Hamas issued a statement calling on renowned artist Justin Bieber to cancel his upcoming concert in Israel.
Bieber announced on November 15 a series of tour dates in 2022 and 2023, which includes a performance at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park––also known as Ganei Yehoshua Park––on October 13, 2022. The Hamas Artistic Production Department said in a statement that Bieber should “boycott the Zionist occupation state in protest of its repeated crimes against our Palestinian people.”
Various Twitter users mocked Hamas for its statement.
“Who knew Hamas were such #Beliebers?” StandWithUs tweeted.
Who knew Hamas were such #Beliebers? 🤷 pic.twitter.com/UaxodTsxWN
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) November 18, 2021
Sussex Friends of Israel tweeted, “Or else what?!” in response to the Hamas statement.
Or else what??!!
Hamas calls on Justin Bieber to cancel show in Israel https://t.co/CLHL5d9vOm
— Self Declared Zionists (@SussexFriends) November 18, 2021
Israeli activist Hananya Naftali tweeted, “So I heard Hamas calls on Justin Bieber to cancel his concert in Israel due to ‘crimes against Palestinian people’. That’s funny because they are the ones who are using Palestinians as human shields, jailing peace activists and brainwashing the minds of young Palestinians.”
So I heard Hamas calls on Justin Bieber to cancel his concert in Israel due to “crimes against Palestinian people”.
That’s funny because they are the ones who are using Palestinians as human shields, jailing peace activists and brainwashing the minds of young Palestinians.
— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) November 18, 2021
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