The ridiculous assumption behind this Gal Gadot nonsense is that the presumed way for her to have been a ‘good Jew’ - forgetting the fact that her service has already been completed and that she has tickmarks on ‘her rifle’ (which is not really likely anyway because Israel has the IWI Tavor as its standard which has a plastic body, not wooden one, which she doesn’t get to keep) for about as many Palestinians she’s killed (absolutely none, she was never in combat) - would be for her to refuse to serve in the IDF. As a fitness instructor. Which would bring about the end of the ‘Zionist Entity’ because, idk, Israelis would be too out of shape to defend their borders? Or something? If there is logic at the base of this argument I certainly don’t see it.
Let’s have some greater context here. This mess really blew up – as far as I personally saw it, since I’m not massively invested in comics or the films – when Gal Gadot came up with this quote that was deemed so offensive:
So, okay, we’ll break it down together. Really analyse it. Work out where the people who hate Gal Gadot have found their ammunition.
“I am sending my love and prayers to my fellow Israeli citizens.”
She sent love and prayers to “Israeli citizens.” Not politicians, not “Israeli Jews,” but all ordinary people who are Israeli and live in Israel. All of the Israeli citizens.
“Especially to all the boys and girls who are risking their lives protecting my country against the horrific acts conducted by Hamas […]”
Here’s her extra love to the IDF soldiers. But there’s a catch: she specifically says that she was sending “love and prayers” to the people protecting Israel against Hamas. Hamas, the terrorist organisation that wants to murder all Jews. There’s no mention of Palestinians. No mention of the West Bank or Gaza Strip. No mention of “one people is better than another.” No demonisation of Palestinians. No claim that all Palestinians are evil or terrorists. All that she says is that Hamas are bad, nothing else.
“[…] who are hiding like cowards behind women and children […]”
She claims that Hamas use human shields. Is that true? Well, yes it is. Even the UN has admitted that Hamas has used their schools in Gaza to store their weapons – which is a direct example of using children as human shields. So, she’s not wrong.
“We shall overcome!”
Since this post has been about Hamas, she’s saying, essentially, that Israel shall overcome Hamas’ horrific acts.
“Shabbat Shalom!”
The photo that she posted is clearly of her lighting the Shabbat candles with her daughter, as she’s Jewish.
“#weareright”
She believes that Israel is in the right against Hamas, as Hamas is what she’s talking about.
“#freegazafromhamas”
This is more proof of context. This is all about how much she despises Hamas, not Palestinians in general, with no mention of the West Bank at all.
“#stopterror”
Surely, this is a good thing. Terrorism is always bad.
“#coexistance [sic]”
This is Gal Gadot’s only mention of general Palestinians in the quote above. “Coexistence” instead of terror. Again, a good thing. She doesn’t demonise Palestinians. She’s angry at Hamas.
“#loveidf”
This is her supporting the IDF in their duties. In context, it’s all about how she supports the IDF in their struggle against Hamas, and obviously how proud she is of their work against terrorism.
Broken down, it’s not an evil sentiment. It’s not a racist statement. It’s about supporting the IDF against Hamas – and everyone in their right mind, even the worst of antisemites, should be against Hamas for all of their evils. Pro-Palestinians should be against Hamas for what they’re doing to their own people.
The lie, as shown above, is then spun that because Gal Gadot was drafted, she must be a murderer.
Instead, during an interview talking about whether she was “too slim” to play Wonder Woman, she said:
“My mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard. I was a dancer for 12 years. I did tennis, basketball, volleyball, dodgeball, you name it.” […] “[In the IDF] I was a gym trainer on one of the bases in Israel. So my boot camp was longer than other boot camps. It was four months and all about sports, waking up at 6:30 a.m. and going for a run, doing push-ups…”
Ga Gadot never saw any action. She was stationed at a base, in Israel, as a “gym trainer.”
The reaction of Gal Gadot playing Wonder Woman is a perfect example of antisemitism that isn’t even thinly veiled as “anti-Zionism.”
From the facts, an Israeli woman drafted into her national army and ended up as a gym instructor, nothing else, then shows that she’s anti-Hamas, has been warped and manipulated into blatant lies that she kept a kill count on her rifle, actively tried to kill Palestinians, is racist, is evil and other horrific lies.
There was absolutely no excuse to lie about her, aside from the fact that others hate her simply for being a Jewish Israeli. You can guarantee that if she were an Arab Israeli, then none of this would have happened. She is targeted and hated for being a Jewish Israeli woman, nothing else.
There are not only people making up lies like that, but also those that see those lies and happily decide to take them as fact without doing any research for themselves. They’ve decided that Gal Gadot must be an evil murderer, just for the fact that she’s a Jewish Israeli, and then will happily spread that lie because they feel justified in their racism.
The deliberate lies about Gal Gadot are examples of antisemitism. As shown, that’s just a fact.
