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Rage Against The Machine, Halsey and Rihanna Speak Out Over Israel-Gaza Crisis
Over 80 people have been killed in the conflict so far
Rage Against The Machine, Halsey and Rihanna are among the artists to have spoken out over the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.
It comes after a series of attacks which started at the weekend after Israel police blocked off the Damascus Gate, where Palestinian Arabs typically gather for Ramadan.
That led to an attack on Orthodox Jews, which in turn led to the Israeli police raiding the al-Aqsa Mosque, according to various news outlets including Vox.
A series of airstrikes and rocket attacks followed between Israel and Palestinian militants which resulted in 83 people in Gaza – including 17 children – and seven in Israel being killed since violence flared.
Rage Against The Machine expressed solidarity with the Palestinians following deadly Israeli airstrikes which left 51 people dead.
They wrote on Twitter: “The violence and atrocities we are witnessing in Sheikh Jarrah, the Al Aqsa compound and Gaza are a continuation of decades of Israel’s brutal apartheid and violent occupation of Palestine. We stand with the Palestinian people as they resist this colonial terror in all its forms.”
Halsey also spoke out tweeting a note that ended with #FreePalestine and argued that religion and “geopolitics” are not at the heart of the conflict.
“It is not ‘too complicated to understand’ that brown children are being murdered + people are being displaced under the occupation of one of the most powerful armies in the world. It is wilful ignorance to conflate these simple horrors with religion + geopolitics,” she wrote.
The singer was criticised for the tweet which was described by one user as “reductive” which in turn led her to clarify her initial comments.
“My tweet is for my peers / white Americans who don’t concern themselves with middle eastern crises because they don’t care about what happens to POC, and can afford to act as such by writing it off as ‘too complicated’. I’m sorry I didn’t make the target of the tweet more clear!” she added before she posted another tweet featuring political commentator Michael Brooks.
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