Why Gal Gadot Advocates for Israel: ‘I Want to Bring Hope’
By Movieguide® Contributor
WONDER WOMAN actress Gal Gadot recently opened up about why she speaks out for Israel following the outbreak of war in her homeland in 2023.
“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,” the Israeli-born actress told Variety ahead of her recent Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.
Her decision to speak out against the violence didn’t come because she wanted to get into politics. Rather it grew out of her desire to be a voice for the voiceless.
“After October 7th [2023], I don’t talk politics — because who cares about the celebrity talking about politics? I’m an artist. I want to entertain people. I want to bring hope and be a beacon of light whenever I say anything about the world,” she said.
“But on October 7th, when people were abducted from their homes, from their beds, men, women, children, elderly, Holocaust survivors, were going through the horrors of what happened that day, I could not be silent,” she continued. “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.”
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On Oct. 7, 2023, Gadot posted on her Instagram, “At least 250 Israeli have been murdered and dozens of women children and elders held as hostages in Gaza, by Palestinian military group Hamas.”
“Starting early morning more than 3,000 rockets were fire. Hamas is holding hostages, controlling bases and settlements in Israel. There have been more than 1,500 injured and heavy fighting is still ongoing. My heart is aching. Praying for all of those in pain,” she continued.
“I am all about humanity,” she told to Variety, “and I felt like I had to advocate for the hostages.”
In another post, she advocated for the Israeli women who were victimized that day:
The world has failed the women of October 7th. We claim we stand against rape, violence against women. We will not let women be victimized and then silenced. We say we believe women, stand with women.
Speak out for women.
On October 7th, the world witnessed Hamas carrying out its violent plans in real-time. Within hours of the October 7th attack, the first blood-chilling video emerged of Shani louk being paraded naked and defiled by her proud assailants. Yet two months later women are still hostage to these rapists and the world has failed to call this situation what it is: an urgent emergency that demands a decisive response.
This is our moment as women and allies of women to act.
I am beseeching all those who have done so much for women’s rights globally – from the un, to the human rights community to please join in the demand that Hamas release every single woman hostage immediately–not after the next round of international mediation.
Not after another day. These women cannot survive another moment of this horror.
Gadot became the first Israeli woman to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week.
“I’m just a girl from a town in Israel,” she said during the ceremony. “This star will remind me that with hard work and passion and some faith, anything is possible.”
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