Dana International – real legal name, Sharon Cohen – is a hugely successful singer with a large international following.
International/Cohen, from a poor Yemeni-Jewish familybackground, was born, raised and still lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Gender-wise, International/Cohen was born male, transgendered at an early age, and had surgery to to have the physical makeup of a woman.
Here, via an instagram post, is Dana International’s message to the gay/trans people marching and advocating for hamas:
I want to address to my sisters, my brothers, my family. To my dear & beloved community from all over the world. 🏳️🌈
A community that has been fighting for equality, freedom, and the basic right of every person to love for years!
I love you all and I’m sure your intentions are good, so I would like to assume that you simply lack of information:
THIS IS YOUR ‘FREEDOM FIGHTERS’ & THIS IS WHAT YOU SUPPORT.
This is their values and this is what they stand for (and proudly).
Are you aware that if you accidentally end up on the streets of Gaza, you won’t get out of there alive? Do you know that hamas sentences every LGBTQ to death by hanging (if not worse)? Do you understand that hamas doesn’t support any rights for women and the LGBTQ community and that they are not treated as equals?
If you do not condemn Hamas, you are against LGBTQ, against women, and AGAINST PEACE.
Free Palestine – from hamas!
Israel is fighting hamas to topple this reign of terror so that it will be better for us, for all the citizens under it, and for the whole world.
Things are far more complex than reciting some trend that sounds right to you.I ask you to open your eyes and hearts, and to see the truth, to see beyond any propaganda or a one-sided narrative as they shown on social media.
Choose to see the side who sees you. Who shares the same values as you.
P.S:
You are always welcome to the Tel Aviv gay pride that will accept you with open arms.
And the next time you come to our colorful, diverse, open & inclusive Tel Aviv that holds a variety of different cultures and communities-
Just say you’re sorry. 💋
Keep spreading love, especially in these difficult times 🙏🏼🇮🇱
There it is. A schooling from someone who certainly knows..
What does it mean to the gay and trans people marching on behalf of hamas? What should it mean to them? What will it mean to them?
Your guess is as good as mine. But, at the very least, however many of these people read Dana International’s message can’t claim they don’t know better.
