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Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has received a backlash online over her tweet about the escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\nWonder Woman star Gal Gadot has received a backlash online over her tweet about the escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n
The Israeli actress and former Miss Israel posted: “Israel deserves to live as a free and safe nation,” adding: “Our neighbours deserve the same.”<\/p>\n
The comments attracted thousands of replies – now switched off – leading to her name trending on Twitter.<\/p>\n
In her youth, Gadot completed two years of mandatory military service.<\/p>\n
“My heart breaks,” the 36-year-old posted online.<\/p>\n
“My country is at war. I worry for my family, my friends. I worry for my people. This is a vicious cycle that has been going on for far too long.<\/p>\n
“I pray for the victims and their families. I pray for this unimaginable hostility to end, I pray for our leaders to find the solution so we could live side by side in peace. I pray for better days.”<\/p>\n
While some high-profile people, including US politician Ted Cruz praised Gadot for her remarks, many others reacted angrily.<\/p>\n
She was criticised by supporters of the Palestinian cause, who pointed to her service in the Israeli military.<\/p>\n
In 2019, Gadot has become embroiled in a row with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the status of the country's Arab minority.<\/p>\n
“Love your neighbour as yourself,” the Israeli actress said, amid wrangling over the role of Israeli Arab parties in upcoming polls.<\/p>\n
Mr Netanyahu caused a stir when he said Israel “was not a state of all its citizens”, referring to Arabs who made up 20% of its population at the time.<\/p>\n
He cited a “nation-state” law.<\/p>\n
And four years ago, Lebanon banned Wonder Woman from cinemas, because the title character was played by an Israeli actress.<\/p>\n
The Lebanese interior ministry banned the film hours before its release, on a recommendation from the General Security directorate, reports said.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time Gadot has come in for criticism for her activity online.<\/p>\n
In March 2020, she and her celebrity friends – including Will Ferrell, Amy Adams, Kristen Wiig, Sia and Cara Delevingne – rather misjudged the public mood during the first coronavirus lockdown by offering up a collective cover of John Lennon's Imagine.<\/p>\n
The rich and famous collaborators were mocked mercilessly online by people questioning their choice of song, which imagines a utopia with “no possessions”.<\/p>\n
‘Human tragedy'<\/strong><\/p>\n Aside from Gadot, model Bella Hadid has also offered her thoughts on the situation in the Middle East, via Instagram.<\/p>\n “Future generations will look back in disbelief and wonder how we allowed the Palestinian suffering to continue for so long,” said Hadid, whose father is Palestinian.<\/p>\n “A human tragedy unfolding right in front of our eyes.<\/p>\n “Politicians stutter neutral words in fear of being reprimanded, whilst the world remains silent to avoid offending the wrong people.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has received a backlash online over her tweet about the escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza. The Israeli actress and former Miss Israel posted: “Israel deserves to live as a free and safe nation,” adding: “Our neighbours deserve the same.” The comments attracted thousands of replies – now switched […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n