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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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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.