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Actress-Comedian Spews Anti-Israel Rhetoric Daily on Instagram, Accuses Israel Practicing ‘White Supremacy’
Amanda Seales performing on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Photo: YouTube screenshot
Actress, comedian and podcast host Amanda Seales has been sharing daily with her 2.2 million Instagram followers messages, photos and videos criticizing Israel and the country’s ongoing military campaign against Hamas terrorists controlling the Gaza Strip.
From 2017 to 2021, Seales starred in the HBO comedy series Insecure. She had an HBO stand-up comedy special titled I Be Knowin, was a former co-host of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real and hosted NBCs Bring the Funny. She has a weekly podcast called Small Doses and a book by the same name.
In her Instagram Stories this week alone, Seales posted an image of a tweet claiming that Israel is “asserting white superiority” over the Palestinians and shared a video of children at a pro-Palestinian rally chanting “Free, Free, Free Palestine” and “From the river, Palestine will be free.” The slogan has been widely interpreted as a call for Israel, which is located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, to be eradicated and replaced by “Palestine.”
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She also shared on her Instagram Story messages that call for a boycott of Israel and lambast the United States for aiding Israel amid its war against Hamas. She additionally reposted a video showing a compilation of images taken at a pro-Palestinian rally where protesters held signs that read, “boycott Israel,” “Free Palestine” and “End Israel state terror.” Other banners at the rally accused Israel of colonialism and genocide.
Speaking into the camera in a video she shared on her Instagram Story on Tuesday, Seales said, “The Israel state was created to have a transfer of white supremacy, you don’t see that? You don’t see the absolute racism they enact not just towards Palestinains but towards Black people? Like, them people racist.” She additionally said Israel supporters are part of a “cult of colonialism that believe yeah, we have the right to take,” and that any support they show for the Black community in America is “from a supremacy standpoint.” She then warned her fans, “be careful of people whose generosity only extends from their dominance.”
On Wednesday, she reposted a video commentary about the recent congressional testimonies given by top American college presidents about antisemitism at their universities. The commentator in the clip called US Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who grilled the university presidents, a “known antisemite” and blasted her for asking questions about the genocide of Jews.
Seales, who also advocates for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, shared in a permanent post on her Instagram page a video in which Israel is described as “a white supremacist state.” She also called it “disappointing” that musician Ziggy Marley, the son of reggae icon Bob Marley, expressed support for Israel and called for Gaza to be “free from Hamas.”
The comedian is set to perform in New York City’s Minetta Lane Theatre from Dec. 14-16 for an event titled “In Love and Struggle,” which “brings together a group of visionary Black women and nonbinary people for a series of unforgettable evenings filled with storytelling, music, comedy, and monologues.”
The Minette Lane Theatre did not immediately respond to The Algemeiner‘s request for comment about Seales’ social media activity.
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Report: IDF Probes Whether Houthis Used Iranian Cluster Bomb-Bearing Missile
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi addresses followers via a video link at the al-Shaab Mosque, formerly al-Saleh Mosque, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The Israeli military said Saturday it launched a probe into the failure of its defenses to fully intercept a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi jihadists, parts of which struck not far from the Ben Gurion airport on Friday night.
According to the Ynet website, one of the hypotheses being examined is that the projectile contained cluster munitions, similar to those used by Iran to fire at Israeli cities during the 12-day war in June. Cluster munitions pose a challenge to interceptors as they disperse smaller explosives over a wide area.
In June, Iran fired several missiles carrying scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties.
The IDF said on Saturday that its initial review suggests the ballistic missile from Yemen likely fragmented in mid-air. Five interceptors from various systems engaged with the missile, including THAAD, Arrow, David Sling & Iron Dome.
Authorities said that shrapnel impacted a house in the central Israeli moshav of Ginaton, yet no one was hurt, with the fragment landing in the house’s backyard.
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Iran Forces Kill Six Militants, IRNA Reports, Israel Link Seen
The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Iranian security forces shot dead six militants in a clash in southeastern Iran on Saturday, a day after armed rebels killed five police officers in the restive region, the official news agency IRNA reported.
IRNA said evidence showed the group was linked to Israel and may have been trained by Israel‘s Mossad spy agency. There was no immediate Israeli reaction to the allegation.
Another two members of the militant group were arrested, the report said. All but one of the militants were foreign, it added, without giving their nationality.
Iranian police said this month they had arrested as many as 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war with Israel in June.
Iran’s southeast has been the scene of sporadic clashes between security forces and armed groups, including Sunni militants and separatists who say they are fighting for greater rights and autonomy.
Tehran says some of them have ties to foreign powers and are involved in cross-border smuggling and insurgency.
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Benny Gantz Urges Time-Limited National Unity Government to Further Chances of Hostage Deal
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz attends his party’s meeting at the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Saturday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition politicians to form a temporary national unity government to further the chances of bringing home the hostages held in Gaza.
Addressing Netanyahu, Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, Gantz said that the proposed government’s two supreme priorities would be the release of Israeli hostages held by the jihadists of Hamas and instituting universal conscription in Israel by ending the exemption from military service enjoyed by the ultra-Orthodox.
Upon attainment of the goals, the government would dissolve and call an election.
“The government’s term will begin with a hostage deal that brings everyone home,” Gantz said in a video address. “Within weeks, we will formulate an enlistment outline that would see our ultra-Orthodox brethren drafted to the military and ease the burden on those already serving. Finally, we will announce an agreed-upon election date in the spring of 2026 and pass a law to dissolve the Knesset [Israeli parliament] accordingly. This is what’s right for Israel.”