2:29 pm - 11/17/2012
Kim Kardashian definitely meant well—but sometimes a celebrity's good intentions get lost in translation.
Enough people objected to two of Kim's tweets from today in which she said she was "praying for everyone in Israel" and "praying for everyone in Palestine and across the world!" that she has since deleted the posts and apologized for offending anybody.
"I want to own up to and explain that earlier today I sent out two tweets about saying prayers for the people in Palestine and Israel and after hearing from my followers, I decided to take down the tweets because I realized that some people were offended and hurt by what I said, and for that I apologize," she wrote on her blog.
"I should have pointed out my intentions behind these tweets when I posted them. The fact is that regardless of religion and political beliefs, there are countless innocent people involved who didnt choose this, and I pray for all of them and also for a resolution. I also pray for all the other people around the world who are caught in similar crossfires."
Her tweets were in response to news reports that tensions have escalated along the Gaza Strip this week, with Palestinian militants firing rockets at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the Israeli military gearing up for a possible ground invasion, which would be its first in Gaza in four years.
Three Israelis were killed in a rocket attack yesterday, while Palestinian fatalities are now at 28, including several children, a Hamas leader whose home was hit by an Israeli rocket and a man executed by Hamas for collaborating with the Israelis, according to the New York Times.
Kardashian attended the Marine Corps Ball last night in Greenville, N.C., with Sgt. Martin Gardner.
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Kim Kardashian Apologizes for Tweets About Israeli-Palestinian Conflict/Attends Marine Corps Ball
Kim Kardashian definitely meant well—but sometimes a celebrity's good intentions get lost in translation.
Enough people objected to two of Kim's tweets from today in which she said she was "praying for everyone in Israel" and "praying for everyone in Palestine and across the world!" that she has since deleted the posts and apologized for offending anybody.
"I want to own up to and explain that earlier today I sent out two tweets about saying prayers for the people in Palestine and Israel and after hearing from my followers, I decided to take down the tweets because I realized that some people were offended and hurt by what I said, and for that I apologize," she wrote on her blog.
"I should have pointed out my intentions behind these tweets when I posted them. The fact is that regardless of religion and political beliefs, there are countless innocent people involved who didnt choose this, and I pray for all of them and also for a resolution. I also pray for all the other people around the world who are caught in similar crossfires."
Her tweets were in response to news reports that tensions have escalated along the Gaza Strip this week, with Palestinian militants firing rockets at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the Israeli military gearing up for a possible ground invasion, which would be its first in Gaza in four years.
Three Israelis were killed in a rocket attack yesterday, while Palestinian fatalities are now at 28, including several children, a Hamas leader whose home was hit by an Israeli rocket and a man executed by Hamas for collaborating with the Israelis, according to the New York Times.
Kardashian attended the Marine Corps Ball last night in Greenville, N.C., with Sgt. Martin Gardner.
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Edited at 2012-11-17 08:56 pm (UTC)
Edited at 2012-11-17 08:58 pm (UTC)
And I haven't been so fired up about a situation as I am about Gaza since Zuccotti.
Edited at 2012-11-17 09:05 pm (UTC)
Edited at 2012-11-17 09:08 pm (UTC)
I watch the show and she has never said she or her family hates turkish people. in the video, which is poor quality sorry, I think what she said is pretty fair.
my facebook is a battlezone right now. i go to a school with a very large jewish population and a lot of people are going absolutely insane if anyone says anything pro-palestine. i understand it's a delicate topic but good god disagreeing with the israeli government=/=anti-semitic
This. A thousand times, this. I don't understand why this is so hard for some people to grasp. Fucking hell.
She probably could not point to Israel or the Palestinian territory's on a map.
But 1 Israeli life is far more important than 40 Palestinian lives.
Also, fuck Israel for what they're STILL doing to Palestine.
the ire towards israel and israelis is so disgusting I can't even
It's not like they're on equal footing, here. Israel has forced Palestinians into smaller and smaller spaces and then blasts the shit out of them when they get upset over it.
Fuck the Israeli government.
Edited at 2012-11-17 09:50 pm (UTC)