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Jennifer Garner Stirs Controversy After Sharing Video With ‘Palestine’ Supporter at Soccer Game
Jennifer Garner, left, at a recent Angel City FC match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Photo: Screenshot
Actress and entrepreneur Jennifer Garner has left some fans disappointed after she shared a video of her performing with a pro-Palestinian activist at a recent soccer game in Los Angeles.
Garner is co-founder of the Angel City Football Club, a National Women’s Soccer League professional team based in Los Angeles. At a recent Angel City home game in BMO Stadium, Garner attended to show support for her team. The “Family Switch” star shared a video on Instagram from the game showing her beating a drum as fans in the stadium chanted “Angel City.”
The drum Garner played in the video was draped in what appeared to be a pink-colored keffiyeh. The actress was also beating the instrument with a woman who had a shawl around her neck that featured the colors of the Palestinian flag and the word “Palestine.” Their performance on the drums was displayed on the Jumbotron inside BMO Stadium.
“So, I’m a drummer now,” Garner wrote in the video’s caption, before thanking Canadian Indian YouTuber Lilly Singh “for being a badass” and the “always incredible” La Fortaleza, the name given to the Angel City FC supporters’ section in the venue. The Once Upon a Farm co-founder made no reference to the keffiyeh lookalike or pro-Palestinian sentiments expressed in the video, but she did label the original audio for the clip as “celebrities4palestine.”
However, Instagram users quickly took to the comments section on Garner’s post to share their thoughts on the matter. Some told Garner her interaction with the “Palestine” supporter was “deeply disappointing” and sad, and accused her of being complacent with the rest of the world in “diminishing what happened on October 7” during the deadly Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.
“You were a role model of mine growing up. But that era has ended,” wrote one upset Instagram user. Another told Garner: “I’m sad to see your support a terrorist group — look what happened in LA yesterday. They brought destruction and violence to a peaceful neighborhood. Look what happened October 7. They don’t promote peace, they promote hate.”
Anti-Israel activists also took to the comments section, applauding Garner and sharing the emoji of the Palestinian flag with the message “Free Palestine.” One Instagram user wrote, “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free from Zionists Israhell.”
In January, Garner’s daughter Violet Affleck — her eldest child with ex-husband Ben Affleck — was photographed walking in Beverly Hills with her mother while wearing a black crewneck with a watermelon printed on it. Watermelons have become an expression of solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The clothing company behind the shirt, Wear The Peace, said on its website that all proceeds from the sale of the crewneck will be donated to the nonprofit Pious Projects, which provides humanitarian help to locals in the Gaza Strip.
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Iran Showcases New, Advanced Missile Systems Amid US Threat
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Oct. 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
i24 News – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp revealed their latest missile systems on Saturday, which have been deployed on three different Iranian islands.
This comes amid increased US pressure to return to the negotiation table over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, with US President Donald Trump implementing a return to his “maximum pressure” policy.
Commodore Alireza Tangsiri, the head of the IRGC’s naval force, threatened that “the enemy would be beaten” in the event of a military confrontation. He boasted missile units, submarines, unmanned aircraft, and defense systems deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, located in the Persian Gulf, and in the islands in the region.
A new hangar was revealed in one of the sites that contains the new missile systems. According to the IRGC, these missiles have the ability to destroy maritime targets up to 600 kilometers (373 miles) from their deployment sites.
Last week, a US official told i24NEWS that Trump gave Khamenei a two-month ultimatum to reach a nuclear agreement. National Security Council Spokesperson Brian Hughes threatened “devastating” results.
Therefore, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attacked Donald Trump in a speech he made, saying “I will not negotiate with you even under threats.” This, after a few days prior, Trump wrote a letter to Iran, asking to restart negotiations on the nuclear issue.
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Houthis Falsely Claim to Successfully Hit Ben Gurion Airport, USS Harry Truman
Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen, Dec. 2, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The Houthis claimed on Sunday that they targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport with their alleged hypersonic Palestine 2 ballistic missile, with the strike “successfully achieving its goal.”
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree boasted that air traffic at the airport was suspended for more than half an hour.
Additionally, Saree claimed Houthi forces launched missiles and drones at the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea with missiles and drones. There is no indication that this attack succeeded, contrary to the Houthi statement.
At around 7:30 am, sirens blared throughout central Israel, with no injuries reported. The IDF said that a Houthi missile had been intercepted successfully outside of Israeli airspace.
This comes after the Houthis restarted their attacks on the Jewish state last week, triggering sirens in central Israel and the Jerusalem area.
Meanwhile, the US Central Command began an offensive against high-level Houthis and terrorist infrastructure in Yemen. US President Donald Trump has also stated that he will hold Iran responsible for any attack emanating from the Houthis.
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Hamas: Senior Official Salah al-Bardawil Killed in Khan Yunis Strike
Senior Hamas leader Salah al-Bardawil. Photo: File.
i24 News – Hamas confirmed on Sunday that Salah al-Bardawil, a member of its political bureau, had been killed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
His wife also perished in the attack. This targeted killing, initially reported by the Palestinian press agency Shehab, affiliated with Hamas, is said to have targeted “tents sheltering displaced persons.” The Israeli authorities have not yet commented on the reports.
This strike is part of a series of targeted operations carried out by Israel against the Hamas leadership. Over the weekend, the Israeli army and Shin Bet security agency also announced that they had eliminated Osama Tabash, who was the chief of military intelligence for Hamas in southern Gaza and led the organization’s surveillance and targeting unit.
According to the joint statement from the army and Shin Bet, Tabash was a “high-ranking terrorist” who possessed “significant operational knowledge for the terrorist organization.” He had held various positions of importance, including that of battalion commander in the Khan Yunis brigade.
The Israeli services attribute to him involvement in several attacks, including a suicide bombing carried out in 2005 at the Gush Katif crossroads in Gaza, which cost the life of Oded Sharon. In his recent roles, Tabash was responsible for developing the Hamas combat strategy and had participated in planning infiltrations during the massacre on October 7 in the Israeli communities in the south of the country.
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