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‘Snow White’ Star Rachel Zegler Declares ‘Free Palestine’ While Promoting Film Also Starring Gal Gadot
Rachel Zegler attends the 49th People’s Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, US, Feb. 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Actress Rachel Zegler declared her support for a “Free Palestine” this week while promoting her new film, the live-action remake of the 1937 Disney classic “Snow White” that also stars Israeli actress Gal Gadot in the role of the Evil Queen.
Despite the fact that Zegler’s leading co-star in the film is a former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces and an avid supporter of her home country, the Golden Globe-winning actress — who will also star in a new Broadway production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” — did not hesitate to publicly share her support for the Palestinian cause.
Three days after the trailer for the new “Snow White” film was released, and has since racked up over 6 million views on YouTube, Zegler tweeted on Monday, “i love you all so much! thank you for the love and for 120m views on our trailer in just 24 hours! what a whirlwind. i am in the thick of rehearsals for romeo + juliet so i’m gonna get outta here. bye for now [sic].”
In a separate post, she added: “and always remember, free palestine [sic].”
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Zegler’s pro-Palestinian tweet has garnered 5.5 million views and almost 50,000 shares since being posted. The post on X has also attracted hundreds of comments from pro-Israel supporters, who criticized the tweet as well as Zegler’s “backstabbing” and lack of support for her Israeli co-star. Some social media users asked Zegler if she had the audacity to say “Free Palestine” to Gadot’s face while others chastised the Walt Disney Company for even hiring Zegler to play the title character in the upcoming “Snow White” film.
“Free Disney of Rachel Zegler,” said one social media user. Another wrote to Zegler, “If you mean free from Hamas, I agree.”
“Good to know you share the same ideology as the man who tried to murder a Jew in NY. He screamed free palestine when he stabbed a Jew,” an X user wrote in response to Zegler’s tweet. Another added, “Hey, ‘Snow White’, it must be tough to be outshined by the beauty of Wonder Woman, while being so much uglier inside.” One X user sarcastically said, “Wow you’re such a ‘team player’. Way to support your cast mate.”
A user on X that drew attention to Disney tweeted: “Disney have [sic] an interesting marketing strategy for Snow White. It co-stars Israeli Gal Gadot, making sure Israel-haters will boycott it, and Israel-hater Rachel Zegler, making sure pro-Israelis will be loathe to watch it. Is there some way to alienate neutral viewers too?”
Gadot has not directly responded to Zegler’s tweet, but on Tuesday, she shared on her Instagram Story a quote by Martin Luther King Jr.: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Gadot added, “Only love can truly save the world.”
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Israel Readies for a Nationwide Strike on Sunday
Demonstrators hold signs and pictures of hostages, as relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Itai Ron
i24 News – The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are calling on for a general strike to be held on Sunday in an effort to compel the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal with Hamas for the release of their loved ones and a ceasefire. According to Israeli officials, 50 hostages now remain in Gaza, of whom 20 are believed to be alive.
The October 7 Council and other groups representing bereaved families of hostages and soldiers who fell since the start of the war declared they were “shutting down the country to save the soldiers and the hostages.”
While many businesses said they would join the strike, Israel’s largest labor federation, the Histadrut, has declined to participate.
Some of the country’s top educational institutions, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, declared their support for the strike.
“We, the members of the university’s leadership, deans, and department heads, hereby announce that on Sunday, each and every one of us will participate in a personal strike as a profound expression of solidarity with the hostage families,” the Hebrew University’s deal wrote to students.
The day will begin at 6:29 AM, to commemorate the start of the October 7 attack, with the first installation at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Further demonstrations are planned at dozens of traffic intersections.
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Netanyahu ‘Has Become a Problem,’Says Danish PM as She Calls for Russia-Style Sanctions Against Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
i24 News – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a “problem,” his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen said Saturday, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war.
“Netanyahu is now a problem in himself,” Frederiksen told Danish media, adding that the Israeli government is going “too far” and lashing out at the “absolutely appalling and catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza and announced new homes in the West Bank.
“We are one of the countries that wants to increase pressure on Israel, but we have not yet obtained the support of EU members,” she said, specifying she referred to “political pressure, sanctions, whether against settlers, ministers, or even Israel as a whole.”
“We are not ruling anything out in advance. Just as with Russia, we are designing the sanctions to target where we believe they will have the greatest effect.”
The devastating war in Gaza began almost two years ago, with an incursion into Israel of thousands of Palestinian armed jihadists, who perpetrated the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
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As Alaska Summit Ends With No Apparent Progress, Zelensky to Meet Trump on Monday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference after the opening session of Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 23 August 2023. The Crimea Platform – is an international consultation and coordination format initiated by Ukraine. OLEG PETRASYUK/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – After US President Donald Trump hailed the “great progress” made during a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was set to meet Trump on Monday at the White House.
“There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’ve made some headway,” Trump told reporters during a joint press conference after the meeting.
Many observers noted, however, that the subsequent press conference was a relatively muted affair compared to the pomp and circumstance of the red carpet welcome, and the summit produced no tangible progress.
Trump and Putin spoke briefly, with neither taking questions, and offered general statements about an “understanding” and “progress.”
Putin, who spoke first, agreed with Trump’s long-repeated assertion that Russia never would have invaded Ukraine in 2022 had Trump been president instead of Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump said “many points were agreed to” and that “just a very few” issues were left to resolve, offering no specifics and making no reference to the ceasefire he’s been seeking.