"You've lost my respect," wrote one social media user, while another said: "Disappointed but then again expected nothing less from the likes of you!!"

Concluding her post, the Academy Award winner called for a ceasefire, writing: “Palestinian and Israeli lives—and the lives of all people globally—matter equally.” “Anything that can prevent civilian casualties and save lives most be done,” she said.

Although some followers praised the Maleficent star for her statement, which had received more than 777,000 likes at time of publishing, others slammed Jolie for refusing to choose sides.

“How did you manage to say so much without saying anything at all?” said Marcelina Maria.

      • TinyPizza@kbin.socialOP
        51·
        1 year ago

        Any sort of ceasefire or halt in the bombing campaign to allow for the stabilization of the civilian population and to give them time to find safer ground seems like the universal first step. The major criticism here is largely the civilian death toll, collective punishment by denying the basic fundamentals to sustain human life, and the inconsistent messaging that’s leading to more civilian deaths. Putting those lives over short term victory goals seems the smarter move for a lasting peace.

        • stella@lemm.ee
          12·
          1 year ago

          Yeah. If she said any of that then odds are she wouldn’t be criticized nearly as harshly.

          She never said bombing should stop, because that would condemn Israel.

          • TinyPizza@kbin.socialOP
            2·
            1 year ago

            she cannot condone “the innocent lives lost in bombing a civilian population in Gaza that has nowhere to go.”
            “No access to food and water, possibility of evacuation, and not even the basic human right to cross a border to seek refuge,” she continued.
            “The few aid trucks that are entering are a fraction of what is needed, and the bombings are causing desperate new humanitarian needs daily,” she said.
            “The denial of aid, fuel and water is collectively punishing a people.”

            I mean, that’s how this reads to me.

            • stella@lemm.ee
              12·
              1 year ago

              Nah. It’s like Donald Trump being very careful about his wording because he knows that being honest will result in consequences.

              She’s saying these things are going on and that they are horrible, but not that they should stop.

              • TinyPizza@kbin.socialOP
                3·
                1 year ago

                Eh, would you and me have gone further? Sure. But she didn’t have to say anything and she instead did put her career on the line by saying anything. All those things she said right there are valid criticisms. She even goes as far to mention collective punishment (war crime). This whole second half of her statement reads like “stop” while clearly also not trying to be labeled an antisemite. Is she walking a line, sure, but she also didn’t have to say shit and she certainly didn’t have to say this.

                • stella@lemm.ee
                  13·
                  1 year ago

                  She didn’t put anything on the line.

                  while clearly also not trying to be labeled an antisemite.

                  Yeah. She cares more about being mislabelled an ‘antisemite’ than actually criticizing Israel.