Emma Watson has expressed support for the Palestinians, angering Israeli envoys

The Israeli authorities have criticized the Harry Potter movie star’s message, but “liked” it by social media users.

British actress Emma Watson has expressed solidarity with the Palestinians in a message on social media, garnering widespread support from pro-Palestinian users, but has also provoked strong criticism from Israeli authorities.

A movie star best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films shared a photo of a pro-Palestinian rally on Instagram on Monday with the phrase “Solidarity is a Verb.”

The photo was published in May last year by the Bad Activism Collective after Israel merged A deadly 11-day offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip. At the time, several celebrities had weight in the conflict, Posting pro-Palestinian messages with characters like Bella Hadid and Susan Sarandon.

In the caption, Watson quoted British-Australian activist Sara Ahmed as saying: “Solidarity does not mean that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is the same for the future.

“Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, or the acceptance that we live in a common ground.”

Watson’s post, which was nearly a million likes on Tuesday and garnered more than 89,000 comments, was praised by pro-Palestinian social media users. Many thanked him for his help, and some added the hashtags #FreePalestine and #PalestineWillBeFree to his comments.

Meanwhile, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, criticized the actor.

“Fiction will work in Harry Potter, but it doesn’t work in reality,” he wrote on Twitter. “If this is done, the magic used in the world of witchcraft could eradicate the evils of Hamas (which oppresses women and seeks to destroy Israel) and the PA (which supports terror). I would be in favor of that! ” he said.

Fiction may work in Harry Potter, but in reality it doesn’t. If he did, the magic used in the wizarding world could eradicate the evils of Hamas (which oppresses women and seeks to destroy Israel) and the PA (which supports terror). I would be in favor of that! pic.twitter.com/u1TrP3sqSS

– Ambassador Gilad Erdan Gilad Erdan (@ giladerdan1) January 3, 2022

His comments were followed by former Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon.

“Gryffindor’s 10 points for being anti-Semitic,” Danon tweeted.

Several social media users slammed Danon for his comments.

Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Donald Trump’s 2016 election of President Donald Trump in the Indivisible Project, dismissed Danon’s accusations as “the perfect cynical and bad example.” -to close the basic expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people in the arms faith of anti-Semitism. “

Palestinian journalist and activist Mohammed El-Kurd, who played a key international role in the forced eviction of Palestinians internationally in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, said that Watson’s “simple statements” left Zionists “everywhere …”. madness ”.

All Emma Watson did was publish this simple statement and now the Zionists are crazy everywhere. Absolutely ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/DUPzYHQr2l

– Mohammed El-Kurd (@ m7mdkurd) January 3, 2022

No kidding, we are at a time when posting a blurry photo of solidarity on Palestinians on Instagram labels you as an anti-Semite. It’s only January 3rd. May God give you patience for this year. https://t.co/DsH4K9umtd

– Ayman (@AymanM) January 3, 2022