Selena Gomez Takes a Stand: Deleting Instagram Account Amid Israel-Palestine Controversy

Amid the atrocities happening around due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, celebs have come forward to react on the same including Selena Gomez who shared a post about deleting her Instagram account too. After Gigi and Bella Hadid, it’s Selena Gomez who is grabbing attention for her post on the lives lost in the Israel-Hamas war. But why is Selena to delete her Instagram account?

Read on to discover Selena Gomez’s post on deleting her Instagram account.

Selena Gomez shares post about deleting her Instagram account

The recent Israel-Hamas war has taken several innocent lives so far. That couldn’t stop people, including celebrities, from reacting to it. Previously it was Gigi Hadid who shared her views on the war and the lost lives. Which even faced backlash from many.

Selena Gomez says she’s taking a break and deleting her Instagram:

“I’m taking a break and deleting my Instagram. I’m done. I do not support any of what’s going on.” pic.twitter.com/ABXWMHgjkh

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Later even Bella Hadid poured her heart out on the victims of the Israel-Hamas war. Now it’s Selena Gomez who is grabbing attention with her post on social media. She even talked about deleting her Instagram account in the post. However, the post has since been deleted.

Why Selena Gomez wants to delete her Instagram account?

Her deleted Instagram story had the message from the singer “I’m taking a break and deleting my Instagram. I’m done. I do not support any of what’s going on”. Selena’s post came in the context of the innocent lives lost in the Israel-Hamas war.

Her social media post had the message “I’ve been taking a break from social media because my heart breaks to see all of the horror, hate, violence, and terror that’s going on in the world”.

It added, “People being tortured and killed or any act of hate towards any one group is horrific. We need to protect ALL people, especially children, and stop the violence for good”.

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Selena Gomez’s Instagram Deletion: What You Need to Know

The Instagram post of Selena Gomez read further “I’m sorry if my words will never be enough for everyone or a hashtag. I just can’t stand by innocent people getting hurt. That’s what makes me sick. I wish I could change the world. But a post won’t. Love, Selena”.

Though the post of Selena has been deleted. It is yet to be known if Selena will delete her Instagram account or not.

Meanwhile, some of the fans didn’t appreciate the post of the singer. As a user wrote,

“I love Selena Gomez but this is the saddest excuse of an Instagram story that I’ve ever seen”.

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