Leading Palestinian actor Maisa Abd Elhadi detained for supporting Hamas
Israeli police have arrested Palestinian actor Maisa Abd Elhadi on accusations of incitement relating to posts she made on social media in the aftermath of the assault by Palestinian fighters in southern Israel on October 7.
Israeli officials accuse Abd Elhadi of “spreading incitement and support for terrorism” for a series of comments she made, the Middle East Eye reported.
In one, she is alleged to have shared an image of a Hamas fighter with an elderly Israeli captive, captioned with laughing emojis.
In another, she commented on the breach of Israel’s barrier surrounding Gaza with the caption: “Let’s go Berlin style.”
The former post, while not specified, was likely a viral image of an elderly Israeli carrying a Palestinian fighter’s rifle and holding up a two-finger victory sign, while a masked man posed next to her.
The latter is a reference to Germans tearing down the Berlin Wall during the collapse of communist East Germany and the reunification of the country in 1989.
Abd Elhadi was initially arrested last week but was released under a home detention order until her second arrest on Tuesday.
On Tuesday morning, the Magistrate Court in the northern city of Nazareth, where Abd Elhadi lives, ordered that the actor be detained for two more days.
Abd Elhadi, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, is the latest to be caught up in Israel’s crackdown on dissent in the aftermath of the attack in early October.