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Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Star Vandalized as Police Arrest Anti-Israel Protesters at Her London Film Set
Gal Gadot at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY via Reuters Connect
Gal Gadot’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, has been defaced with antisemitic graffiti the same week that London’s Metropolitan Police arrested five anti-Israel protesters trying to disrupt the filming of her new movie in central London.
Metropolitan Police said five people were arrested at a location in Westminster on Wednesday for targeting Gadot’s film set “solely because an actress involved in the production is Israeli.” Protesters have disrupted the filming of Gadot’s latest project in various locations across London in recent weeks, police added. The Israeli actress and mother of four is believed to currently be filming action thriller “The Runner.”
“The five people were arrested for harassment and offenses under Section 241 of the Trade Union and Labors Relations Act, which deals with wrongfully and unlawfully obstructing access to a workplace,” authorities said on Wednesday. Two of the arrests were related to incidents at previous protests while three arrests were connected to disruptions that took place on Wednesday. The arrested individuals remain in custody.
“While we absolutely acknowledge the importance of peaceful protest, we have a duty to intervene where it crosses the line into serious disruption or criminality,” said Superintendent Neil Holyoak. “We have been in discussions with the production company to understand the impact of the protests on their work and on any individuals involved. I hope today’s operation shows we will not tolerate the harassment of or unlawful interference with those trying to go about their legitimate professional work in London.”
The 40-year-old actress has expressed support for Israel amid the country’s ongoing war against Hamas terrorists who orchestrated the deadly attacks across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The native of Petah Tikva, in central Israel, has also called for the release of the hostages abducted by the US-designated terrorist organization during the Oct. 7 onslaught.
At a film set last week in London, Gadot, 40, was escorted away from the location as anti-Israel protesters waved flags and yelled “Stop bombing Palestine,” according to the Daily Mail.
Gadot stars in “The Runner” as a high-powered attorney who runs around London, following cryptic order of a mystery caller, while trying to save her abducted son, according to IMDb. The film, from Amazon MGM Studios, is directed by Kevin Macdonald with a script by Mark Gibson.
Anti-Israel protesters also tried to disrupt Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in March, when she became the first Israeli to be given a coveted star administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Photos shared this week on social media showed that Gadot’s star was vandalized with “Baby Killer” written in black ink. Vandals also crossed out Gadot’s last name and replaced it with “Greestien” – a reference to her father’s former surname Greenstein – and attached a sticker that falsely claimed Israeli snipers “target children.” The graffiti was removed last night by two Israelis, according to a post shared on X.
Gal Gadot’s Hollywood star was vandalized last night and hateful libels were scribbled on it.
Brainless antisemitic scum as we know it! pic.twitter.com/ZQyKc8Pfee
— Cc00l Memukad
الاغتيال المستهدف (@Cc00lM) May 28, 2025
During an interview for the March 2025 issue of Spanish Harper’s Bazaar, Gadot said she longs for the Israel-Hamas war to end with a “diplomatic agreement that allows all parts of the table to live a good and prosperous life.”
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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.