Samantha Ettis not only saw her Palisade burn up in the California wildfires, but she also Torched by a pro-Palestinian mob It enjoyed her loss.
The Manhattan native and outspoken Israel supporter looked for “America's most idyllic town” when he relocated his young family and zeroed in on Palisades 13 years ago after “finishing up in New York.”
as her shared her heartbreaking story A firestorm of hate poured out on social media about how her house was “burned to the ground with all our possessions.”
“I can't tell you how happy I am that you lost your home!!!”
“I'm glad you lost your home. I hope you're there next time,” read another.
One commenter wrote, “I'm sorry you lost your home. Even if you repeatedly choose to feel sadness and empathy for the destruction and death, despair, displacement, and devastation of people in Palestine, I cannot express my sympathy for your loss.” choose to feel.
“I don't usually let things get under my skin,” Etis told the Post, but the provocation about her getting away alive was the final straw. “It makes me wish you were dead.”
Ettus launched after Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 2024 new voicea social media campaign against anti-Semitism. It features celebrities such as Cindy Crawford and David Arquette.
That has made the author and entrepreneur a regular target of her activism – recently included Conflict with Mohamed Hadidfamous father Nepobaby Modeled after Bella and Gigi, painted as “ignorant bitches” and “terrorists”.
Still, in the wake of her personal “tragedy” of the LA wildfires, the married mother of three teens admitted the level of cruelty shocked her.
“Referencing our family's tragedy and trauma was a different level of hate.”
But she is determined not to let hatred silence her.
”I didn’t let this slow me down. Hateful messages like this will not stop me from speaking out,” said Ettus, who spoke to a conference of 2,000 Jewish women days after the fire.
“We need all voices. We can't be silent. It's scarier to stay silent right now than for Jews to speak out. If anything good is to come from this, it's because everyone speaks out.” We are all in this together.”
