[[{"content_id":358672,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Billie Eilish slammed for promoting album to Israeli fans","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"Pop star posts video saying ‘hi’ to fans in Israel, drawing ire from pro-Palestinian activists insisting Israel has no right to exist.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"Pop star Billie Eilish provoked a wave of angry criticism on social media after posting a short video online promoting her new album to Israeli fans.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Hi Israel, this is Billie Eilish, and I’m so excited that my new album, ‘Happier Than Ever,’ is out now,” she said in a clip posted to her Tik Tok.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe video was one of several that Eilish posted to fans in different countries.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHer words were met with a barrage of criticism with many asking her to "educate yourself" regarding the Palestinian-Israel conflict, which has seen a wave of support from other celebrities like supermodel sisters Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOne responder wrote: "Educate yourself and see what Israel are doing for Palestinian children."\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnother wrote "Billie, it’s occupied Palestinian land, not Israel."\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n"Billie Eilish being a zionist is literally not surprising at all," a third wrote.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOthers used the opportunity to criticize Israeli policy toward the Palestinians.","content_html":"

Pop star Billie Eilish provoked a wave of angry criticism on social media after posting a short video online promoting her new album to Israeli fans.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Hi Israel, this is Billie Eilish, and I’m so excited that my new album, ‘Happier Than Ever,’ is out now,” she said in a clip posted to her Tik Tok.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The video was one of several that Eilish posted to fans in different countries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Her words were met with a barrage of criticism with many asking her to "educate yourself" regarding the Palestinian-Israel conflict, which has seen a wave of support from other celebrities like supermodel sisters Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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One responder wrote: "Educate yourself and see what Israel are doing for Palestinian children."<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Another wrote "Billie, it’s occupied Palestinian land, not Israel."<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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"Billie Eilish being a zionist is literally not surprising at all," a third wrote.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Others used the opportunity to criticize Israeli policy toward the Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2021-08-03 11:45:03","content_date_event":"2021-08-03 11:45:03","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2021-08-03 11:55:11","content_date_register":"2021-08-03 11:55:11","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":44,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Billie Eilish slammed for promoting album to Israeli fans 2","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202108\/493045_3419361170_150_117.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202108\/493045_3419361170_300_235.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202108\/493045_3419361170_400_313.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202108\/493045_3419361170_600_470.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202108\/493045_3419361170_900_705.webp","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202108\/493045_3419361170_1200_940.webp"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":3419361170,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202108\/493045_3419361170.jpg","width":1532,"height":1200,"size":0}}}]}]]