Pro-Palestine and -Israel Protesters Clash at Gal Gadot Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony
Pro-Palestine and -Israel Protesters clashed at Gal Gadot's Walk of Fame ceremony on Hollywood Blvd. on Tuesday, with police chasing down someone who reportedly stole a flag from the Israeli camp.
Emotions ran high as people in the pro-Palestine group shouted, 'Shame on Gal Gadot' at the Israeli actress, who stars as the evil queen in the new live-action Disney movie 'Snow White.' Gadot has received considerable backlash to her vocal support of Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks while, her detractors say, not addressing the losses on the Palestinian side of the conflict.
The ceremony, which was attended by 'Wonder Woman' director Patty Jenkins and 'Fast and Furious' star Vin Diesel, was delayed 15 minutes do to the ongoing protest.
Variety, who first reported the story, estimated a crowd of two dozen each on one side.
Israeli supporter Dana Nikri told the outlet she had friends who were murdered at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 2, 2023: 'They come [to] our home and take us from our home and give us dead children. We don't start war, we don't want war at all.'
Roma Ealaicos, who supports Palestine, said, 'We're all really upset about what's happening in Gaza right now. From the last year and a half, and especially in the last 24-48 hours, 400 innocent people have been killed by the Israeli military, unprovoked.' He added that there is 'no reason we should be celebrating an Israeli' right now.
Gadot told Variety, 'There is a challenge for people to speak on social media because there is so much hate going on and so many bots and so many angry people that are looking for a cause.'
She explained that she usually doesn't talk about politics, but was motivated to speak because of 'the horrors that happened [on Oct. 7],' adding, 'I was shocked by the amount of hate, by the amount of how much people think they know when they actually have no idea, and also by how the media is not fair many times. So I had to speak up.'
In her speech on Tuesday, Gadot said, 'I'm just a girl from a town in Israel, this star will remind me that with hard work and passion and some faith, anything is possible.'
She thanked Diesel, who 'took a chance on a complete unknown and invited me to the 'Fast and Furious' family, talk about starting big.' She added, 'It was my first movie ever, and your faith in me completely changed the course of my life.' She played ex-Mossad agent Gisele Yashar in three films in the franchise.
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