Families of Gaza hostages have blamed “cancel culture” for the silence of prominent women on their release.
In support of the slogan calling for the return of girls abducted by Boko Haram jihadists 10 years ago, the “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign has been launched targeting 19 women still in captivity. Ta.
Feminist icons including former first lady Michelle Obama and actress Angelina Jolie have previously rallied to the cause of captured Nigerians.
But apart from British celebrities such as Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and countdown math whiz Rachel Reilly, only a handful of British figures, including Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and countdown math whiz Rachel Reilly, were among those who posed with placards reading “Take Our Girls” in 2014. The big stars who fell in love with each other remain silent.
Gili Roman, 39, whose sister-in-law Carmel Gatto, 39, was one of the 19 female prisoners, said: “President Michelle Obama thinks it’s wrong to take hostages.” I’m 100 percent sure.”
“So the only question is, why doesn’t she talk about it?”
“What I learned from my visit to the United States is the level of cancel culture. This is basically a bullying tactic to silence people, and it works.”
Ashley Waxman Bakshi, 38, whose 19-year-old cousin Agam Berger is a prisoner, also spoke of her pain at celebrities ignoring their cause.
“It’s disappointing, frustrating and actually horrifying to see the hypocrisy of celebrities around the world,” she said.
“When they kidnapped innocent people in Nigeria, they quickly realized that they would never be tolerated, but when they are carried out against Israelis, they continue to condemn them.”
An image of the former first lady holding a banner helped popularize the 2014 campaign.
However, her response to the hostage crisis in Gaza disappointed many Israeli families.
Yoni Levy, 52, whose daughter Naama was kidnapped on October 7, has previously spoken out about her ordeal, given that Naama, 19, idolizes Mrs. Obama.
He told the New York Post, “Why did she and the other famous women Naama respect, and the human rights organizations she believed in, have so much to do with what happened to my Naama and all the other girls?” Did he remain silent?”
Mr Mordaunt told parliament yesterday: “We cannot afford to subject these poor women and girls to any more of what they deserve to suffer.”
Riley also shared the slogan online to mark the 150th anniversary of her abduction.
Hamas announced yesterday that it would withdraw from ceasefire negotiations in order to uphold its demands for Israel to withdraw from Gaza.