Supermodel Bella Hadid has been vocal about her opinions on the surge in the tensions between Israel and Palestine. Amid the ongoing clashes, the 27-year-old, who is half-Palestinian, has penned a comprehensive note that sounded off her support to Palestine and asking for forgiveness for remaining silent and claimed that her phone number was leaked, which led to her receiving hundreds of death threats. The latest stirring development has also put her family in danger.
Bella started off by asserting her anguish towards the conflict and wrote, “I can not be silenced any longer. Fear is not an option. The people and children of Palestine, especially in Gaza, cannot afford our silence. We are not brave - they are.” ALSO READ | THROWBACK! Bella Hadid Flaunts Her N**ple Piercings Through Her Black Dress With Plunging Neckline, Bringing Drama To The Red Carpet!
She continued, “My heart is bleeding with pain from the trauma I am seeing unfold, as well as the generational trauma of my Palestinian blood. Seeing the aftermath from the airstrikes in Gaza, I mourn with all the mothers who have lost children and the children who cry alone, all the lost fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, friends that will never again walk this earth. I mourn for the Israeli families that have been dealing with the pain and aftermath of October 7th."
“Regardless of the history of the land, I condemn the terrorist attacks on any civilians, anywhere. Harming women and children and inflicting terror does not and should not do any good for the Free Palestine movement. I believe deep in my heart, that no child, no people anywhere, should be taken away from their family either temporarily or indefinitely. That goes for Israeli and Palestinian people alike. It's important to understand the hardship of what it is to be Palestinian, in a world that sees us as nothing more than terrorists resisting peace. It is harmful, it is shameful, and its categorically untrue,” she added. ALSO READ | Cannes 2022: Bella Hadid Sizzles In 1987 Black Versace Gown; Hopes To Make Donatella Versace And Gianni ‘PROUD’-SEE PICS
The supermodel also asserted that everyone must stand together to defend humanity. She also called for attention to the crisis families are facing in war zones where they urgently need food and water.