Dua Lipa refutes antisemitic allegations after extending assist to Palestinians
By ANI
WASHINGTON: British singer and songwriter Dua Lipa not too long ago spoke out after being accused of antisemitism as a consequence of her assist of Palestinians within the ongoing battle within the Middle East.
According to Fox News, the singer is taking a corporation to activity after it paid for a full-page advert in a information outlet that known as her antisemitic for her assist of Palestinians, saying it used her title shamelessly to “advance their ugly campaign with falsehoods and blatant misrepresentations.”
In the rambling advert, which appeared in Saturday’s newspaper in the primary part, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the top of the World Values Network, named Lipa, and the fashions Bella and Gigi Hadid as three “mega-influencers” who’ve “accused Israel of ethnic cleansing” and “vilified the Jewish State.”
Bella Hadid has beforehand proven her assist for the Palestinian individuals on social media.
Lipa took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to “reject the false and appalling allegations” and mentioned the World Values Network twisted what she stands for.
“I utterly reject the false and appalling allegations that were published today in the New York Times advertisement taken out by the World Values Network,” she started her publish.
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— DUA LIPA (@DUALIPA) May 22, 2021
Dua additional continued, “This is the price you pay for defending Palestinian human rights against an Israeli government whose actions in Palestine both Human Rights Watch and the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem accuse of persecution and discrimination.”
She concluded the publish by including, “I take this stance because I believe that everyone – Jews, Muslims and Christians – have the right to live in peace as equal citizens of a state they choose. The World Values Network are shamelessly using my name to advance their ugly campaign with falsehoods and blatant misrepresentations of who I am and what I stand for. I stand in solidarity with all oppressed people and reject all forms of racism.”
Tensions elevated within the Middle East since May 10, when Hamas militants in Gaza fired long-range rockets towards Jerusalem. The barrage got here after days of clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
As per Fox News, a cease-fire was declared on Friday. The 11-day struggle left greater than 250 lifeless, the huge of whom had been majorly Palestinians, and likewise introduced widespread devastation to the already impoverished Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
