Harry Potter star and activist Emma Watson came under fire on Monday after she published an Instagram post expressing support for the Palestinians and slamming Israel.
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The British-Australian actor quoted Sara Ahmed, a prominent feminist scholar, and attached a picture of what appears to be a pro-Palestinian rally. The quote said, "Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future. Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we
do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do live on common ground."
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan was quick to react, slamming her in a tweet. "Fiction may work in Harry Potter but it does not work in reality. If it did, the magic used in the wizarding world could eliminate the evils of Hamas (which oppresses women & seeks the annihilation of Israel) and the PA (which supports terror). I would be in favor of that!," Erdan wrote, attaching a screenshot of Watson's Instagram post.
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