De Lellis and Dua Lipa among the victims, social media posts about the war lead to the loss of subscribers

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dividing social media and causing VIPs who reveal their interests in the issue to lose many followers. As Il Messaggero reported, among the Italian influencers it was he who suffered the most. Julia De Lellis. In July, she posted several photos on social media of herself in Israel, where she took part in a meeting with representatives of the Israel Defense Forces with her boyfriend and manager of the family arms company, Carlo Gussalli Beretta. After the war started, many users were outraged and attacked the influencer.” “Shame on you, you are walking 50 meters from a place where men, women and children are killed every day.” The result for Julia De Lellis was that more than 12 thousand fans left her account on the social network. Those who openly took sides lost many followers, as in the case of Kylie Jenner. The 25-year-old, with assets of more than $680 million, saw his following drop from 400 million to 399 million after posting a message of solidarity with Israelis. Significant loss of followers (and money). And also sister Kylie, very famous Kim Kardashian After she sided with Israel, she received a lot of abuse from pro-Palestinian users. Many stars had to delete posts dedicated to the conflict in order to quell fan protests: Quentin Tarantino, MadonnaIsraeli actress Gal GadotOscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, Justin Bieber. These are just some of the names involved in the controversy.

Even those who support Palestine are not spared, as in the case of Gigi Hadid, the daughter of Palestinian-born property developer Mohamed Hadid, who is followed by almost 80 million followers. Gigi recently wrote: “There is nothing Jewish about the Israeli government’s treatment of the Palestinians. Condemning the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic, and supporting the Palestinians does not mean supporting Hamas.” The influencer’s post caused such a stir that it prompted a direct response from Jerusalem: “Did you sleep last week?” Other VIPs paying support to Palestine included a former porn star. Mia Khalifa and singer Dua Lipa. The first one was fired from Playboy magazine, and the British singer received many threats. Completes the circle Karim Benzema, the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner and former Real Madrid striker accused of alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood, could now be stripped of his individual award and even his French citizenship. The war between Israel and Palestine has also turned social media into a veritable tinderbox.