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Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey signed the "No Hostage Left Behind" which commends president Biden for his support of Israel. The letter blames the genocide in Gaza on Hamas and repeats debunked Israeli propaganda i.e. the "beheaded babies."

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Lana Del Rey is a singer-songwriter

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Lana Del Ray, in the letter, thanked President Biden who has directly enabled the current ethnic cleansing campaign in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Lana Del Ray announced her concert in Israel and tried defending this choice by saying music is universal and claiming that she will be “visiting Palestine” while there. She then said she wanted to play for both Palestinian and Israeli fans, but it had not been possible to “line up both visits with such short notice”. She had therefore decided to postpone and then later canceled her appearance at the festival until it was possible to “schedule visits for both my Israeli and Palestinian fans, as well as hopefully other countries in the region... It's important to me to perform in both Palestine and Israel and treat all my fans equally”. Her decision to cancel was supported by The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (Pacbi). "Thank you for your principled decision," The group said in a statement.

More recently, in Feburary 17th 2024, she posted a picture on instagram of her blankly staring at the camera with a mcdonalds cup in the center. Mcdonalds is on the BDS boycott list, and despite the amount of comments and backlash, enough fans defended her for her to decide to not care.

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BDS Boycott:

The BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement is a global campaign which follows the worldwide boycott movement that led to the successful dismantling of apartheid in South Africa and therefore advocates for various sustained forms of boycott against Israel until it complies with international law.

Founded as a response to the rampant, ongoing and systemic dispossession, displacement, and disenfranchisement endured by generations of Palestinians, the BDS movement is in direct response to the relentless expansion of Israeli settlements, the imposition of discriminatory laws and the denial of basic rights to millions living under occupation, apartheid or in exile with no right of return.

Central to the ethos of BDS is the belief that every purchase and action carries a weighty moral responsibility. To buy goods from or actively support companies or organizations on the BDS list is to cast a vote in favor of perpetuating injustice, a tacit endorsement of the status quo of occupation and discrimination. It’s a direct violation of the collective conscience, a betrayal of the fundamental principles of human rights and dignity.

By pressuring Israel and its supporters by withdrawing support and capital, humanity aims to bring awareness to — and ultimately — end the occupation of Palestine, grant equal rights to all Palestinians and recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes. This pressure also extends to any individuals and entities found to be complicit in the normalization, funding or support of Israel’s brutal occupation and 75+ years of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

No Hostage Left Behind Letter:

A since deleted sensationalist open letter that relied heavily on since refuted but still actively heinous, destructive and dehumanizing lies about Palestinians having ‘beheaded over 40 babies’ among other bouts of misinformation.

The letter also only asks for the return of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas since October 7th and not the thousands of also innocent Palestinian hostage kidnapped by Israel both before and after October 7th — including hundreds of children who have been documented to have suffered assault, torture, sexual abuse, forced starvation after being imprisoned despite having no charges against them.

It also serves to completely absolve Israel of any accountability over the suffering of Palestinians by shifting the blame to Hamas, despite Israel being the active oppressor of Palestinians for decades, ethnically cleansing the population since the early 1900s and now actively committing a genocide while the entire world watches from their screens.

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