British actress Emma Watson has expressed solidarity with Palestinians in a new post on her official account on Instagram.
Emma Watson shared a picture from a pro-Palestinian rally with the phrase, “Solidarity is a verb”.
Her new post drowned widespread support from pro-Palestine users. But it also draws strong criticism from Israeli officials.
In the caption, there is a quote from British-Australian activist Sara Ahmed, saying: “Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future.
“Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do live on common ground.”
Pro-Palestine social media users healed the post, which by Tuesday had nearly one million likes and more than 89,000 comments. Many thanked Watson for her support, while some added the hashtags #FreePalestine and #PalestineWillBeFree to their comments.
On the other hand, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, criticised the post.
“Fiction may work in Harry Potter but it does not work in reality,” he wrote on Twitter. “If it did, the magic used in the wizarding world could eliminate the evils of Hamas (which oppresses women and seeks the annihilation of Israel) and the PA (which supports terror). I would be in favor of that!” he said.
