rizwan after he dedicated his performance in the victory over Sri Lanka to the people of Gaza. On Monday, the official account of Israel on Instagram chose to target Palestinian-American model Gigi Hadid for a statement she gave about Palestinian genocide. The model shared a post clarifying that supporting the Free Palestinian movement was not anti-semitic.
The Israeli account shared Hadid’s post and wrote in the caption: “Have you been sleeping the past week? Or are you just turning a blind eye to Jewish babies being butchered in their homes. Your silence is clear about where you stand. We see you.”
The official government account of the state of Israel calls out Gigi Hadid for sharing post about condemning the Israeli government:
— Pop Base (@PopBase) October 16, 2023
“Have you been sleeping the past week? Or are you just fine turning a blind eye to Jewish babies being butchered in their homes? Your silence has… pic.twitter.com/tEELtcIbHK
The ‘Jewish babies butchered’ story stems from unverified claims about 40 babies murdered by Hamas.
READ MORE: Did Hamas actually decapitate Israeli children and women? No, they did not.
However, the death toll of Palestinian children killed by Israeli strikes has crossed 1000, according to Defense For Children International Palestine.
Twitter (or X) users were outraged over the blatant manner a Palestinian woman was being targeted on the internet. One user wrote: “i hope more people will see how disgusting it is for a state affiliated account to attack a celeb like this. she is palestinian, she stands with her own people, she knows what happened and they are afraid of that. stop harassing her and stop k!lling palestinians.”
i hope more people will see how disgusting it is for a state affiliated account to attack a celeb like this. she is palestinian, she stands with her own people, she knows what happened and they are afraid of that.
— izzi (@IzzraifHarz) October 16, 2023
stop harassing her and stop k!lling palestinians. https://t.co/WFvX3XcCIP
Many people were quick to remind other users that Gigi’s father, Mohammad Hadid, was forcibly expelled along with his family during the 1948 Nakba. In a podcast, Mohammad Hadid revealed his family was not allowed to go back to their home in Safa after the expulsion.
READ MORE: There is a painful history behind why supermodels Gigi, Bella Hadid support the Palestinian cause
a little history lesson for yall
— ✧ (@mrdckshouse) October 16, 2023
gigi’s father’s family was literally expelled out of their home by settlers that his family WAS HELPING MIND YOU.
In 2015, He stated: "We became refugees to Syria and we lost our home in Safad to a Jewish family that we sheltered… Strange thing’ https://t.co/wLvpRsYUrE
they’re harassing her because her father is a palestinian who fled during the 1948 nakba as a refugee with his parents. the jewish family they had sheltered for 2 years kicked them out of their own home. now 🇮🇱 is harassing his descendants. you know how fucked up this is right? https://t.co/gE17coZwbZ pic.twitter.com/l325WBFl0s
— r (@epipeny) October 16, 2023
