Gigi Hadid Condemns “Terrorizing of Innocent People” After Hamas Attacks on Israel

Half-Palestinian supermodel Gigi Hadid has commented publicly on the current wave of Israel-Palestine violence after the terrorist organization Hamas launched attacks on southern Israel.

“The terrorizing of innocent people is not in alignment with & does not do any good for the ‘Free Palestine’ movement,” Hadid said in a lengthy post on her Instagram account on Tuesday. Hadid, whose father, Mohamed Hadid, is a Palestinian immigrant and practicing Muslim, said she has a “deep empathy and heartbreak for the Palestinian struggle and life under occupation.”

But she added, “I also feel a responsibility to my Jewish friends to make it clear, as I have before: While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them include the harm of a Jewish person.” Hadid’s comments followed the deadly attack in Israel over the weekend orchestrated by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

The attack was followed by Israel declaring a formal war against Hamas, with the escalating retaliation leading to a rising death toll that has surpassed 1,800 victims on both sides since Saturday, according to the Associated Press.

Hadid and her younger sister, Bella Hadid, have a history of supporting the Palestinian cause.

Her Instagram post runs in full below:

My thoughts are with all those affected by this unjustifiable tragedy and every day that innocent lives are taken by this conflict – too many of which are children. I have deep empathy and heartbreak for the Palestinian struggle and life under occupation, it’s a responsibility I hold daily.

I also feel a responsibility to my Jewish friends to make it clear, as I have before: While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them include the harm of a Jewish person. The terrorizing of innocent people is not in alignment with & does not do any good for the ‘Free Palestine’ movement. 

The idea that it does has fueled a painful, decades long cycle of back & forth retaliation (which no innocent civilian, Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to be a casualty of) and helps perpetuate the false idea that being Pro-Palestine = antisemitic. If you are hurting as I share my condolences today with my loves ones, both Palestinian and Jewish, I’m sending you my love and strength – whoever and wherever you are.

There are a lot of complex, personal and valid feelings, but every human deserves basic rights, treatment and security; no matter their nationality, religion, ethnicity or where they were born. I know my words will never be enough or heal the deep wounds of so many, but I pray for the safety of innocent lives, always.