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Instagram bans Bella Hadid Palestinian stories
Bella Hadid called out on Friday Instagram to speak out against Israel’s storming of Al Aqsa Mosque and has accused the social media platform of “shadow banning” her stories.
“My Instagram has disabled me from posting on my story – pretty much only when it is Palestine based I assume,” the model, who is of Dutch and Palestinian descent, said. “When I post about Palestine I get immediately shadowbanned and almost one million less of you see my stories and posts.”
In a second post, Hadid, who has 51 million supporters, shared a screengrab showing her incapacity to share content on her Stories, with the statement: “Won’t let me repost… for 2 hours now.”
She described in a separate frame that a pair of “very important” posts she had been attempting to report from the Eye On Palestine account, alongside long letters, were also not uploading.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported153 people were injured by rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas fired by Israeli security forces who entered the Al Aqsa Mosque compound after Friday morning prayers.
“There are attacks against our staff … on medical personnel and ambulances. There are denied access to reach victims,” a representative for the medical organization said.
Friday’s violence came after Israeli troops murdered over 12 Palestinians in the West Bank during the past week. Those murdered contain alleged militants, a child charged with throwing a Molotov cocktail, and an unarmed woman.
