Bella Hadid speaks for the first time about the ongoing war between her Hamas and Israel. The model began her post by asking her fans to forgive her “silence” over the past two weeks. “I have yet to find the perfect words for these deeply complicated and horrific past 2 weeks. Weeks that turned the world’s attention back to a condition that has taken innocent lives and affected families for decades“, He wrote. “I have a lot to say, but for today I will be brief».

Ever since the war started, Bella Hadid says she’s been sent for “hundreds of death threats, on a daily basis” and her family feels in danger, yet she refuses to “keep quiet any longer”.

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My heart bleeds from the pain, from the drama I see unfolding, as well as from the generational trauma of my Palestinian blood“, He wrote. “Seeing the aftermath of the airstrikes in Gaza, I mourn with all the mothers who lost their children and the children who cry alone, all the lost fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, friends who will never walk this earth again».

However, as she writes, “he also mourns for the Israeli families dealing with the pain and aftermath» from the Hamas surprise attack on October 7.

Regardless of the history of the place, I condemn terrorist attacks against any civilian, anywhere“, he characteristically wrote. “Harming women and children and causing terror does not and should not benefit the Free Palestine movement».

However, she then explained some of her “Palestinian heritage” and why she has supported the “Free Palestine” movement for so many years. “It is important to understand the difficulties of what it means to be Palestinian, in a world that sees us only as terrorists who resist peace“, he continued. “It’s harmful, it’s embarrassing, and it’s categorically untrue».

Hadid’s father, Mohammed Hadid, was born in Nazareth in 1948 — the same year 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes — and his family was forced to become refugees, she said.

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My family witnessed 75 years of violence against the Palestinian people, mainly violent invasions, which led to the destruction of entire communities, cold-blooded murder, and the violent removal of families from their homes. The practice of settlements on Palestinian land continues to this day».

However, Hadid sees a future where all people can “to stand together in defense of humanity and compassion and against corrupt governments».

We are one and God has created us all equal. All bloodshed, tears and bodies should be mourned with equal respect».

He then called on citizens to help in the current “humanitarian crisis in Gaza”, for people who do not have access to clean water, electricity to run hospitals and doctors to treat the wounded.

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Wars have laws and they must be obeyed no matter what». Finally, she called on her fans to continue to put pressure on the leaders, in order to ensure that innocent Palestinian civilians are not the forgotten victims of war. I stand with humanity, knowing that peace and security belong to us».

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