Tiffany Haddish faced flak on social media Tuesday when she shared a clip from the first-class cabin of a flight bound for Israel, where she said she was visiting to better understand the ongoing conflict with Hamas.
Haddish, 44, spoke to her more than 7.4 million followers on Instagram as she relaxed in business class and sipped orange juice.
Haddish noted that she was “damn sleepy” and planned to rest during the 16-hour flight ahead of her as she left Los Angeles.
The Emmy-winning actress-comic said she planned to visit locations including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea in an effort to gain more knowledge about the conflict, which began on October 7 after Hamas organized a music festival in southern Israel had organized and massacred approximately 1,200 people. people and another 250 hostages.
“This is an educational journey for me…I’m going to learn more about politics,” Haddish said. “Look, I feel like I can’t believe I’m seeing everything on the internet…I have to go see it for myself, I’m one of those people.”
Tiffany Haddish, 44, faced flak on social media Tuesday when she shared a clip from the first-class cabin of a flight bound for Israel, where she said she was visiting to better understand the ongoing conflict with Hamas.
Haddish spoke to her more than 7.4 million followers on Instagram as she relaxed in business class and drank an orange juice
She added: “I’m going to see it for myself, I’m going to see it, I’m going to see it all, I’m going to ask questions – see it with my own eyes.”
Haddish said she “doesn’t believe everything” she sees on social media, citing her own personal experiences in which information posted about her turned out to be false.
She said, “I know a lot of things on social media aren’t true because…I see things that people say about me, and I’m living my life – I’m living my life and I’m like, ‘That’s not what I said, that’s not true.”
Haddish said she wanted to form her own opinion based on experiences before speaking publicly on the topic, adding that she has personally heard from people on both sides of the conflict.
“I’m going to watch and then I’m going to tell you all what I think, I’m going to see with my own eyes,” Haddish said.
Haddish said she “didn’t like” what she had seen online about the ongoing conflict, and felt it was safe to travel to Israel after seeing others do so.
“I know a lot of people who have gone; “So many people have gone away and come back alive, and they’ve come back just fine,” she said. “So I want to go take a look – I want to go take a look, and we’re going to see what it is and I’ll show you some of it while I’m there.
‘I’m going to talk to people, I’m going to find out why this is happening? Why is this happening?’
A photo taken Tuesday at an inn in southern Israel shows destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas
The Emmy-winning actress-comic said she planned to visit locations such as Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea in an effort to gain more knowledge about the conflict.
Haddish said she “didn’t like” some of the things she saw online about the ongoing conflict, and felt it was safe to travel to Israel after seeing others do so.
One user noted how Haddish’s luxurious travels – ‘First class, I see’ – undercut the devastation of the ongoing conflict
One commentator said Haddish was ‘clowning for his influence’ during the international trip
Among the flood of responses, one commenter suggested Haddish take the matter more seriously
In response to a commenter who asked why she wasn’t going to the Gaza Strip, Haddish replied, “Who said I wasn’t going to Gaza?”
‘I said I was going to see it with my own eyes, that I had to go to Israel first, and isn’t Gaza in Israel? Isn’t it all on the same piece of land, the same…surrounded by water?’ (Gaza borders Israel and Egypt.)
The comments section was a mixture of reactions, with some wishing her a safe journey, and others saying she was acting too cavalierly while heading to the strife-torn area.
One user noted how Haddish’s luxurious travels – “First class, I see” – undermined the devastation of the ongoing conflict, while another commenter suggested Haddish take the matter more seriously. Another commenter said Haddish was “clowning for his influence” during the international trip.
One user advised Haddish to visit the entire region to get the full story.
‘Go to Gaza. Not just Tel Aviv,” the user said. ‘Then come back and report. Otherwise it’s like going to Wall Street and saying you’ve seen all of New York.”
Many users expressed their personal political views on the conflict related to Haddish’s travels.
“The fact that you can fly and ‘holiday’ in Israel, but Gaza is virtually destroyed, gives you all the information you really need,” the user said. ‘This is not war, it is genocide.’
Another said: ‘Yes, I’m out. You are on the wrong side of history,” reads the hashtag #FREEPALESTINE.
Some commenters expressed disgust at Haddish’s behavior, while others wished her well
The comments section was a mix of responses, with some saying she seemed too arrogant during her trip to the strife-torn region
One user said: “Do some work to learn about the harms of white supremacy and settler colonialism in Palestine. White Europeans stole the land of native Palestinians and killed or displaced most of them.
“Palestinians continue to live under occupation and settler colonialism to this day. Palestinians continue to be ethnically cleansed by Israelis. We are witnessing live a genocide committed by the Israeli army against the Palestinian people.’
Another user said, “Girl you better be joking. This s*** is not funny and very disappointing.”