The positions taken by British actress Emma Watson, universally known for playing the character of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film saga, return to arouse appreciation and controversy.
The 31-year-old artist, who has long been involved as an activist in particular on women’s rights issues, posted on her Instagram profile a photo of a pro-Palestine demonstration with the phrase “Solidarity is a verb” and a quote from the scholar of the intersectional feminism Sara Ahmed.
The post, which received over a million likes and aroused more than a hundred thousand comments of various kinds, was criticized by several Israeli officials, including former ambassador to the United Nations and former government minister of Benyamin Netanyahu, Danny Danon. , who quoted Watson’s message on Twitter as “10 points from Gryffindor for being an anti-Semite.”
After the accusations, the actress received the support of several figures from the world of culture and politics, including the British Tory MP Sayeeda Warsi, who called Danon’s comments “shocking”.