ALBAWABA - Posting a photo of herself with a Starbucks cup ignited a firestorm of outrage on social media.
Selena Gomez had already demanded a boycott of the corporation due to its political stances. Gomez subsequently expressed her remorse by adding, "I didn't know...it seems like I was stupid." I apologies.
Following the escalation of events in Palestine, American singer Selena Gomez, who has been silent on social media since the start of the Palestinian uprising, publicly expressed her support for the Palestinian cause in a press statement on the website of her beauty brand, Rare Beauty. In the statement, Gomez also revealed that she had donated to the Palestinian cause.
Gomez's beauty firm, "Rare Beauty," released a press statement expressing her sympathy with the Palestinian cause and revealing her gift. Al-Bayat said: "We feel very sad because of the pictures and reports that reach us from the Middle East."
Gomez continued in a press release on her company's official page: "Israeli air strikes have killed thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians, displaced millions more, and left many without food, water, medicine, or any other necessities for survival. A significant portion of these Victims include young youngsters. There has to be protection for Palestinian people.
"The company will donate to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Megan David Adom Society, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society, which provides urgent care on the ground." We will also donate to UNICEF to help provide Urgent relief and medical resources for the children of Gaza,” Gomez said in the statement, referring to the charitable contributions that will be made in support of the Palestinian victims.
Selena Gomez, a famous American singer, said a few days after the events in Gaza broke out that she was retiring from social media because she could not stand to watch the kind of casualties inflicted by Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people living under occupation.