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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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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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