Israeli actress Gal Gadot posts a message of solidarity with model Rotem Sela, who drew criticism from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defending Israel’s Arab minority.
“This isn’t a matter of left or right, Jew or Arab, secular of religious, it’s about dialogue for peace and equality, and our tolerance for one another,” Gadot says.
“Love your neighbor as yourself,” she says. “The responsibility to sow hope and light for a better future for our children lies with us.”
Actress Gal Gadot poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet,’ in central London, on November 25, 2018. (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
On Saturday, Sela denounced Netanyahu’s frequent talking point that his political rival will form a government with Arab political parties.
“When the hell will someone in this government tell the public that Israel is a country of all its citizens,” Sela wrote on Instagram.
Netanyahu responded today by saying that Israel “is the national state, not of all its citizens, but only of the Jewish people.”
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