Gal Gadot Defends Israel Amid Walk of Fame Protests

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gadot walk — Gal Gadot at the unveiling of her Walk of Fame Star. Image: video

Actress Gal Gadot, perhaps best known for her role as Wonder Woman, remains steadfast in her defense of Israel despite ongoing protests at her recent Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

A ceremony marking her inclusion on the Hollywood Walk of Fame had to be postponed for a week after it was disrupted by protestors. The ceremony attracted crowds of pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters, who gathered outside the event. Gadot, born in Israel, has been vocally supportive of Israel throughout the country’s war with Hamas in Gaza.

Gadot defended her decision to continue speaking out against Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 massacre in Israel, saying in an interview she was “shocked” by how much vitriol she faced for her stance. The actress said that speaking up about the terror attack more than a year ago was more important than staying silent and avoiding controversy. She added the world has failed to call the situation what it is, “an urgent emergency that demands a decisive response.”

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Could not stay silent

In an interview with “Variety,” Gadot acknowledged that she doesn’t usually weigh in on political issues or controversial topics but declared that she couldn’t stay silent on the massacre and the hundreds of hostages that were taken.

“After October 7th, I don’t talk politics, because who cares about the celebrity talking about politics?” she said. “I’m an artist. I want to entertain people. I want to bring hope and be a beacon of light whenever I say anything about the world. But on October 7th, when people were abducted from their homes, from their beds, men, women, children, elderly, Holocaust survivors, were going through the horrors of what happened that day, I could not be silent.”