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Hunter Schafer, best known for the teen drama television series Euphoria, was detained at a pro-Palestinian protest on Tuesday, amid calls for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire. According to a report by BNN Breaking, Hunter was detained along with 50 activists from Jewish Voice for Peace during a protest at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Center in New York. Read this also Susan Sarandon apologizes after pro-Palestinian rally comment: ‘The wording was a terrible mistake’,
Hunter Schafer’s arrest
Their demonstration, which was reportedly aimed at disrupting US President Joe Biden’s appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, highlighted urgent appeals for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Hunter’s arrest revealed growing pressure on the Biden administration to reconsider its stance and push for a ceasefire.
More about Hunter Schafer
After making her acting debut as trans teen Jules Vaughn on HBO’s hit series Euphoria in 2019, Hunter Schafer was next seen as Tigris Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in 2023. She has also modeled for Prada, Dior, Gucci. Calvin Klein, Rick Owens, Helmut Lang, Tommy Hilfiger, Thierry Mugler, Coach, Mason Margiela, Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs, Versace Versace, Emilio Pucci, Ann Demeulemeester and Erdem, among other designer labels.
This is not the first time the actor has made headlines by standing up for a social issue. For her activism against the anti-LGBT law HB2, Teen Vogue listed Hunter on its 21 Under 21 list in 2017. In 2021, Time named her to its next list of ‘100 Emerging Leaders Who Are Shaping the Future’, with a tribute by Euphoria co-star Zendaya.
Other celebrities at pro-Palestine protests
In December 2023, veteran Hollywood actor Susan Sarandon apologized via an Instagram post for comments she made at a pro-Palestine rally in New York in November 2023.
“There are a lot of people who are scared right now, who are afraid of being Jewish, and who are finding that being a Muslim in this country is often the subject of violence,” the actor said at the rally. UTA or United Talent Agency, one of the major talent agencies in Hollywood, later dropped Suzanne as a client over the comments.
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