ALBAWABA - Amid causing outrage for shaking hands and meeting with Israeli blogger Itzik Blass, Nancy Ajram took to her official X account (formerly Twitter) to pray for the people residing in Southern Lebanon.
The photo in question which caused an outrage among pro-Palestine activists and Arabs was taken in Cyprus on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Itzik Blass who has 200,000 followers on Instagram said in Hebrew " “Nancy Ajram, the queen of Arabic music, thank you for the amazing show”.
Their photo together was also shared among Israeli media which added salt to the wound as Israeli journalist Roi Kayes took to X and wrote "Nancy Ajram and the Israelis are in endless romantic parties”.
Nancy Ajram prays for Lebanon amid controversial handshake with Israeli blogger
The praying was not met with positive comments as X users took to the comment section and wrote in Arabic:
A user wrote, "Can you explain this then?" as they attached a picture of her and the Israeli blogger.
"Shame, Shame, a person who lost her soul for money and fame".
"You're such a hypocrite".
"Tomorrow she will make a dumb post saying that she didn't where he's from".
The Lebanese singer who's been vocal about the Lebanese resistance through patriotic songs and social media has not responded to the controversial picture. The reason pro-Palestine activists and Arabs are mad with the singer, is because of her "hypocrisy" since Israel is also bombing Southern Lebanon and Palestine.
By the time of writing this article, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza resulted in the killing of 29,092 Palestinians of whom are at least 12,000 children and 8,000 women. Additionally, 69,028 are currently injured, and at least 7,000 people are still under the rubble, according to the Gaza Government Media office.
130 journalists, at least 340 healthcare workers, and 46 civil defense officers were all killed as well, as reported by Anadolu. The Israeli army also added that they destroyed 70,000 houses while 290,000 were damaged making them uninhabitable.
