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Selma Blair is under fire for an anti-Islam comment she posted on Instagram last week.
The “Cruel Intentions” star is one of the latest American actors to intervene in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, claiming that Islam has “destroyed Muslim countries” and then destroys “minds” in the United States.
Blair He made his comments under an Instagram video who harshly criticized U.S. Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for voting against a bill with the stated goal of preventing the immigration to the United States of people “who participated in or otherwise facilitated” the Hamas attack on Israel in October.
Tlaib said the bill It was “unnecessary” because it would be “redundant with existing federal law.” He also characterized it, along with three other immigration-related bills, as “inciting racism that puts our immigrant neighbors at risk.”
Blair disagreed, as indicated by her viral and subsequently deleted comment.
“Thank you so much,” the actor wrote in response to the video criticizing Tlaib. “Deport all these thugs who support terrorism. Islam has destroyed the Muslim countries and then they come here and destroy the minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they find their destiny.”
Fellow actor Michael Rapaport, who recently visited Israel to support the country’s military, he responded, “I love it.”
Debra Messing was even more effusive, writing, “THANK YOU.”
Blair did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Since the Hamas attack on October 7 killed about 1,200 people, Israel has killed more than 28,000 Palestinians. according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Hospitals, schools and refugee camps have been bombed, amid a lack of drinking water and anesthesia.
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Social media users I could not help but notice that artists’ Islamophobic stances do not receive the same reaction from the industry as actors’ comments in support of Palestinian civilians. In November, Melissa Barrerra was fired from the “Scream” franchise after calling for a ceasefire.
Barrera’s talent agency too supposedly almost fired her for sharing a link to United Nations Relief and Works Agency — a humanitarian organization that tirelessly provides food, water and shelter to injured, displaced and traumatized Palestinians.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States, weighed in on Saturday.
“Based on the hateful and ignorant comments Ms. Blair made, we doubt she ever had meaningful interactions with her Muslim colleagues in Hollywood or other members of the American Muslim community.” wrote Edward Ahmed Mitchell of CAIR.
Although many Israelis and American politicians have conflated all civilians in Gaza with Hamas members, the tenor around Israel’s US-backed bombing campaign has slowly begun to change. This week, President Joe Biden called the military operation “overkill.”
The White House has also released a new policy that it said would ensure that foreign countries do not use American military aid to violate international law that protects civilians.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently considering a “massive” attack on Rafah. The city in the southern Gaza Strip is currently home to 1.5 million displaced Palestinians.