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Stop Antisemitism, a self-proclaimed “non-partisan US based organisation” that fights against antisemitism, has called on US Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate beloved children’s YouTuber Ms Rachel for Littles after she voiced support and raised funds for the children of Gaza.

The group, which has been posting images celebrating students being deported from the US over pro-Palestine views, asked AG Bondi to investigate if Rachel Accurso, popularly known as Ms Rachel, was “funded by a foreign party to push anti-Israel propaganda to skew public opinion,” it detailed in an Instagram post.

They claimed that Accurso “transformed into an amplifier of Hamas propaganda, broadcasting to 20M+ followers across her platforms.” Accurso has not responded.

According to The New Arab, in a letter sent to AG Bondi, obtained by The Post, the organisation’s director Liora Rez called for an investigation into Accurso’s alleged “funding” and if it violates the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) — a law that requires individuals acting as agents of foreign principals to register with the Department of Justice and disclose their activities.

Rez claimed that Accurso was “incorporating Hamas-like propagated images and stories into her content” and that she has “largely ignored the suffering of Israeli victims, [captives], and Jewish children.”

The organisation attempted to dispute some instances of Accurso’s pro-Palestine content. They claimed that she promoted a “‘starving child’ from Gaza photo which was actually a cystic fibrosis case”. In reality, Fadi al-Zant was suffering from the disease and malnutrition, his mother confirmed to the Washington Post, stating that he required up to twice the amount of calories of other children his age.

They also criticised Accurso of using the “false stat of 14,000+ kids killed” in Gaza. The organisation said she accused Israel of “blocking aid is in violation of the Geneva Convention, despite 1.7M tons delivered.” However, that claim has been disproven already. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, “More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine. No commercial supplies,”

The organisation alleged that Accurso posted about “fake cold deaths” after reports that children died from hypothermia in Gaza and said the pictures were from Wikipedia. However, in a statement from December 2024, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder said, “We are also witnessing children dying from the cold and a lack of adequate shelter. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, four newborns and infants have died from hypothermia in recent days.”

Stop Antisemitism said, “Ms Rachel even raised $50K for Gaza’s kids with zero mention of Jewish victims. When called out, she posted a vague song ‘praying’ for all children, then went right back to spreading Hamas lies.”

In reality, Accurso’s fundraising was for children in distress in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan. In a tearful video shared to her Instagram account, Accurso said she was facing severe bullying for not caring about “all children”. The criticism came after she did not include Israeli children in her campaign.

“I care deeply for all children. Palestinian children, Israeli children, children in the US — Muslim, Jewish, Christian children — all children, in every country. Not one is excluded,” she affirmed in her Instagram caption.

In January, Accurso also shared a picture of an Israeli baby, a member of the Bibas family taken hostage by Hamas and said, “I pray that Kfir, his brother Ariel, and his parents, Yarden and Shiri, come home. All children deserve to be home safe with their families and always protected from violence and war. We always need to protect children.”

However, the organisation slammed her because “she only mentioned the Bibas family after facing backlash and never once condemned Hamas or the Palestinians for murdering and parading them.”

Despite the backlash, Accurso has remained vocal in her support for the children of Gaza and shared multiple Instagram posts highlighting the atrocities committed against them. In a post about children in need, the YouTuber wrote, “I will never stop speaking up for innocent children whose rights are being violated.”