Fuck dude. Seeing all these Palestinian people sharing videos of themselves and their family before everything is making me tear up a bit. Remember that Palestinians aren’t a statistic. That one person that died was someone’s father, brother, sister, mother, child, friend, lover, or someone’s reason to continue living. Everyone in these clips and photos you see online had jobs, had dreams, went to school, played outside with their friends, made art, loved one another, helped there friends, owned pets, had plans for the future, had achievements they were proud of. Each life lost is an absolute tragedy.
There’s no replacing everything around you that you love. Don’t think that Palestinians can just replace everything that they loved.
as we boycott in support of palestine, here is a little reminder of the companies that specifically supported israel in their crimes against palestine (taken from the al jazeera website)
do as much as you are able to during the boycott, but if you need essentials or need to go to work to support yourself, that is okay! anything helps and boycotting these companies specifically is great because of their direct role in the violence against people in gaza
I found an absolutely massive 70-page list of all the people in Hollywood who've supported "Israel" (they signed the “Israel Must Defend Itself” pro-genocide IOF letter, showed support only for Israel, spread IOF propaganda, used “Palestinians are terrorists” language, etc) — but it included tons of people I've never heard of and, like, talent agents and lawyers and non-celebrities... so I went through it and got all the recognizable names + made them into a list (below the cut), because it's important to name exactly who's supporting Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
[EDIT: the doc got taken down, so I removed the link. I included every name I recognized on there in this post. Also, if you're on your dashboard, click on the timestamp below my username to view the most recent version of the post.]
Additionally, I searched for all the celebrities who've supported Palestine (not liking one post while sharing nothing, not saying something vague about both sides, but actually using language like "genocide" and "apartheid" while talking about what "Israel" is doing to Palestine), and that's below the cut too.
I compiled this not to ~cancel~ anyone (cancel culture does not exist for celebrities) or put anyone on a pedestal, but to document who with power and influence gleefully cheered on genocide, and who decided to speak out against it despite the heavily rumored gag order in the entertainment industry. You shouldn't look to celebrities for morals or politics, but whether we like it or not, these people have millions of followers — the pro-"Israel" list has more than two billion combined followers. What they say and do matters because of that scope. For better or (usually) for worse, celebrities influence public opinion.
If someone praises "Israel's" "right to defend itself" (by committing genocide against Palestinians), and they do so in front of 300 million people: that goes far beyond just being complicit.
notes about this post:
I've gotten a few anons asking me to add certain people, along the lines of "add taylor swift bc she's been silent!!!" "add jungkook bc someone who worked on his album is a zionist!!!" etc, and I just wanted to say: no, I'm not adding situations like that; this list is for people who've spread and/or interacted directly with pro-"Israel"/pro-genocide propaganda, accepted blood money, raised money for the IOF, supported Zionism or "Israel" themselves (not just working with a Zionist before Fall 2023), etc. Ignorance about Zionists and staying silent are bad things, and you can form your own opinion on people who've stayed silent or worked with Zionists — but that's not what this list is about (especially when the Zionists in question weren't even loud about it before Fall 2023).
I was going to also make a Google doc, for easier reading, but I've heard rumors about Google docs getting hacked by Zionists, so I'm gonna stick with just here.
I also included a list of resources at the very end of this post.
PRO-"ISRAEL":
(I tried to include big names + people I know are popular on Tumblr)
IOF Letter = they signed the letter in support of “Israel” and their military, saying “Israel” must defend itself by any means necessary against this “unprovoked” attack, and using language that suggests all Palestinians are Hamas/“terrorists,” and that all civilian casualties are worth it. SOURCE FOR WHO SIGNED IT. Link includes more names; I only included the ones I recognized as someone terminally online.
NOTE: “Israel’s” military calls itself the IDF — the “Israeli” Defense Forces. However, Palestinians and human rights activists call it the IOF, the “Israeli” Occupation Forces, because they are attacking civilians, occupying a land that's not theirs, and committing genocide, not defending anything (besides imperialism and white supremacy). Additionally, many choose to put “Israel” in quotes when referring to the settler colony, because “Israel” is not a real country, unless you support and believe in settler colonialism.
Biden letter = they signed the letter addressed to Biden, saying they are AGAINST a ceasefire, telling Biden that he’s doing a great job helping “Israel” with this whole situation, and asking for Biden to make sure there are “no hostages left behind” in Gaza (something he would have no control over, especially if “Israel” continues bombing Gaza, which this letter says they want). SOURCE FOR WHO SIGNED IT, and here’s why this letter is so bad (in the thread) — links have more names; I only included the ones I recognized.
(alphabetical by surname)
Paula Abdul — Zionist who promotes “Israeli” tourism in Occupied Palestine
Jaimie Alexander (Thor movies) — sharing pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, raised money for Birthright Israel Foundation
Gillian Anderson (X Files) — said she pulled out of an event specifically because the person running it said “Israel” is committing war crimes
Pamela Anderson — did "Israeli" propaganda and promoted "birthright" trips
Eric Andre — Biden letter
Judd Apatow — Biden letter
Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect) — Biden letter
Ben Barnes — liked pro-genocide and pro-“Israel” posts
Lance Bass — IOF letter
Vanessa Bayer — Biden letter
Jessica Beil — Biden letter
Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Bobby Berk (Queer Eye) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jon Bernthal (Punisher, The Bear) — IOF letter, Biden letter, made very aggressively pro-“Israel” posts spreading propaganda, also he’s friends with Joe Rogan and Marilyn Manson
Justin Bieber — shared a picture of Gaza in ruins with “Pray for Israel” and deleted it without a word when people pointed out it was Palestine, pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jack Black — Biden letter, also supports Autism Speaks and has raised millions for them
Selma Blair — made IG posts spreading Zionist propaganda including saying that Hamas beheaded babies (sharing this AFTER Western news debunked it and “Israel” said they couldn’t prove it, and then nothing about it being redacted, and of course nothing about Palestine)
Orlando Bloom — Biden letter, commented "❤️❤️❤️" on one of Amy Schumer's unhinged posts
Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) — IOF letter
Scooter Braun — Biden letter
Alison Brie (Community) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Josh Brolin — Biden letter
Pierce Brown (author of Red Rising) — openly pro-"Israel" and pro-IOF
Gerard Butler — "Israel" propaganda, including saying he wants to "break the record for most visits to Israel"
Nathaniel Buzolic (The Vampire Diaries) — many pro-“Israel” and pro-IOF posts, including saying: “Those who support Palestinains are the devil”
Charisma Carpenter — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jimmy Carr — Biden letter
Timothée Chalamet — starred in the SNL skit that made jokes about Palestine
Gemma Chan — shared “both sides are bad!!” posts
Jessica Chastain — bragged in interviews about how her friend in the IOF taught her "effective ways to kill" when she was training for a movie, and when people asked her about that in October 2023, she refused to apologize or acknowledge it as bad
Kristen Chenowith — Biden letter
Choi Siwon (Super Junior) — did work promoting “Israeli” tourism with the “Israeli” government, liked pro-IOF posts, promoting Starbucks in Dec 2023
Ciara — made posts saying “Israel” has the right to do whatever to defend themselves against “terrorists”
Andy Cohen — Biden letter
Sacha Baron Cohen — Biden letter
Lily Collins — liked Gal Gadot’s pro-“Israel” posts
Misha Collins — posted some "both sides" shit, and said that calling what's happening to Palestinians a genocide is "triggering" to Jewish people
Sean "Diddy" Combs — Biden letter
Lana Condor — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
James Corden — Biden letter
Courteney Cox — Biden letter
Billy Crystal — Biden letter
Jamie Lee Curtis — IOF letter, many pro-“Israel” posts including posting a picture of distressed and injured Palestinian children with “PRAY FOR ISRAEL” but then deleted it without a word when people pointed out they are actually Palestinian children
Viola Davis — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Dane Dehaan — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Laura Dern — Biden letter
Zooey Deschanel — liked pro-“Israel” posts
Zoey Deutch — openly denying the Nakba, genocide denial, saying “Israel” can do anything they want to “terrorists,” etc
Brett Dier (Jane the Virgin) — liked pro-"Israel" posts that say "from the river to the sea" is calling for "Israeli" genocide
Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) — Biden letter
Michael Douglas — IOF letter
Fran Drescher — proud Zionist, raised money for the IOF
Adam Driver — he hasn't said anything about Palestine, but I'm including him as an honorary piece of shit, because he said he joined the US military after 9/11 to "get revenge," and he starred in an SNL skit that made fun of the US military dropping bombs on Syria
Neil Druckmann (co-creator of The Last of Us, Uncharted) — Biden letter, shared a lot of aggressively pro-genocide posts; also: read about how The Last of Us Part II video game is pro-“Israel” Zionist propaganda
Chris Evans — starred in an Israeli propaganda film, went on a press tour around IOF military bases where he autographed missiles
Dakota Fanning — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Oded Fehr (Ardeth Bay in The Mummy movies) — IOF letter, proud Zionist, he's an Israeli whose parents are from Germany and Spain and yet he's played multiple Muslim terrorists and taken many Middle Eastern roles
Will Ferrell — Biden letter
Stephen Fry — IOF letter, Biden letter
Isla Fisher — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Karol G — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Josh Gad — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + said he feels “alienated from fellow progressives” because of leftists all supporting Palestine + called Palestine supporters anti-Semetic
Gal Gadot — IOF letter, Biden letter, served in the IOF, non-stop posting pro-“Israel” content, saying “Israel” can do whatever they want to “terrorists,” and much more
Neil Gaiman — when fans specifically asked him to speak on “Israel”-Palestine, he just responded by saying that “Israel” has the right to exist, and then nothing else about Palestine or the current situation
Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Aiden R Gallagher (Umbrella Academy) — IOF letter
Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven) — IOF letter
Sarah Michelle Gellar — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jeff Goldblum — Biden letter
Selena Gomez — liked Amy Schumer’s pro-genocide IG posts, threw a big temper tantrum when people asked her to support Palestine in any way and literally left social media after her temper tantrum, then said her beauty company Rare Beauty (whose CEO is a Zionist) would donate to "humanitarian aid in Gaza," but then instead donated it all to Magen David Adom, a Zionist organization in "Israel"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt — quit an event because the person running it said “Israel” is committing war crimes
Jack Dylan Grazer — IOF letter
Max Greenfield (New Girl) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kathy Griffin — commented "I love you now and forever" on Amy Schumer's unhinged posts
Josh Groban — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Yael Grobglas (Jane the Virgin) — aggressively pro-"Israel" and Zionist posts including calling Palestinians "terrorists" and saying that anyone who says "from the river to the sea" is calling for an "ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews"
Jonathan Groff — Biden letter
Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows the show) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Grant Gustin — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + spreading IOF propaganda
Tiffany Hadish — Biden letter
Jon Hamm — Biden letter
Mariska Hargitay — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + spreading IOF propaganda
Mark Hamill — IOF letter, Biden letter, made many pro-“Israel” posts, said “Israel” is like the rebels in Star Wars while Palestine is like the Empire (??????)
Chelsea Handler — Biden letter
Jennifer Love Hewitt — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Hong Jisoo (Joshua of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Vanessa Hudgins — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kate Hudson — commented "Love you Amy ❤️" on Amy Schumer's IG post about how she (Amy Schumer) is the real victim in all this
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Sarah Hyland — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Hyolyn (Sistar) — liked pro-“Israel” and pro-IOF posts
Lebron James — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Lily James — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kendall Jenner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kris Jenner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kylie Jenner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jeon Somi (Kpop soloist) — doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023 (despite the fact she's known for being terminally online)
Jeon Wonwoo (Wonwoo of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Scarlett Johansson — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, worked with many “Israeli” companies over the years including for SodaStream, which operates illegally in the Palestinian West Bank (and she specifically said she has no regrets about working with them)
Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us, Critical Role) — liked Neill Druckmann’s very pro-“Israel” post in support of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
Dwayne Johnson — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Mindy Kaling — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Kim Kardashian — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in 2023
Harvey Keitel — Biden letter
Kim Dongyoung (Doyoung of Kpop group NCT) — now doing ads for McDonalds in Korea as of Dec 2023 and is the face of a new McDonalds promotion. He's lost over 800,000 followers on IG since this partnership was announced, but some fans have tried to lie and say that he "donated to Palestine" so that makes this fine and okay; in reality, he made a donation on World Food Day (October 16) to World Food Program Korea, which provides food aid to many places and started donating food to Gaza in December, more than six weeks after Doyoung's donation. And as many Palestinians and activists have said: even if he did "donate to Palestine," which he did NOT do, that would make him doing ads for McDonalds significantly worse, since that would suggest he knows better but chose to do ads for McDonalds anyway.
Kim Gaeul (Gaeul of Kpop group IVE) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Hongjoong (Hongjoong from Kpop group Ateez) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Jennie (Jennie of Kpop group BlackPink) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Jisoo (Jisoo of Kpop group BlackPink) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Mingyu (Mingyu of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Minjeong (Winter of Kpop group aespa) — suddenly doing brand deals with both McDonalds and Starbucks in Dec 2023
Kim Seongmin (Seungmin of Kpop group Stray Kids) — suddenly doing a brand deal with McDonalds in Dec 2023
Candace King (The Vampire Diaries) — made a big post in support of “Israel” that included calling all Palestinians “terrorists”
Joey King — Biden letter
Hayley Kiyoko — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Karlie Kloss — Biden letter, pro-“Israel” posts
Ashton Kutcher — raised millions of dollars for the IOF
Mila Kunis — raised millions of dollars for the IOF
Jo Kwon (2AM) — liked pro-IOF posts
Kwon Soonyoung (Hoshi of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Taylor Lautner — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Felix Yongbok Lee (Felix of Kpop group Stray Kids) — suddenly doing a brand deal with McDonalds in Dec 2023
Lee Jaehyun (Hyunjae of Kpop group The Boyz) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Zachary Levi — IOF letter
Adam Levine (Maroon 5) — Biden letter
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek) — Biden letter
Sam Levinson (creator of Euphoria and The Idol) — IOF letter, Biden letter
Emily Alyn Lind (Gossip Girl) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Simu Liu (Marvel) — IOF letter
Lindsay Lohan — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Eva Longoria — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
George Lopez — IOF letter
Demi Lovato — self-described Zionist, accepted $150,000 to go on a trip to “Israel” and promote “Israeli” tourism
Patti LuPone — Biden letter
Melanie Lynskey — liked pro-"Israel" posts, including a post about how Jews in America feel so :( scared :( that also mentioned "Israel" has the right to exist
Sarah J Maas (racist booktok author with all those books titled like A Throne of Pissies and Shitties and half of them have a rapist as a good guy main character) — Zionist who’s spoken about loving “Israel,” going on a “birthright trip” to “Israel,” and saying she’s “proud” of her family members who volunteered at IOF military bases and/or were in the IOF
Madonna — IOF letter, Biden letter, many pro-“Israel” and pro-IOF posts
James Maslow (Big Time Rush) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ewan McGregor — Biden letter
Debra Messing — IOF letter, Biden letter
Seth Meyers — Biden letter
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Lea Michelle — Biden letter
Helen Mirren — IOF letter, Biden letter
Alfred Molina — IOF letter
Mandy Moore — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Olivia Munn — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ryan Murphy (creator of Glee, American Horror Story, etc) — IOF letter
Eric Nam (American K-pop soloist) — liked pro-“Israel” posts, then when fans noticed and called him out, he canceled his upcoming tour dates in Muslim-majority countries instead of responding
Ning Yizhuo (Ningning of Kpop group aespa) — suddenly doing brand deals with both McDonalds and Starbucks in Dec 2023
BJ Novak (The Office, Inglourious Basterds) — IOF letter
Con O'Neil (Our Flag Means Death) — liked and complemented an article where far-right Zionist Eve Barlow wrote that “coming out as a Zionist” is harder than coming out as gay (it’s not something said in passing — that’s what the whole article is about)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)— Biden letter
Rita Ora — Biden letter
Sharon Osbourne — IOF letter
Chord Overstreet (Glee) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Gwyneth Paltrow — Biden letter
Danielle Panabaker — IOF letter
Sarah Paulson — Biden letter
Liam Payne — liked pro-IOF posts
Josh Peck — IOF letter
Katy Perry — Biden letter
Chris Pine — IOF letter, Biden letter
Aubrey Plaza — Biden letter
Jonah Platt (Broadway) — IOF letter
Jesse Plemons — Biden letter
Ellen Pompeo — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Billy Porter — IOF letter
Natalie Portman — has a long history of supporting “Israel” and calls herself a “liberal Zionist”
Will Poulter — used to be pro-Palestine but is now all “well both sides are equally bad!!! I don’t understand anything about this very complex situation!!!!!” now that Palestinians have dared to fight back
Lily Rabe — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) — IOF letter
Addison Rae — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us) — liked pro-“Israel” posts
Andrew Rannells (Broadway) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Michael Rapoport — a Zionist and an Islamophobic racist, attempted to set a bounty on Muslim Americans for being pro-Palestine (offered $1k for info on them, with the intention of doxxing them, but shared his email and got flooded with nonsense instead)
Taylor Jenkins Reid (author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six) — self-described Zionist
Lana Del Rey — Biden letter
Christina Ricci — shared pro-"Israel" posts, including a post about how Jews in America feel so :( scared :( that also mentioned "Israel" has the right to exist
Rick Riordan (author; Percy Jackson) — made a big blog post about how both sides are so bad in this very complicated “conflict”
Joan Rivers — openly pro-“Israel” and Zionist, once went on a huge pro-“Israel” rant that included: ”Palestinians deserve to be dead”
Chris Rock — Biden letter
Ruby Rose — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Jonathan Ross — Biden letter
Eli Roth — IOF letter, Biden letter, proud self-described Zionist, currently doxxing Palestinians and activists on his IG
JK Rowling — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Ronen Rubenstein — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine, said “Israel” = Ukraine and Russia = Hamas
Paul Rudd — Biden letter
Joe Russo (Marvel director) — Biden letter
Zoe Saldaña — Biden letter
Adam Sandler — Biden letter
Ben Savage (Boy Meets World) — IOF letter
Fred Savage (Princess Bride) — IOF letter
Kristen Schall — Biden letter
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I had to break it up several times)
Noah Schnapp — Mr. "You either stand with Israel or you stand with terrorism" himself
Liev Schreiber — IOF letter, Biden letter
Amy Schumer — IOF letter, Biden letter, many pro-IOF and pro-“Israel” posts, “Israel has the right to do anything they want to terrorists” shit, made her big “I’ve done so much for Black and gay people and now you people won’t even support me because I’m a Jew” post, made a post that said "Gazans are rapists" (not even Hamas, but all Gazans), Islamophoic and racist posts against all Arabs, and much much more
Arnold Schwarzenegger — fundraised for the IOF, did IOF propaganda work
David Schwimmer — Biden letter
Jerry Seinfield — IOF letter, Biden letter, a Zionist, once went to the IOF military base nicknamed “Camp Shoot-a-Palestinian,” where he played target practice with the soldiers where the targets are pictures of Palestinian people, and much more
Brooke Shields — Biden letter
Martin Short — Biden letter
Sarah Silverman — openly pro-genocide, said “Israel” has no reason to allow food and water into Gaza and that Palestinians should be grateful they were ever “given” water from “Israel” in the past, and much more
Gary Sinise — IOF letter
Nicholas Sparks (author) — IOF letter
Octavia Spencer — Biden letter
Steven Spielberg — pro-"Israel" and nothing about Palestine
Zack Snyder — Biden letter
Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Song Seung-hyun (actor, former member of FT Island, which currently has another member in prison for rape) — liked pro-“Israel” posts
Aaron Sorkin — Biden letter
Jamie Lynn Spears — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Regina Spektor — Biden letter, Zionist
Sylvester Stallone — fundraised for the IOF, supported the IOF and "Israel" during the bombing of Gaza in 2014 and now
Ben Stiller — Biden letter
Sting — Biden letter
Tara Strong (voice actress for many roles, including Timmy Turner in Fairly Odd Parents) — openly spreading pro-genocide rhetoric and “Israeli” propaganda
Harry Styles — retweeted a pro-“Israel” pro-ethnic cleansing article and then followed the journalist who wrote it
Jason Sudeikis — Biden letter
Quentin Tarantino — went on a tour around IOF military bases last week (mid-Oct 2023) to “boost morale” with “Israeli” soldiers
Ryan Tedder (lead singer of One Republic) — pro-"Israel" Zionist
Bella Thorne — IOF letter, Biden letter
Justin Timberlake — Biden letter
Ashley Tisdale — pro-"Israel" posts and nothing about Palestine
Anneliese van der Pol (the white girl on That’s So Raven) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine
Taika Waititi — Biden letter, liked Gal Gadot's unhinged pro-"Israel" IG posts, strongly rumored to have fired someone from Our Flag Means Death (Guz Khan) for being pro-Palestine, and in response to people criticizing him for supporting Israel and staying silent on Palestine, he went on a big rant about how he shouldn't be expected to know or care about any global issues because people don't know about Māori struggles (despite the vast majority of Māori people supporting Palestine, or the fact that he could use his influence to educate people, etc)
Kerry Washington — pro-“Israel” posts (including IOF fundraisers) and nothing about Palestine
Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) — pro-“Israel” posts and nothing about Palestine + is currently in his 40s dating a 22 year old who’s currently producing a pro-Zionism film
Laura Whitmore — commented "Love this and you" on Amy Schumer's unhinged posts
Olivia Wilde — Biden letter
Pharrell Williams — fundraised for the IOF
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary, Everybody Hates Chris) — Biden letter
Ben Winston (director/producer who worked on most 1D content, James Corden’s show, etc) — IOF letter, Biden letter
Elijah Wood — shared a big post about how scared Jewish people are right now and nothing about Palestine + spread “Israeli” propaganda
James Woods (voice actor of Hades in Disney's Hercules, also the executive producer of Oppenheimer) — "Bomb the savages who did this back to the Stone Age. There are no grey areas. Kill them all. Every Hamas savage and every Hamas supporter on earth. Bury them with the entrails of pigs."
Constance Wu — Biden letter
Xu Minghao (The8 of Kpop group Seventeen) — suddenly doing a brand deal with Starbucks in Dec 2023
Yang Jeongin (i.n of Kpop group Stray Kids) — suddenly doing a brand deal with McDonalds in Dec 2023
Rebecca Yarros (author of The Fourth Wing) — Zionist who says "Israel" has the right to exist
Yu Jimin (Karina of Kpop group aespa) — suddenly doing brand deals with both McDonalds and Starbucks in Dec 2023
Gabrielle Zevin (author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow) — self-described Zionist whose book is about "the founding of Israel" being a good thing
Kpop groups being boycotted for currently having one or more members with Starbucks or McDonalds brand deals:
aespa*, Ateez, BlackPink, The Boyz*, IVE, NCT, Seventeen, Stray Kids
(* All members of aespa are now openly doing promo for both Starbucks and McDonalds, except Giselle, who deleted all promotional posts from her IG when fans tagged her in info about the boycott and Gaza. The other aespa members still have all posts up, despite also being tagged. // The Boyz has one member promoting Starbucks, but a different member (Kevin, mentioned below) has spoken out as pro-Palestine.)
NOTE: South Korea has been very pro-Palestine these past few months, with large protests every week at the "Israeli" embassy, and many Koreans empathizing as a formerly colonized people. South Korea has voted with humanity on every UN vote, unlike the US. Several idols mentioned above speak English as their first language, and a few are known for being very online.
These idols aren't ignorant; they just don't care. They're all adults in their 20s (or older) and they have no excuse, and they will be held accountable, just like everyone else mentioned above. Despite Kpop stans believing and insisting that Koreans are all idiots who know nothing about the world, South Korea is pro-Palestine. A handful of capitalist Kpop idols are pro-genocide and pro-money. Getting some extra cash was more important than Palestinian lives.
Brands like McDonalds and Starbucks know exactly what they're doing, suddenly hiring Kpop idols during the boycott, given how Kpop stans are known for being idiots who lack morals, defend their faves no matter what, and buy anything their faves promote. Clearly it's working, because the replies to NCT's Doyoung's McDonalds sponsorship announcement is full of people posting pictures of themselves getting McDonalds ~for him~, and "Seventeen best boys" is currently trending as I type this, with fans trying to hide the fact "Seventeen Israel" was the top search result.
People who signed BOTH letters to Biden (the letter condemning "Israel's" war crimes and saying they want a ceasefire, and the letter praising Biden and saying they don't want a ceasefire and the US should continue helping "Israel"):
I've heard of a few cases where celebrities' agents signed the pro-"Israel" letter on their behalf without telling them, or what was in the letter(s) was very misrepresented to them, so idk what's going on with these people:
Bradley Cooper (currently dating one of the Hadid sisters, but has also starred in US military propaganda films)
Kirsten Dunst
David Oyewolo
Jordan Peele
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Hozier is also not being included as either pro-"Israel" or pro-Palestine, because for years he was openly and explicitly pro-Palestine, but when it mattered most, when speaking out against "Israel" carried the most risk, he put out some bullshit "both sides are bad!!!!" statement. He's apparently changed his tune somewhat and started advocating for a ceasefire at concerts (the actual bare minimum), but it's still not good enough considering we know he knows better as an activist (and Irishman), and the damage was already done. He waited until after 10,000+ Palestinians were dead before he was willing to say anything more than the "both sides" shit.
PRO-PALESTINE:
Palestinians first, then alphabetical by surname + if they have their pronouns listed on social media, or they've mentioned their pronouns in an interview, I will include them here
Bella Hadid — "This is not about spewing hate on one or the other. This is about Israeli colonization, ethnic cleansing, military occupation, and apartheid over the Palestinian people that has been going on for YEARS!" + she got blacklisted and lost brand deals for saying this and much more
Gigi Hadid — currently being targeted by "Israel's" official state social media pages for her support of Palestinian civilians
Nemahsis — Palestinian Canadian singer who was dropped by her label for supporting Palestine and speaking out against "Israel's" genocide of Palestinians + said "it takes 40 years to grow an olive from a seed. if israel were who they claim to be, they wouldn’t be destroying all that their “ancestors” built. it’s always easier to blow money you didn’t earn." and much more
Simi, Haze, and Fai Khadra— on their shared account, they said: "You are watching genocide. 2 million innocent Palestinians in Gaza and 1 million of those are children under the age of 15, all for your "vengeance"…where's your humanity now? Gaza is being bombed to rubble as we post…" + much more about "Israel's" genocide of Palestinians and current attacks on Gaza
Freya Allan (The Witcher) — shared many pro-Palestine and anti-Zionism posts and resources for helping Palestine
Riz Ahmed — said "If we are on the side of humanity we must urgently speak up to try and avert the loss of innocent life. This means calling for an end to the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza's civilians and vital infrastructure, the denial of food, water, and electricity, and the forced displacement of people from their homes. These are morally indefensible war crimes."
Leigh Bardugo (author of Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone)(she/her) — shared many reports about IOF soldiers attacking civilians in Palestine, including during the Sheikh Jarrah evictions and attacks
Ally Beardsley (Dropout)(they/them) — shared info about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza, posted pictures of themself attending pro-Palestine protests, got arrested at the pro-Palestine protest that blocked the freeway in Los Angeles, and much more
Melissa Barrera (Scream)(she/her) — said "It is so fucking sad and frustrating to see so many people and most western media trying SO HARD to equate Palestinian Liberation with supporting Hamas. When they are NOT the same thing. They want us to believe this so they can continue brutally killing innocent Palestinians, mothers and children, under the pretense of destroying Hamas." + much more about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza + she got fired from the Scream franchise for her support of Palestine
Björk — pro-Palestine including posting "is this what you call sharing ?" with a picture of "Israel's" land theft of Palestine over the years since 1946
Anthony Bourdain — dedicated an episode of Parts Unknown to "Israel"-Palestine, which included scenes of Palestinians talking about the occupation, discussing "Israelis" forcibly displacing Palestinians from their homes, and more.
Shirine Boutella (Lupin) — sharing info debunking "Israel's" lies about Islamic Jihad accidentally bombing the hospital + more about "Israel's" attack on Gaza
Alessia Cara — shared pro-Palestine resources and info on IG
Freddy Carter (Shadow and Bone) — shared pro-Palestine information and donation links
Chance the Rapper — said "Fucking disgusting. This is an American funded genocide. #gazaunderattack #palestinianlivesmatter"
Kristin Chirico (Ladylike)(she/they) — sharing info about "Israel’s" attacks on Gaza + info about how "Israel’s" crimes are funded by the US
Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls, Bridgerton)(she/her) — posted pictures attending pro-Palestine protests, and shared the quote: "We may be witnessing the total obliteration of Gaza. Political leaders refusing to speak out should feel eternal shame over the horror they are allowing to unfold. Those of us who believe in peace cannot stay silent. We must say to the Palestinian people: you are not alone."
Liam Cunningham — shared videos of himself at the protest in support of Palestine in Dublin + more about "Israel's" attack on Gaza
John Cusack — attended a pro-Palestine protest + said "We must free Palestine from a brutal occupation - people concerned for their loved ones, in a hell zone, stuck without food, water and power. Deep anguish over people being told to leave and bombed as they left. I heard people share personal accounts of family members who have been jailed, humiliated, harassed, persecuted, targeted and killed for generations."
Lucy Dacus (boygenius) — repeated support in the past + openly calling Obama a war criminal + sharing humanitarian fundraisers for Palestinians + said Free Palestine must be the part of all global liberation movements
Tracy Deonn (author of The Legendborn Cycle)(she/her) — shared pro-Palestine posts including resources for how to help
DJ Snake — shared "Stop the genocide of Palestinians, stop the massacre, end the apartheid" + more about "Israel's" attack on Gaza
Ziwe Fumudoh — shared resources about calling US Congresspeople about pressuring them to de-escalate, with "SAY NO TO GENOCIDE CALL CONGRESS NOW"
Lily Gao (Resident Evil) — posting pro-Palestine content and information on the occupation and how to help
Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who) — shared pro-Palestine info and resources
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)(she/they) —sharing pro-Palestine content and information about the occupation and news about pro-Palestine protests in the US
Halsey (she/they)— shared the quote: "Solidarity with Palestinians means little if it only exists when they appear as victims but disappears when they resist. Those who aren't under occupation or refugees from ethnic cleansing have no right to dictate how those who are resisting those responsible for their suffering." + more about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza + shared that she was initially scared to speak out because in the past, her home has been SWATed multiple times, and she was scared now that they have a baby — but said she spoke out anyway because "It doesn't sit right with me that a decision I made for my own family is in turn keeping me from vocalizing support for families enduring far worse violence."
Erika Ishii (Dropout)(all pronouns) — posting pro-Palestine content and information on the occupation and how to help, posted "From the River to the Sea" @ Zionists who were saying that phrase promotes "Israeli" genocide, and more
Aabria Iyengar (Dropout)(she/her) — shared "You SHOULD be watching the Genocide that's happening, BUT while spreading awareness is good but it's NOT the full picture. Work. Get on the phone with your local reps and pressure them. If you give money to any political parties? Pull it and tell them why." + more about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza, "Israel" committing war crimes, etc
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I broke it up a few times)
Lauren Jauregui (Fifth Harmony)(she/her) — said "My heart is with the innocent lives lost to the perpetuation of the vile legacy of imperialism, colonization, apartheid and ignorance. [...] Those who were once the victims of persecution becoming the oppressor and being so cognitively dissonant about the hypocrisy. [...] I deeply condemn the violation of human rights and the violence of the genocidal ethnic cleansing we are witnessing in real time of the Palestinian people." + "Propaganda is a bitch and is the most well oiled tool of the empire."
Angelina Jolie — said “Gaza has a population of over 2 million people (half of them children), who have lived under a severe blockade for nearly two decades, on top of decades of displacement and statelessness. The few aid trucks that are entering are a fraction of what is needed (and was delivered daily before the present conflict), and the bombings are causing desperate new humanitarian needs daily. The denial of aid, fuel and water is collectively punishing a people. Humanity demands an immediate ceasefire. Palestinian and Israeli lives – and the lives of all people globally – matter equally.”
Michael B. Jordan — shared: "One cannot advocate for racial equality, LGBT & women's rights, condemn corrupt & abusive regimes and other injustices yet choose to ignore the Palestinian oppression." + more about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza
Mia Khalifa (she/her) — "If you can look at the situation in Palestine and not be on the side of the Palestinians, then you are on the wrong side of apartheid and history will show that in time" + more about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza + she lost her podcast deal for showing support
Kehlani (she/they) — shared many stories about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza + attended a pro-Palestine protest + said "To my peers and people that are in the spaces I’m in, what the f*ck is wrong with y’all? You’re being silent for the sake of money and business… there’s an insane amount of unchecked privilege.” and much more
Guz Khan (Our Fl*g Means Death) — said "What the enforcers of apartheid and their enablers have failed to realise is that the plight of the Palestinians is an issue that resonates with the PEOPLE. You can hide behind weapons of war and have the most powerful resources known to man, the PEOPLE will demand justice" + it's strongly rumored he was let go from Our Fl*g Means Death specifically because of his open support of Palestine
Kid Cudi — attended pro-Palestine protests, and said "I can't imagine the pain people are feeling. Seeing their entire neighborhoods bombed, losing generations of family members, parents crying over their children's lifeless bodies, communities turning into mass graves, people digging through the rubble of their homes in hopes of finding remains of their loved ones - a pain no one should have to go through. [...] I stand with the people of Palestine as they demand an immediate ceasefire and an end to the ongoing genocide. Free Palestine!!"
Kim Hyesoo (South Korean actress) — sharing many pro-Palestine posts
Matthew Kim (Matthew of Kpop group KARD) — said "While Im able to celebrate another birthday, there are too many innocent people in Gaza losing that privilege." + more about "Israel's" attack on Gaza
Kim Namjoon (RM of of Kpop group BTS) — attended multiple art exhibitions by Palestinians in diaspora who made art specifically about Free Palestine and "Israel's" apartheid, occupation, and genocide of Palestinians, and shared pictures of the art and himself at these exhibitions + he owns a piece of art about Palestine and when talking about it in a live vlog, to millions of viewers, called the country Palestine + posted pictures of this art ~coincidentally~ on days when the media reported that "Israel" killed civilians (such as Feb 18 2023, when "Israel" bombed Damascus)
Rebecca Kuang (author of The Poppy Wars and Babel) — shared multiple posts on how to help Palestine, information about the occupation and "Israel's" genocide of Palestinians, etc
Zara Larsson — support going back years + "We must call out a state upholding apartheid and KILLING civilians, funded by American dollars." + much more about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza
Lee Youngae (South Korean actress) — donated $45,000 to humanitarian aid getting food into Gaza, shared posts in support of Palestine
Jessie Mei Li (Shadow and Bone)(she/they) — shared pictures of themself attending pro-Palestine protests
Dua Lipa — support going back years, frequently mentioning Free Palestine + "The ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people must come to an end. NO MORE!! This is a human rights issue!! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!"
Lorde — pro-Palestine including sharing a video from Palestinian Canadian artist Nemahsis talking about the occupation and attacks
Macklemore — said "We are witnessing an unfolding genocide in Palestine at this very moment. A US backed human catastrophe in front of our eyes." and more
Zayn Malik — said "I stand with the Palestinian people and support their resistance to colonization and protection of their human rights."
Tatiana Maslany (she/her) — shared many pro-Palestine posts and resources
Tobias Menzies — did volunteer work in the West Bank for Medical Aid for Palestine, spoke at a Palestinian literature festival, and much more
Moon Hyungsoo (Kevin of Kpop group The Boyz) — shared a post about how his K-pop company "isn’t allowing him to say anything," but then asked fans to “spread educational resources and financial support links,” along with: “❤️🖤🤍💚”
Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dropout)(he/him) — said "Peace cannot co-exist with collective punishment, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement. It cannot co-exist with blockades, embargoes, or with 2.2 million people, half of which are children, trapped with no hope of escape or political recourse. It cannot co-exist with murdered journalists, bombed hospitals, or years of protesters being shot and killed at the border. It cannot co-exist with illegal settlements, segregated roads, and the silent, imperial chill that settles over the gaps in the violence - the unspoken geopolitical consensus that a group of people need to unflinchingly accept permanent subjugation and occupation."
Yoshitomo Nara (famous artist/sculptor in Japan) — shared firsthand accounts from victims in Gaza + criticized Biden's horrible handling of everything
Alexa Nikolas (Zoey 101, the one who left the show because Jamie Lynn Spears was bullying her + she later accused Dan Schneider of CSA and now has a show called Eat Predators, about exposing sexual predators in Hollywood)(she/her) — has made several hour-long videos talking about Free Palestine, the occupation, and "Israel's" apartheid and genocide in Palestine
(Tumblr wouldn't let me have a list this big, so I broke it up a few times)
Normani — sharing firsthand accounts from Palestinian families in Gaza during "Israel's" current attack
Dylan O'Brien — shared a video of a young Palestinian girl talking about how "Israel" bombed her whole street, along with "10 years old. Heart wrenching. #FreePalestine"
Melissa O'Neil (Dark Matter) — sharing statements from anti-Zionist Jewish people condemning "Israel's" actions + more about "Israel's" attack on Gaza
Frank Ocean — posted on social media for the first time in years, sharing the statement from the director of the New York office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Craig Mokhiber, who resigned in protest over the UN's inability to stop the genocide of Palestinians
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream) — was targeted by a far-right "Israeli" site for her repeated support of Palestine, the site attempted to blacklist her, and she continued supporting anyway
Victoria Pedretti (You, Haunting of Hill House) — shared "As Jews we know genocide is something we can not sit by and let happen. We will not let Israeli settler apartheid continue to silence and kill Palestinians. We demand a ceasefire and past that WE WILL CONTINUE to demand Palestinians's right to live! To have a home! To be free! You cannot exploit our grief. You can not use our grief as a reason to kill. FREE PALESTINE!"
Florence Pugh — shared IG stories about "Israel's" genocide against Palestinians, including: "Bombing a hospital full of children & refugees is not a pathway towards peace. This is genocide." + sharing a lot of pro-Palestine stuff right now, including saying that "Israel" bombed the hospital
Ava Reid (author of The Wolf and the Woodsman)(she/they) — shared multiple posts on how to help Palestine, information about the occupation and "Israel's" genocide of Palestinians, etc
Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone) — shared pro-Palestine information and donation links
Izzy Roland (Dropout)(she/her) — shared "We cannot and will not say today's actions by Palestinian militants are unprovoked. Every day under Israel's system of apartheid is a provocation. The strangling siege of Gaza is a provocation. Settlers terrorizing entire Palestinian villages, soldiers raiding and demolishing Palestinian homes, murdering Palestinians in the streets, Israeli ministers calling for genocide and expulsion." + more about "Israel's" attacks on Gaza
Arundhati Roy (author of The God of Small Things) — has been writing essays and articles in support of Palestine for decades
Susan Sarandon — said “Being against the occupation of Palestine does not make one anti-Semitic.” + shared multiple posts about Israel's war crimes, including "Israel's" use of white phosphorus in Gaza + she got dropped from her agency for her support of Palestine
Emma Seligman (director of Shiva Baby and Bottoms)(she/they) — outspoken about her support for Palestine + attended multiple protests + is sharing a lot of resources and info about supporting Palestine (also: she said her name was accidentally included on the Zionist "no ceasefire" letter to Biden because she thought it was the other letter (the one asking for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid) and she fought to get her name removed from the bad letter)
Rekha Shankar (Dropout)(she/her) — shared resources for contacting US government officials about calling for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza, and more
Gustaf Skarsgård (Vikings) — pro-Palestine posts
Sza — shared infographics about the occupation and Free Palestine, including ones that explained the entire history of "Israel's" invasion of Palestine since 1948 + spoke out about the violence in Sheikh Jarrah in 2021 + more "Israel's" attacks on Gaza
Sabaa Tahir (author of Ember in the Ashes)(she/her) — posting about how to help Palestine, information about "Israel's" genocide and apartheid of Palestinians, etc
Emma Watson (she/her) — shared a quote about showing solidarity with Palestinians from activist Sarah Ahmed, who was harassed by C*nary M*ssion, a site dedicated to doxxing anyone who speaks out against "Israel’s" government.
Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education)(she/her) — shared info and resources daily since Oct 7 in support of Free Palestine
Benedict Wong — shared many pro-Palestine posts and resources
Xiran Jay Zhao (author of Iron Widow)(they/them) — posting nonstop about the occupation and "Israel's" attacks on Gaza, they've attended pro-Palestine protests, and more
After Emma Watson made her post mentioned above, she was targeted in the media by "Israel," and in response, a group of celebrities released a joint statement in support of Watson and Palestinians, saying: “We recognize the underlying power imbalance between "Israel," the occupying power, and the Palestinians, the people under a system of military occupation and apartheid" (excerpt of statement).
These celebrities called themselves “Artists for Palestine UK," and included:
Gael García Bernal
Peter Capaldi
Steve Coogan
Liam Cunningham
Miriam Margolyes (Prof. Sprout in HP)
Matt McGorry
Michael Malarkey (Vampire Diaries)
Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings)
Mark Ruffalo
Susan Sarandon
Ramy Youssef
(I took all the names I recognized — read the full list here)
Examples of "Israel's" foreign propaganda machine hitting pro-Palestine influencers:
tiktoker thewizardliz (@/thewizardliz, 4.9 million followers) as a beauty influencer originally from Chechnya, she made several pro-Palestine posts, but then deleted them all and said "Guys I didn't want to delete my posts. But I was just called and told that I'm playing with my life by speaking on these things and that I should delete, I shouldn't involve myself in politics, but I stand with what I said."
tiktoker Guy Christensen (@/yourfavoriteguy, 2.9 million followers) — shared a video with screenshots of emails sent to him by an “Israeli” company, attempting to bribe him with $5,000 to post pro-”Israel” content, but he refused and said no amount of blood money could make him support genocide
tiktoker Cara Watson (@/carawatsca, 288.3k followers) shared that she lost a brand deal for being pro-Palestine and that this same brand attempted to bribe her (wanting her to delete all her Palestinian posts and then post pro-“Israel” content) but she refused
Celebrities who signed the good letter to Biden — not the Zionist letter, but the one calling for a humanitarian ceasefire and immediate international aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and saying that the US is "aiding and abetting Israel's war crimes":
Riz Ahmed
Mahershala Ali
Joe Alwyn
Mo Amer (comedian)
Omar Apollo
Rowan Blanchard (Girl Meets World)
Cate Blanchett
Connie Britton
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Daniel Caesar
May Calamawy (Moon Knight)
Margaret Cho
Priyanka Chopra-Jonas
Clairo
Ryan Coogler (director of Black Panther)
Dominic Cooper
Jai Courtney
David Cross (Arrested Development)
Alfonso Cuarón
Alan Cumming
John Cusack
Manish Dayal
Ayo Edebiri
Joel Edgerton
America Ferrera
Peter Gabriel
Andrew Garfield
Richard Gere
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Ilana Glazer (Broad City)
Kimiko Glenn
Bella Hadid
Tom Hardy
Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory)
Oscar Isaac
Milla Jovovich
Rupi Kaur
Kehlani
Jas Lin
Dua Lipa
Macklemore
Zayn Malik
Rooney Mara
Rachel McAdams
Natalie Merchant
Miguel
Alyssa Milano
Hasan Minhaj
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Arian Moayed (Succession)
Victoria Monét
Indya Moore (Pose)
Kathy Najimy (Hocus Pocus)
Kumail Nanjiani
Hari Nef (Barbie)
Ruth Negga
Lupita Nyong’o
Sandra Oh
Jenna Ortega
Mandy Patinkin (Criminal Minds, Princess Bride)
Florence Pugh
Busy Phillipps
Joaquin Phoenix
Mark Ruffalo
Susan Sarandon
Naomi Scott (Aladdin)
Amanda Seales
Michael Shannon
Alia Shawkat
Rachel Sennott (Bottoms)
Yara Shahidi (Black-ish)
Wallace Shawn (Princess Bride)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Martin Starr
Jon Stewart
Kristen Stewart
Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Cree Summer (A Different World, Kida in Atlantis: The Lost Empire)
Omar Sy
Wanda Sykes
Channing Tatum
Tessa Thompson
Kali Uchis
Lena Waithe
Wale
Jeremy Allen White
Jesse Williams
Shailene Woodley
Ramy Youssef
(I took all the names I recognized — read full list here)
The letter said: "Half of Gaza's two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes. […] As of this writing more than 6,000 bombs have been dropped on Gaza in the last 12 days — resulting in one child being killed every 15 minutes. Children and families in Gaza have practically run out of food, water, electricity, medicine and safe access to hospitals, following days of air strikes and cuts to all supply routes. […] The humanitarian situation has reached lethal lows, and yet all reports point to further attacks. Compassion — and international law — must prevail."
Celebrities who signed the open letter in the UK calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, and condemning "Israel":
Khalid Abdalla
Steve Coogan
Liam Cunningham
Charles Dance
Miriam Margolyes
Maxine Peake
Tilda Swinton
(over 2,000 more people — I took all the names I recognized; after it was released it became an open letter anyone can sign so it's now full of random people's names)
Their joint statement said: "Gaza is already a society of refugees and the children of refugees. Now, in their hundreds of thousands, bombarded from air, sea and land, Palestinians whose grandparents were forced out of their homes at the barrel of a gun are again being told to flee – or face collective punishment on an unimaginable scale. Dispossessed of rights, described by Israel’s minister of defense as “human animals”, they have become people to whom almost anything can be done. Our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them."
Drag performers who support Palestine:
(List compiled by @pencopanko in the notes)
Willow Pill, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race S14
Lady Bunny (openly criticizes both the Israeli government and the US government for its allegiance with Israel)
The Vixen, RuPaul's Drag Race S10 (retweeted a video edit from the S10 reunion which explains the Palestinian struggle)
Shea Couleé, RuPaul's Drag Race S9, winner of AS5, AS7
Sasha Velour, winner of Drag Race S9 (attended the Jewish Voice For Peace rally at the Statue of Liberty)
Pixie Pixie, RuPaul's Drag Race Mexico S1
Lawrence Chaney, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK S2 (seen with a sign in support of a ceasefire at the Scottish BAFTA Awards)
Celebrities who signed the Letter Against Apartheid in support of Free Palestine (2021):
Mahershala Ali
Brian Cox (Succession)
Bella Hadid
Rebecca Hall
Miriam Margoyles (Prof. Sprout in HP)
Yann Martel (author of Life of Pi)
Viggo Mortensen
Mira Nair (Indian American filmmaker)
Kathy Najimy (Hocus Pocus)
Thandiwe Newton
Boots Riley (director of Sorry To Bother You)
Run the Jewels
Saeed Jones (author of How We Fight For Our Lives)
Stellan Skarsgård (Thor, Mamma Mia)
Ocean Vuong (poet)
(I took the names I recognized — read full list here)
This letter said: "We call for an immediate and unconditional cessation of Israeli violence against Palestinians. We call for an end to the support provided by global powers to Israel and its military; especially the United States, which now provides Israel $3.8 billion annually without condition. We ask all people of conscience to exercise their agency to help dismantle the apartheid regime of our time. We ask governments that are enabling this crime against humanity to apply sanctions, to mobilize levers of international accountability, and to cut trade, economic and cultural relations. We call on activists, and especially our peers in the arts, to exercise their agency within their institutions and localities to support the Palestinian struggle for decolonization to the best of their ability. Israeli apartheid is sustained by international complicity, it is our collective responsibility to redress this harm." and more
Celebrities who condemned "Israel" for labeling Palestinian non-profit charities as “terrorists” (2021):
Claire Foy
Peter Gabriel
Richard Gere (has also been very vocal about supporting Palestine over the years)
Ian McEwan (author; Atonement)
Simon Pegg
Philip Pullman (author; His Dark Materials)
Mark Rylance
Irvine Welsh (author; Trainspotting)
(I took the ones I recognized + read full list here + I didn’t include a few who are also in other pro-Palestine lists on this post)
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Please add more if you know of any, but NOT if it's something along the lines of them just liking a post or trying to say both sides are bad. Please also include what they said/shared — now is the time when speaking out is most important.
Feel free to add any pro-"Israel" people as well. I'm keeping an eye on the notes and will update it.
HOW TO HELP:
US and Canada residents: find a protest near you here
How to protest safely
Contact your reps and tell them you will not vote for anyone who approves of genocide
US residents: Download the free app “5 Calls” and set your zip code, and it will give you the phone numbers of your representatives, as well as a script for what to say to encourage them to de-escalate and vote for a ceasefire
Via yurgir: if you're european, you can go to this site, click on your country at the top bar, and it will tell you how to reach your representatives and also provides an already written script which you can simply copy and paste. alternatively, this google doc also provides scripts for different countries.
***BOYCOTT THESE COMPANIES***
There is also currently a boycott against Starbucks, in addition to the official BDS boycott list, because the former CEO and current board member is a Zionist, and because Starbucks fired a bunch of employees for being pro-Palestine, and after the Starbucks Workers United union made a statement saying they support Palestine, the company made a big stink about how the union "doesn't represent the company's values" (and that's in addition to the other ways they mistreat employees, and all this is besides the fact they're documented using child slave labor in producing their coffee beans and chocolate). Starbucks also regularly donates to the IOF, just like the other boycotted companies.
a thread of ways to support Palestine
text CEASEFIRE to 51905
combat propaganda online, in person, or even by just having a conversation with one person — do not underestimate the power of word of mouth. tell everyone you know how you feel about Palestine; don't just read about it and despair while doing nothing. being on the right side of history has never been popular or easy.
Continue spreading Palestinian voices. Do not stop sharing voices from Palestine. Do not spread hopelessness or anything about parts of Gaza being "successfully" ethnically cleansed. We owe Palestinians our resilience and our hope that Palestine WILL be free, within our lifetimes.
Do not quote or reply to pro-"Israel" accounts on Twitter. "Israel" is paying people to spread propaganda and lies — do not make their job easier. Do not give them attention or views. Do not let them succeed in their goal. Just block them and boost Palestinians, or screenshot them if you absolutely must react/respond to what they're saying.
Haymarket Books is currently giving away the ebook for "Palestine: A Socialist Introduction" for free
support Palestinian art, cuisine, businesses, and culture — Shop Palestine, Al’Ard Palestinian products, Palestinian recipes from Mariam, a Palestinian home cook in diaspora, etc
Palestinian literature: Poems from Palestine, Introduction to Palestinian literature — novels, non-fiction, and poetry
US residents: Tell Congress to Stop the Gaza Genocide
UK residents: Tell the UK government to Protect Palestinians and Healthcare Workers
Decolonize Palestine: Palestine 101
Eye on Palestine
Times of Gaza
Middle East Eye
FOLLOW PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS such as Bisan, Motaz, Plestia, Hind, and Bayan
DONATE HERE TO HELP FOOD GET INTO GAZA — be wary of anyone asking for donations, but this one has been confirmed to definitely be legit and helping food enter Gaza
writers, if you find yourself just mindlessly staring into your computer with a blank page on it for a very long time: please stop, take a step back, close your eyes, and TAKE A REST.
you are risking an eye strain (and wasting your time). yes, i know writing block is often challenging to go through but please consider taking a rest too. this will relax your brain and promote clarity.
as writers, we would not be able to write properly if we do not take care of ourselves first. please don't risk your eye health, your sense of sight is one of the most needed things when it comes to writing.
please take social media detox. i find that a lot of writers tend to feel anxious/insecure when seeing other writers on social media having 'better works' than them. like those 'better' writers, they also had a starting point too. they were once beginners and they constantly improved. please know that writing takes practice too and you can always improve by studying grammar and exploring your writing style. also, aside from that; scrolling mindlessly can lead to procrastination AND YOU WILL WASTE YOUR TIME DOING NOTHING instead of investing your time writing and enjoying other hobbies.
but if you want to stay on social media, only look up writing tips and advice or things that will help your writing journey evolve.
writers, please focus on yourself and focus on improving. the only competition you have is yourself.
do not give up. i repeat, DO NOT GIVE UP.
I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.
i've gathered some resources that writers could use in writing their books. this is where you can write your books:
Microsoft Word - you can actually format a document so it looks like a manuscript or you can use the manuscript template.
Google Docs - if you do not have the first one, you can have google docs as a free alternative, it functions similarly as you can also format it to become a manuscript for your book. (EXPERIMENT WITH THIS, IT COULD DO EVERYTHING !!)
Mystory.today - you can write your book in this website because it is actually meant for writers. it's an 'all in one' website since you can have your characters and chapters all in one application. it is free but it has some premium features.
yWriter - similar to mystory.today, but i prefer this one more since it's free !!
Dabble - similar to mystory.today, it's free but it has some premium features but still definitely worth the try !
Pen and paper - i also love taking notes by hand and it feels satisfying to move my fingers and use my hands in writing too !
Milanote - this is where you can build characters, settings, and timelines but it's limited so there's premium version of it.
Manuskript - an application where you can write your books too, it's free !!
Notion - this is a bonus, i personally use this to plan my books but i do not use it for my manuscript. it's still a helpful platform if you want to make notes about your writing and plan when you are going to write your books. it's also a great tool to create a checklist of your to-dos
i hope you guys would mainly experiment on google docs but u can always use what suits your preference. i hope this helps !!
Being nosy and curious - pretending not to overhear other people's conversations and secretly taking note of it helped me find inspiration for character personalities and create dialogues from it.
Talking/Muttering to myself - i take inspiration from talking to myself and with other people to keep dialogues natural and my characters sound more informal and human-like.
Observing people - similar to the first one, i take inspiration from real people in order to create unique characters. i often read people and their body language. it helps me build a mindset that not everyone is the same; we all have distinct habits, mannerisms, kinesthetic, auditory, and visual aspects.
