Gal Gadot the ‘Wonder Woman’ condemns Israeli PM Netanyahu’s conduct with Arabs
Gal Gadot, who has played the title character Wonder Woman in the recent Marvel feature, has hit out at the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after he said the country is the homeland ‘only of the Jewish people.’
Gadot came to the defense of actress and reality TV show hostess a who was personally criticized on social media by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after she panned his Likud party’s scare-mongering about the role of Arabs in the next government.
The Israeli actress took to Instagram, which is followed by some 28.2 million people, she wrote, “This isn’t a matter of left or right, Jew or Arab, secular of religious, it’s about dialogue for peace and equality and our tolerance for one another.
“Love your neighbor as yourself,” said Gadot, who famously played the role of Wonder Woman in the film of the same name and has championed women’s rights off-screen. “Rotem, sister, you inspire all of us.”
Many people, including Israelis, praised the actress ’s stand, which she took criticizing Israeli PM.
Israeli actresses Gal Gadot and Rotem Sela reminded Netanyahu that 20% of Israel’s population is Arab citizens who deserve respect and equality. And this is big news in Israel today. Imagine the potential if many leading actors, artists, academics etc. would consistently protest
— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) March 10, 2019
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It all started on Sunday when Israeli PM Netanyahu was engaged in a social media argument with Sela, who had criticized his Likud party’s anti-Arab rhetoric a day earlier.
Rotem raised her voice after Likud Culture Minister Miri Regev in a TV interview repeated a frequent Likud claim that rival Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz will try to form a government with Arab parties.
“What is the problem with the Arabs???” Sela, 35, wrote on Instagram. “Dear god, there are also Arab citizens in this country. When the hell will someone in this government convey to the public that Israel is a state of all its citizens and that all people were created equal, and that even the Arabs and the Druze and the LGBTs and — shock — the leftists are human.”
Netanyahu shot back on his own Instagram account: “Dear Rotem, an important correction: Israel is not a state of all its citizens. According to the nation-state law, we passed, Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people — and not anyone else.”
Israeli actress Gal Gadot, along with a handful of other celebrities, are also demanding the Labor party to remove their faces from an election campaign poster playing on a recent brouhaha over the status of Arab Israelis.
חייב רק להגיד- לא אישרתי את השימוש בתמונה שלי. אם הייתי מצביע ״העבודה״ אגב, הייתי מאשר בשמחה. pic.twitter.com/rtMWRx5TyH
— Assi azar (@assiazar) March 12, 2019
