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‘Horrific and unacceptable’: Olivia Rodrigo breaks silence on Israel’s assault on Gaza
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‘Horrific and unacceptable’: Olivia Rodrigo breaks silence on Israel’s assault on Gaza

The singer has also donated to UNICEF to 'help support the victims of this horrifying situation' and is encouraging others to do the same.
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16 Jul, 2025

Pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo has broken her silence on Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, calling the situation “horrific and completely unacceptable” in a heartfelt message shared via Instagram.

In a message posted to her story over the weekend, Rodrigo detailed the conditions families in Palestine are having to face in light of Israel’s constant bombardment and blockade of humanitarian aid.

“There are no words to describe the heartbreak I feel witnessing the devastation that is being inflicted upon innocent people in Palestine,” Rodrigo began. “Mothers, fathers and children in Gaza are starving, dehydrated and being denied access to basic medical care and humanitarian aid.

“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,” she continued. “It is horrific and completely unacceptable. To give up on them is to give up on our shared humanity.”

Screenshot via <em>Buzzfeed</em>
Screenshot via Buzzfeed

The Grammy winner went on to share that she has donated to UNICEF to “help support the victims of this horrifying situation,” adding that she would encourage her followers “to do the same if you have the means.”

Rodrigo is the latest artist to speak up about Israel’s violence in Gaza. In recent weeks, Lana Del Rey has said that she prays for Palestine “every day,” while Billie Eilish condemned Israel’s plan to forcibly relocate about two million Palestinians to a “humanitarian city” built on the ruins of Rafah, calling the concept “horrifying.”

In May this year, pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter on Thursday urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers.

Actors, musicians, activists and other public figures wrote the letter calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to “end the UK’s complicity in the horrors in Gaza”.

Prior to this, more than 350 figures from the cinema world, including Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, condemned the genocide in Gaza in an open letter published on the eve of the Cannes Festival.

Comments

El Cid Jul 16, 2025 01:41pm
Muslim Ummah is cowed. Arabs, Egypt,Turkey are supplying Israel with oil, gas, fuel, transit and trade for its war machine. America is giving it bombs, planes and ammo. America and Israel have set up food traps and when Children take the bait to get food they are shot like rats in a trap. Iran tried but was bombed by the US into silence. Now only the Yemeni Houtis are fighting to end the Gaza genocide but are in turn being relentlessly bombed by the US, UK and Israel.
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National Jul 16, 2025 01:52pm
While all so called muslim countries sleep over it. .
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Mahmood Jul 16, 2025 03:05pm
It has been unacceptable to 90% of the world from Day 1 Some are just waking up to lend their voice, to seem relevant and be in the news.
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Peace Only Jul 16, 2025 03:07pm
Everyone with good heart and mind knows and feels what injustice going on in Gaza in the past almost two years now must be stopped now. Please end the killing of innocent people of Gaza.
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Laila Jul 16, 2025 03:19pm
Stop paying taxes to your US government. All Americans who oppose the war on Palestine should stop paying taxes and those drafted should go on strike. Boycott tourism to the US. Muslim especially. Stop buying and importing American goods.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Jul 16, 2025 04:27pm
She is 100 percent right.
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M. Saeed Jul 16, 2025 07:08pm
Every living person with a human heart, would not be able to view pictures of Israeli brutalities, not to talk of witnessing or reading it's accounts!
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Fahim Jul 16, 2025 09:42pm
World is in sleep mode...
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Mahmood Jul 17, 2025 01:12pm
@LAILA, In case you didn't know already, there are some small cities and towns in the US itself, who have passed legislation to withhold tax dollars that are due to the Federal Government, to withhold part of the money, which is directly in proportion to the US aid that goes to Israel each year - some $3 Billion on last count - as a protest for the US foreign policy and Israel's occupation of Palestinian Land. One such daring city is Berkeley, California. Home of the famous University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Livermore Lab - which were involved in the design and testing of the first Nuclear Bomb produced in the US. Also, UCB is the ala mater of one Z. A. Bhutto, and graduate school of yours truly!
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Laila Jul 17, 2025 04:56pm
@Mahmood Nope ds not know that. Thanks for that information. Good to know. Sounds like excellent initiatives to pressure the US government to rethink their policies and inspiring incentives for others. The US being Israels largest enabler and supporter has much leverage. Money seems to be the only thing you can hit corrupt people and rulers with. Otherwise they don't learn. Money really really talks.
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syed aziz ahmed Jul 17, 2025 06:37pm
Only President Trump can do something about it. Everyone should appeal to his sense of fairness.
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