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Yes, there has been pushback, and i think for many different reasons. in many different ways, and one of the most, the biggest pushback which you mentioned at the top of the show was the official israel account, the official israeli twitter account singling out the palestinian heritage model bella hadid, who has been very, very vocal, probably the most vocal celebrity that i have seen. i willjump in because i want to come back to bella against the state of israel in a second. sarah, i want your ...

To celebrities and the reaction generally on social media from high—profile figures. we have seen a huge number of singers, actors, footballers, speaking out on social media, sending messages of solidarity. the list a few names — oscar—winning actress miley davies, singers including the weekend, dewar lipper, the weekend, dua lipa, zayn malik, mohamed salah, riyad mahrez, benjamin mendes. there have been so many figures who have spoken out on social media. to the point where we could almos...

To other instances of an escalation of violence in israel and the occupied palestinian territories. and it is potentially linked to the black lives matter movement having taken place last year. and we saw similar calls from users on social media asking celebrities, asking social media influencers to use their very, very large platforms to inform their followers about what is happening and also to share messages of solidarity. and we have seen so, so many. there has been some pushback as well, ha...

Of a pro—palestinian rally in brooklyn in new york this weekend. so, what the official israel twitter account pulled her up on was that they accused her of advocating forjewish people to be thrown into the sea, which many people have taken issue with that analysis of what she did. what she actually did was she participated in a chant which said "from the river to the sea, palestine will be free." which many palestinian activists and advocates say is a rallying call for all palestinians that li...

Or play a sold—out stadium, so you dont try to replace years of historical language and cultural study on the ground for a tiktok." tell us what you really think, why dont you? why do you have a problem with this? im sorry, it was a bit cheeky. i actually love celebrity culture, im a consumer of pop culture like everybody else. and i see celebrities i follow on social media using celebrity advocate for the causes that i believe in and putting their celebrity to very good use. what what i am co...

Accounts entering themselves into the online conversation. and that has not been the only example, actually the son of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, he tweeted last week that it is very difficult to compete with palestinian celebrities such as bella hadid and gigi hadid and that the only israeli celebrity that could potentially compete is wonder woman actress gail gadot. he kind of lamented the fact that she remained like switzerland, indicating that she was neutral and he was not very ...

How mindful do you think tech platforms are about their role? i mean, i was reading that nick clegg the vice president of global affairs for facebook is actually having meetings with the israeli authorities and with palestinian authorities. that is extraordinary to me, that in the middle of all of this, you have these meetings taking place. do you think they are really aware of the gravity and the role they play here? if they are not already they are becoming increasingly aware by the minute. as...

Chris, i want to come to you briefly to talk about one of the massive stories this week, which is about the merger of warner media and discovery, kind of getting married really. what does this mean, give us a sense of the scale — what does it mean to us as listeners and viewers? i think it can mean an awful lot because an awful lot because we have the battle for online streaming video which is dominated by the likes of netflix, amazon, disney+ obviously coming around the corner with 100 millio...

Primary source. and we have seen large numbers of young people doing that. do you think that is problematic? i should say that there is a distinct linkage between blm and the palestinian cause, which actually goes back to the 1960s, tying causes of black and brown activism worldwide with a third world—ism movement. this is nothing new. i think we are seeing an escalation in social media with new technology that facilitates this kind of linkages which did not exist 50 years ago. i dont think th...

I think that facebook have gone on record saying that they had on record saying that they have a meeting with the palestinian counterparts next week. and this is all i think designed to try and maybe find their way through some of his nuance. we have had a discussion about the particular song there and the way that it is used, you have to remember that these platforms are moderating their content in a way that is often very blind to the context. so i think that is in part what they are trying to...