{"id":17095,"date":"2023-10-23T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/israeli-influencer-eve-cohen-sparks-outrage-with-tiktok-video-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T11:17:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:17:56","slug":"israeli-influencer-eve-cohen-sparks-outrage-with-tiktok-video-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/israeli-influencer-eve-cohen-sparks-outrage-with-tiktok-video-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli influencer Eve Cohen sparks outrage with TikTok video | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli SFX artist and influencer, Eve Cohen, sparked a wave of controversy with a mocking video on Palestinians caught in the relentless bombing in Gaza whom she accused of faking the recent atrocities. Cohen\u2019s video has the influencer donning a keffiyeh, using household items such as talcum powder and tomato ketchup to fake \u2018war debris\u2019 and blood.<\/p>\n

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As bombs rain on Palestinians in Gaza, Israelis like Eve Cohen have taken to TikTok in Arab face to claim Palestinian mothers are faking their deaths. pic.twitter.com\/DIYICk9Y3o<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rafael Shimunov (@rafaelshimunov) October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The video opens with the SFX artist holding a \u2018melon\u2019 like a child while pretending to be a Palestinian mother pleading for help before \u2018cutting the scene.\u2019 Another instance shows Cohen applying makeup to stage bruises with camera equipment behind her, further implying that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is fake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netizens slammed Cohen, calling out her insensitive regard to the severity of Israel-Palestine tensions. \u201cIs Palestinian genocide the new source of Israeli comedy or something?\u201d One user on X explained, \u201cThis is an example of the anti-Palestinian racist conspiracy theory of \u2018pallywood,\u2019 where some zionists argue that Palestinians manipulate media through \u2018faking suffering’ – unsurprisingly, it’s also very similar to anti-Semitic tropes too. Very telling about Israel supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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this is an example of the anti-palestinian racist conspiracy theory of “pallywood,” where some zionists argue that palestinians manipulate media through “faking suffering” – unsurprisingly it’s also very similar to anti-semitic tropes too.. v telling about israel supporters https:\/\/t.co\/YyhF2ViWa0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 puarian melancholic migrant (@arruzzaist) October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

One comment read, \u201cIsraeli TikTok is really giving us a glimpse into what kind of TikToks the wives of SS officers would have made about their great grandparents.\u201d Another user cautioned, \u201cTake note of these people because when Palestinians win, these people will try and pretend like they didn\u2019t mock them. Remind this woman for the rest of her life what she did while people were dying.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Israeli tiktok really giving us a glimpse into what kind of TikToks the wives of SS officers would have made about their great grandparents. https:\/\/t.co\/cTOhNHjwTw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 j\u00f8nny \u29bf\u20e4 (@jonnysocialism) October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Take note of these people because when Palestinians win these people will try and pretend like they didn\u2019t mock them. Remind this woman for the rest of her life what she did while people were dying. https:\/\/t.co\/uuBu6KYbl6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Breya Johnson \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25 (@TheBlackLayers) October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis is exactly how Nazis dehumanized Jews during World War II, just in a different format (posters, etc.),\u201d pointed out another. One person compared the trend of Israeli influencers dismissing Palestinian struggle with troll reactions to Depp v Heard, \u201cThe parallels with the Depp trial are absolutely driving me nuts and this time, it\u2019s impacting an entire people. What\u2019s wrong with our humanity?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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the parallels with the Depp trial is absolutely driving me nuts and this time it\u2019s impacting an entire PEOPLE. what\u2019s wrong with our humanity? https:\/\/t.co\/d7cPoI9H9W<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 tealeaves (@femmeheard) October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

As the crisis in Gaza continues, this controversy adds another layer of tension in digital
spaces amid reports of rampant disinformation and propaganda trolls. Cohen\u2019s video is just another offering from Israeli influencers like Noya Cohen, who uploaded a \u201cget ready with me\u201d TikTok using makeup supplies covered in war debris to mock Palestinian women.<\/p>\n

Over 4000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel\u2019s recent military operation. According to the UN, approximately 50,000 pregnant Palestinian women in the besieged Gaza Strip are unable to receive prenatal care since the conflict intensified this month. More than 5,000 of these women are expected to give birth this month, amplifying calls to allow humanitarian aid and enact an immediate ceasefire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n