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Published October 17, 2023, 7:38 a.m. ET
Alicia Keys caused a stir with a tone-deaf post saying she had “set her sights on paragliding” days after Hamas terrorists paraglided into Israel in their unprecedented attack on the Jewish state.
Keys posted a photo of himself wearing a green jacket on Instagram on Monday and said, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid of anything???”
“Tell me your truth…I have my eye on paragliding…” she added with side-eye emojis in the now-deleted message.
The singer was immediately criticized for her post amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, whose paragliding terrorists attacked an Israeli music festival, murdering at least 260 people.
Some social media users also accused her of showing sympathy for the terrorist group by wearing green, the same color as the Hamas flag.
Alicia Keys was criticized for a now-deleted Instagram post in which she said she had “an eye on paragliding” – after Hamas used paragliders to attack Israel.@StopAntisemites / X
The advocacy group StopAntisemitism ripped into the Grammy winner.
“Is this a sick ode to the Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Israel, killed over 1,300 people, beheaded babies, raped women and kidnapped Holocaust survivors?” was written on X.
Author Rabbi Shmuley Boteach also criticized Keys.
“You’re thinking about paragliding into something? “To Israel and shooting and killing people?” he told Sky News. “I find it difficult to find the words because we are all in a state of shock because the world has no morals.”
Following the backlash, the singer apologized and removed the offending post.
“The post I shared had COMPLETELY nothing to do with the recent devastating loss of innocent lives. My heart broke… I pray for peace and stand for it,” Keys said in a statement on her Instagram Stories.
Her former manager, Israeli-American Guy Oseary, also confirmed that she meant no harm.
“There is talk of an anti-Semitic post that my dear friend Alicia Keys posted on her Instagram,” Oseary wrote. “I can confirm to anyone in my Jewish community who needs to hear it: it is NOT true.
Keys deleted the post, claiming it had nothing to do with the Israel-Hamas war. Alicia Keys / Instagram
“There was a particular word in her post that our community finds very triggering during this very painful time, but it had absolutely no connection to it,” he wrote. “I spoke to Alicia and she was horrified when she learned what the word meant and picked it up straight away.”
Oseary added: “Alicia has always been a fighter for all human rights. I have had a front row seat to their positive impact on the world for over a decade. Her humanitarian work reflects her compassion and heart.”
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