Kim Kardashian faced a barrage of negative responses from some of her 17 million followers
Los Angeles:
Reality TV star Kim Kardashianwas forced to delete a tweet in support of Israel after shereceived dozens of anti-Semitic tweets and death threats.
After Hamas militants launched a rocket attack onJerusalem in response to Israel's killing of the Hamasmilitary chief, the 31-year-old took to her Twitter accountand posted, "Praying for everyone in Israel."
Kardashian soon faced a barrage of negative responsesfrom some of her 17 million followers, the Hollywood Reportersaid.
"You are a disgrace to your people and your ancestors,"a follower tweeted, referring to her Armenian origin."People like you are the reason I want to die Palestine,"another said.
Others tweeted, "Kill yourself", "Die in Hell," I willpray you will die kim.""Further enhancing your reputation as a dumb porn star."Within minutes, Kardashian followed it up with a tweetreading, "And praying for everyone in Palestine and across theworld."
The socialite immediately took down the tweets andreleased a statement on her website about the situation."I want to own up to and explain that earlier today Isent out two tweets about saying prayers for the people inPalestine and Israel and after hearing from my followers, Idecided to take down the tweets because I realized that somepeople were offended and hurt by what I said, and for that Iapologize," Kim said.
"I should have pointed out my intentions behind thesetweets when I posted them. The fact is that regardless ofreligion and political beliefs, there are countless innocentpeople involved who didn't choose this, and I pray for all ofthem and also for a resolution. I also pray for all the otherpeople around the world who are caught in similar crossfires,"she added.
After Hamas militants launched a rocket attack onJerusalem in response to Israel's killing of the Hamasmilitary chief, the 31-year-old took to her Twitter accountand posted, "Praying for everyone in Israel."
Kardashian soon faced a barrage of negative responsesfrom some of her 17 million followers, the Hollywood Reportersaid.
"You are a disgrace to your people and your ancestors,"a follower tweeted, referring to her Armenian origin."People like you are the reason I want to die Palestine,"another said.
Others tweeted, "Kill yourself", "Die in Hell," I willpray you will die kim.""Further enhancing your reputation as a dumb porn star."Within minutes, Kardashian followed it up with a tweetreading, "And praying for everyone in Palestine and across theworld."
The socialite immediately took down the tweets andreleased a statement on her website about the situation."I want to own up to and explain that earlier today Isent out two tweets about saying prayers for the people inPalestine and Israel and after hearing from my followers, Idecided to take down the tweets because I realized that somepeople were offended and hurt by what I said, and for that Iapologize," Kim said.
"I should have pointed out my intentions behind thesetweets when I posted them. The fact is that regardless ofreligion and political beliefs, there are countless innocentpeople involved who didn't choose this, and I pray for all ofthem and also for a resolution. I also pray for all the otherpeople around the world who are caught in similar crossfires,"she added.
