Oscar celebrities accused of wearing 'symbol of bloodlust' originating from Palestinians 'lynching' 2 Israelis
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The Israeli government is responding after celebrities including Billie Eilish and Mark Ruffalo sported red pins at the Oscars, which they believe symbolizes "bloodlust."
"To those who wore the red hand pin at the Oscars, this is what every Israeli and Palestinian thinks of when he sees a red hand: the lynching of 2 Israelis by Palestinians in 2000 in a police station," Ofir Gendelman, an Israeli government spokesperson, wrote on X. "The murderers drenched their hands in their victims' blood, celebrating their murder. Don't support that." Billie Eilish, America Ferrera, and FINNEAS attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) Sunrise Coigney and Mark Ruffalo attend the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. (Phillip Faraone/VF24/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) Hannah Grossman is a Reporter at Fox News Digital.
In October 2000, two IDF reservists, Yossi Avrahami and Vadim Nurzhitz, were lynched by a massive mob in Ramallah, West Bank, after they made a wrong turn in the Palestinian Authority-controlled region. After rumors spread about their whereabouts at a police station, around 1,000 Palestinians gathered around the station.
One particular image from the carnage became infamous when one of the killers, Aziz Salha, waved his bloodied hands to the crowd from the police station's window after dozens broke in.
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