Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has come under heavy criticism after he publically announced his support for Israel. Since then there have been calls from social media users to boycott him and as a result, the actor has lost more than 100k followers on Instagram.
Yesterday Schnapp released his statement on Instagram in which he addressed the Israel-Palestine conflict. The actor who is Jewish called out his followers for supporting Hamas attacks on Israel. He said, “I just reposted a beautiful picture of a young innocent girl whose life was taken by Hamas at a music festival. I was met with comments reading ‘no one cares free Palestine’ and ‘She deserves that, and every Israeli terrorist deserves that – Free Palestine.’ I am outraged by the justification and celebration of the death of a young girls life. Have people lost their minds??? STOP!”
However social media users were outraged by the alleged hypocrisy as the actor initially urged his followers not to take sides but later he said that either you stand with Israel or you stand with terrorism. “I hope we can agree that Hamas are a recognized terrorist organization: they don’t represent the Palestinian people when they value murdering Israelis more than protecting their own. You either stand with Israel or you stand with terrorism. It shouldn’t be a difficult choice. Shame on you.” Schnapp said in his statement.
This has resulted in a big uproar among social media followers as he is accused of being anti-Muslim. They also pointed out that his statement included the claim that Hamas had burned 40 babies alive in Israel. However, the report has not been verified by Israeli officials. Additionally, some users took issue with Noah characterizing support for Ukraine as fashion, leading to offense among many individuals from Ukraine.
Due to the controversial statement, Noah Schnapp is facing a huge backlash on the internet. His follower count has been declining since he began sharing pro-Israel stories on Instagram. After sharing the statement, he experienced a substantial loss of around 100k Instagram followers and the decline continues into today. The actor has turned off comments on Instagram after being flooded with anti-Israel chants.
Via SocialBlade
Check out some reactions from netizens.
noah schnapp calling palestinians terrorists and spreading israeli propaganda to his 25.7 million audience that consists of mainly very young & very impressionable teens is actually terrifying and he is a piece of shit
— addie (@taliaromanoff) October 11, 2023
https://twitter.com/mazzypopstar/status/1712159730578444683
there is a special place in hell for these manipulative celebrities who sit in their luxury mansions and spout paragraph upon paragraph of misinformation, lies and flat out racism to their millions of followers that will believe it all and pass it on to the next airheaded person https://t.co/X4DO6GMuKq
— aylin ☽ (@weepingcaesar) October 11, 2023
Send this mf back to upside down https://t.co/MrotCpEdHu
— 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝘆’😵💫 (@OvOBrezzzy) October 11, 2023
classifying an entire region of 2 million people (whom are 50% children mind you) as nothing but terrorists just shows you that palestinians were never considered human beings to some people https://t.co/aH2yZs5jpP
— Hurt CoPain (@SaeedDiCaprio) October 11, 2023
https://twitter.com/inlovewithyeri/status/1712147717059723277
He just called a war in Ukraine A FASHIONABLE CAUSE
A FUCKING WAR
A FASHIONABLE CAUSEARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND???????? https://t.co/nmOTBSgPDD
— lia 🇺🇦 (@kvituchalia) October 11, 2023
Let me get my nuanced politics take from a 19 year old who was homeschooled since they were 12 while on set for a Netflix teen drama about dungeons and dragons https://t.co/uvuBN1ojAe
— uni (@101Iight) October 11, 2023
the idf themselves came out hours ago and said couldnt confirm the news about 40 babies they conjured up (it never happened) and this buck tooth cock eyed slanted hairlined baboon with nothing but dust particles between his ears just relayed it to his 26 million followers https://t.co/tesyWvAFar
— s (@pjmnfenty) October 11, 2023
can we stop bringing up Ukraine please it’s not our fault that russia decided to start a full scale invasion and also noah schnapp you’re a piece of sh!t! pic.twitter.com/bW7tnwPYWR
— polina ☆ (@cherrydebicki) October 11, 2023
noah schnapp saying he hates terrorists while taking photos of the idf
the same idf that had a rifle to my mom's head because she doesn't understand hebrew, the same idf my father ran away from in the middle of the night at age 7 that he still has nightmares about 57 years later pic.twitter.com/4wzvjZM0St— jules (@barbitwt) October 11, 2023
noah schnapp saying he hates terrorists while taking photos of the idf
the same idf that had a rifle to my mom's head because she doesn't understand hebrew, the same idf my father ran away from in the middle of the night at age 7 that he still has nightmares about 57 years later pic.twitter.com/4wzvjZM0St— jules (@barbitwt) October 11, 2023
https://twitter.com/willelfilms/status/1712148231893680476
.@noah_schnapp does this look like a “fashionable cause”?
this is my home neighbourhood in Kharkiv where i grew up and lived until russia came and destroyed it. thousands of innocent people died. little children, women, elderly people. pic.twitter.com/UAS2pkL8rY
— polina ☆ (@cherrydebicki) October 11, 2023
After the statement went viral, it was claimed that it was written by Noah Schnapp's friend from college.
https://twitter.com/viralbyler/status/1712201391278612640
So far Noah Schnapp has not responded to the backlash. His statement has also been shared by Stranger Things director Shawn Levy who applauded Schnapp for his articulate words. However, his other co-stars have not shared their views on the conflict yet.
