Israeli Arab actress indicted for posts linked to Hamas attack

A famous Arab Israeli actress has been charged with inciting terrorism for posts on social media in connection with the attack carried out by Hamas in Israel on October 7, according to judicial sources. Maisa Abdel Hadi, who lives in the town of Nazareth (in northern Israel), was arrested on Monday October 23 and placed in police custody for 48 hours for having, according to the police, published a photo on her Facebook page of a bulldozer breaking down the fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel at the start of the Hamas attack, which left more than 1,400 dead, mostly civilians, according to the authorities.

Maisa Abdel Hadi, 37, who defines herself as Palestinian on her social networks, had also published on Instagram, according to the police, a photo of an elderly hostage, among some 230 people kidnapped and taken to Gaza, with the inscription: “This lady is going to live the adventure of her life”. The Justice Department said in a statement announcing his indictment that his publications are worth “sympathy, incitement and support for terrorist acts”. The date of his trial has not been specified.

According to numerous testimonies and Israeli police, members of Israel’s Arab minority and Palestinians in East Jerusalem have been fired, expelled from their universities or arrested for social media posts expressing solidarity with the Gaza Strip. since the start of the war. Israeli Arabs, who represent a fifth of the Israeli population, are descendants of Palestinians who remained on their land when Israel was created in 1948.