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Source: The Guardian
Emma Watson pro-Palestinian post sparks antisemitism row
Israeli officials attack actors message, and are accused of cynical weaponisation of term
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
@nadiakhomami
Tue 4 Jan 2022 17.28 GMT
Emma Watson has been accused of antisemitism by Israels former ambassador to the United Nations after she posted a message of support for the Palestinian cause.
Watson, best known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, posted an image on Instagram showing a photograph of a pro-Palestinian protest with the banner Solidarity is a Verb written across it. It was accompanied with a quote about the meaning of solidarity from the intersectional feminist scholar Sara Ahmed.
While the post elicited widespread support from Palestinian activists, it drew strong criticism from Israeli officials. The most combative was Danny Danon, who formerly held the posts of science minister in Binyamin Netanyahus government and Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. Sharing Watsons post on Twitter, Dannon said: 10 points from Gryffindor for being an antisemite.
Israels current ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, was also critical. Fiction may work in Harry Potter but it does not work in reality, Erdan wrote. If it did, the magic used in the wizarding world could eliminate the evils of Hamas (which oppresses women and seeks the annihilation of Israel) and the PA (which supports terror). I would be in favor of that! PA refers to the Palestinian Authority.
Danons comments were met with a backlash, ...
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Notice they never mention HAMAS & the evil that keeps the divide going.
When you embrace HAMAS then you show your true intent.
Glad to see the call out on her fueling the fire while staying silent on the source.
If it's peace you seek then reject HAMAS or stop talking, m'am.
WHITT
(2,868 posts)the RighWing Fascists without getting called an antisemite.
They can't handle the truth.
Good for Emma for speaking truth to fascists.
DetlefK
(16,451 posts)If you criticize the nation Israel, you hate Jews. Yadda-yadda-yadda.
TheRealNorth
(9,629 posts)You're automatically a terrorist sympathizer.