Next Amy Schumer shared a video clip on social media of Martin Luther King Jr. denouncing antisemitism and protecting Israel‘s right to exist, the civil rights icon’s daughter Bernice King took to social media to elucidate that her father would have subsidized a ceasefire if he had been alive lately.
Addressing Schumer immediately, Bernice King wrote on X Tuesday night, “Certainly, my father was against antisemitism, as am I. He also believed militarism (along with racism and poverty) to be among the interconnected Triple Evils.”
“I am certain he would call for Israel’s bombing of Palestinians to cease, for hostages to be released and for us to work for true peace, which includes justice,” King persisted.
She added, “He said, ‘Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.’ We have much to correct.”
Bernice King has constantly known as for a ceasefire within the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. On Oct. 28, she tweeted, “I, once again, passionately urge a ceasefire and immediate deployment to Gaza of additional, crucial life-saving supplies at the scale needed. We can’t wait.”
Schumer has additionally been vocal on social media since Hamas’ wretched terrorist assault on Israel on Oct. 7. The comic has worn her platform virtually day by day to repost details about the war and concerning the hostages nonetheless held by way of Hamas.
She has confronted backlash, alternatively, for posts that experience blithely equated Hamas with all Gazans and extra obliquely with all Arabs. Next Schumer posted a tale about Arab international locations donating cash to Ivy League faculties, civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo tweeted, “Amy Schumer went from Hamas to Gazans to all Arabs really quickly.”
Addressing the backlash, on Oct. 31, Schumer posted on Instagram, “I’m sad to have lost so many friends these last few weeks but feel powerful and free knowing I stand for the truth and will fight for it always. I’m a proud Jewish woman and have every right to be. Head high. Spirits high. Love to my fellow brothers and sisters.”
