Jewish Celebrities Can't Win

Ahost have Jewish American celebrities have faced backlash on social media in recent days after weighing in on the Israel-Hamas war.

The complexity of the enduring tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the region, coupled with an ever-increasing number of zealous critics populating social media, has made speaking out on the matter a tough balancing act for those supporting either side.

To voice sympathy for the Palestinian lives lost has been reduced by detractors to supporting the actions of militant group Hamas. Conversely, a public statement mourning the Israelis killed or kidnapped has been dismissed as aligning with apartheid.

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Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp currently has the comments switched off on his newer Instagram posts. But while other celebrities have greeted their naysayers with silence, the actor recently came out swinging at his detractors.

"I just reposted a beautiful picture of a young innocent girl whose life was taken by Hamas at a music festival," Schnapp wrote in an October 11 Instagram post. "I was met with comments reading 'no one cares free Palestine' and 'She deserves that, and every Israeli terrorist deserves that – Free Palestine.' I am outraged by the justification and celebration of the death of a young girls life. Have people lost their minds??? STOP!"

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