Former Glastonbury headliner, Olivia Rodrigo, took to Instagram to share her heartbreak on the war in Gaza, sharing her own donation to UNICEF and urging fans to do the same if they can
Following her headline performance on Glastonbury’s stage, global superstar Olivia Rodrigo has gone viral for her recent Instagram post showing support for Gazan’s amidst the genocide of Palestinians.
The Grammy winner told her 39.5million followers that she had “no words to describe the heartbreak” she feels, teaming with UNICEF to raise funds for the victims of the war. Olivia, 22, also shared a UNICEF reel to her story, which highlighted the turmoil in Rafah with a headline that read: “This is what humanitarian aid looks like now in Gaza”.
Her statement begins with: “There are no words to describe the heartbreak I feel witnessing the devastation that is being inflicted upon innocent people in Palestine. Mothers, fathers, and children in Gaza are starving, dehydrated, and being denied access to basic medical care and humanitarian aid”.
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“There is no child in Israel, Palestine, or anywhere in the world who deserves to suffer through what we’re seeing these children have to endure. It is horrific and completely unacceptable”.
She went on: “To give up on them is to give up on our shared humanity,” before Olivia shared she had “made a donation to @unicef to help support the victims of this horrifying situation”. The Good For You singer then prompted her fans to follow suit, adding: “[I] encourage you to do the same if you have the means” – ending with an emoji of the Palestinian flag and a link to a donation page.
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Olivia’s Instagram story follows statements from other pop stars condemning the war in Gaza. Billie Eilish, 23, also shared a reel from the BBC conveying the Israeli minister’s plans to move Gaza’s population to [a] camp in Rafah. The Ocean Eyes singer wrote “horrifying” under the clip, showing solidarity to the Palestinian people targeted by Minister Israel Katz’s relocation plans.
Elsewhere, Seph Mozes, son of Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon, is on a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestine. Mozes, who is Jewish, is taking part in the strike as part of his advocacy with Jewish Voices For Peace (JVP), which is calling for an end to America’s arming of Israel.
Nixon, who is a prominent activist, describes her 28-year-old son as “a quite observant Jew” who is “very steeped in Jewish Voices for Peace,” before sharing that he “doesn’t have illusions that he’s going to end the war, but I think he wants to do everything he can”.
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