The Israeli government and other critics have accused celebrities of wearing clothing they believe is a “symbol of the bloodlust” of Palestinians, who were canonized in Palestinian culture after a bloody lynching some 25 years ago. .
Billie Eilish, her brother Finneas and Mark Ruffalo were among the many stars who held up red hand pins and called for a ceasefire in the Middle East at Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony.
Ofir Gendelman of the Israeli government said, “To those who wore red hand pins at the Oscar ceremony, when Israelis and Palestinians alike see red hands, what they think of is the 2000 police station held by Palestinians.” It was the lynching of two Israelis.” A spokesperson wrote to X: “The murderers celebrated their murder by dipping their hands in the blood of their victims. Please do not support that.”
Left — A young Palestinian man shouts “Allahu Akbar” and proudly displays Israeli blood on his hands as he is cheered by Palestinians, October 2000 Right — Billy at the Oscars ceremony wearing a red pin・Irish The Israeli government claims it is a symbol of a terrorist attack. (Getty)
In October 2000, two Israeli Defense Force reservists, Yossi Abrahami and Vadim Nurzitz, were lynched by a large crowd in Ramallah, the West Bank, for taking a wrong turn in Palestinian Authority-controlled territory. Approximately 1,000 Palestinians gathered around the police station as word spread about their whereabouts.
One particular image of this massacre became infamous when one of the killers, Aziz Salha, waved his bloody hand at the crowd from the window of the police station after dozens of people broke in.
by era of israel, Salha later explained that the Palestinians at the scene were “enthusiastic to see blood.” As he waved, the Palestinian mob cheered “Allahu Akbar” (meaning “God is great” in Arabic).
“We were excited because we wanted to see blood,” Salha said, according to court documents reported by the Times of Israel. “When we entered the room… we saw an Israeli soldier sprawled on the floor in front of the door. “I saw it,” he said.
“As I approached him, I saw a knife stuck in his back near his right shoulder. I pulled the knife and stabbed him in the back two or three times… while I The others who were there kept kicking him. I put my hand over his mouth, the other over his shoulder, to strangle him.”
“My hands were covered in blood and my shirt was covered in blood,” Saleh continued. “So I went to the window and waved to the people in the courtyard.”
The mob then threw the body from the station and desecrated it.
“The ‘Red Handpin’ is a grotesque symbol of murderous Jew-hatred, and its wearing reflects, at best, the wearer’s appalling ignorance and, at worst, supports the genocide of the Jews. Reflect,” Brooke Goldstein said. said the executive director of the Jewish civil rights organization Lawfare Project in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Goldstein added: “The origin of this pin… is a symbol of bloodlust that is part of Islamist politics.”
“The red pin was meticulously crafted under the guise of a ‘ceasefire,’ but its sinister origins date back to the tragic events of 2000,” Liora Rez of Stop Antisemitism told Fox News. He told News Digital. “Even in the midst of Hollywood glamor, an insidious undercurrent of anti-Semitic sentiment persists.”
“Their bodies bore the marks of unspeakable violence, with torn limbs and gouged out eyes, while the attackers brazenly displayed their bloody hands as grotesque trophies. “This atrocity unfolded in the midst of the chaos of the Second Intifada, a dark chapter similar to October 7,” Rez said.
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Eilish, Finneas and Ruffalo, but did not immediately receive a response.
Palestinian lynch mob in Ramallah, October 2000. (Getty)
Terrorism expert Jonathan Schanzer echoed this sentiment, telling Fox News Digital, “Hollywood may not realize it, but Red Hand is kind of the trigger for this issue for Israelis.” . [current] Conflict. “
The trigger, Schanzer explained, was that 10 years later, Salha was released along with 1,027 Palestinian prisoners of war, many of them terrorists, in exchange for Israeli soldiers who had been abducted by Hamas and taken to the Gaza Strip.
“An addendum to this story was in 2011. Salha was in prison for 10 years. He was released in a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. Among the others released were current Hamas leaders. It also included Yahya Shinwar, who is widely recognized as a “war,” he said.
The pin is from a campaign by Artists4Ceasefire.
Hundreds of celebrities have joined Artists4Ceasefire, a campaign calling for a ceasefire after the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. The Jewish state believes more than 134 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip, including two children.
Two Israelis are killed and Palestinians cheer. One of the killers said, “We were obsessed with seeing blood.” (Getty)
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Artists4Ceasefire explained that their mission is to sort out losses on both sides and defend “common humanity.”
“Artists4Ceasefire is a group of artists and supporters who have come together in response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Israel and Palestine. We amplify the global call for an immediate and durable ceasefire and safe return. “We are here to lend our voice and platform to the rescue of all hostages and the immediate provision of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza,” the campaign said. “We support our common humanity and a future rooted in freedom, justice, dignity and peace for all people. We cannot be silent. Compassion must prevail.”
