Grant Gustin engaged with content online in support of Israel, including liking a post which stated “I Stand With Israel”. He continued to post Zionist content on his Instagram stories for weeks. Despite criticism, he has refused to issue a public apology.
Grant Gustin is an actor best known for playing Barry Allen on CW’s The Flash.
Celebrity
Following October 7th, actor Grant Gustin engaged with content online in support of Israel, including liking a post by ex-producer Greg Berlanti which stated “I Stand With Israel”. He continued to post misleading content on his Instagram including reposting Zionists like Alex Edelman. Following this, he proceeded to limit his comment section to silence any further criticism. Later, he posted a link to donate to the PCRF, requesting his followers to donate instead of donating himself. Most recently, he made a temporary post calling for a ceasefire. Despite his attempts to fix his image, it is obvious that he has no intentions of apologizing and refuses to even mention the word "Palestine" in his actions.
Grant Gustin has a previous history of posting racist content, particularly on his previous Twitter page where he tweeted a statement denying the fact that white people are taught racism.
Anti-semitism:
In addition to other RCM violations, this individual has also either made, shared or celebrated anti-semitism or made statements that perpetuated particularly egregious and dangerous stereotypes about Jews which have historically resulted in their persecution.
We condemn this wholeheartedly and you should too because as most of you know, our movement is a space for collective liberation and justice where all individuals are afforded the same freedoms, human rights and liberties as others.
Anti-semitism has never, should never and will never equate to being pro-Palestinian — this is a complete fabrication and has been fundamentally rejected for decades. Anti-semitism is a very real and dangerous problem that needs to be addressed and we refute the notion that any criticism and rejection of Israel, its occupation or active genocide of Palestinians makes an individual fundamentally antisemitic.
For decades the state of Israel has tried to make themselves synonymous with Judaism and we reject that notion wholeheartedly. This deceptive claim seeks to erase the centuries-old, diverse and rich history of Jewish beliefs and silence Jewish individuals like Gabor Mate, Ilan Pappe and thousands of others by falsely asserting an intrinsic connection between Judaism and political Zionism.
In reality, Judaism predates Zionism by centuries and many within the Jewish community vehemently reject the specific tenets of political Zionism. To perpetuate this falsehood is to ignore the rich historical and theological nuances within Judaism, reducing it to a monolith and politically charged narrative that has been inexplicitly linked with the dehumanisation and genocide of Palestinian people.
If you ever witness any discrimination, bigotry or racism in any form, we encourage you to always call it out, interrupt it (when safe to do so) and continue supporting your fellow humans in achieving freedom for all.
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