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Everything Gigi and Bella Hadid have said on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Everything Gigi and Bella Hadid have said on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

A number of celebrities have spoken out about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7.

Fans of supermodel sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid are wondering what they think about the events of the past few days. They are the daughters of Mohamed Hadid, a Palestinian American real estate developer.

He was born in Nazareth during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. His family fled their home when he was a baby, becoming refugees in Syria. They settled in the U.S. when Mohamed was a teenager.

Here’s everything Gigi and Bella Hadid have said about the long-running conflict.

‘An Unjustifiable Tragedy.’

Gigi Hadid issued a statement on the attack on Tuesday, describing it as an “unjustifiable tragedy.”

The 28-year-old, who has a young daughter, posted on Instagram: “My thoughts are with all those affected by the unjustifiable tragedy, and every day that innocent lives are taken by this conflict—too many of which are children.”

She went on: “While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them include the harm of a Jewish person.

“The terrorizing of innocent people is not in alignment with & does not do any good for the ‘Free Palestine’ movement. The idea that it does has fueled a painful, decades-long cycle of back&forth retaliation.”

She said that “no innocent civilian, Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to be a casualty” of this violence.

More than 1,000 people in Israel and 900 people in Gaza have been killed since Saturday, according to the Associated Press.

‘I Will Never Allow Anyone To Forget About Our Beautiful Palestine’

Bella Hadid has yet to comment on the latest developments in the conflict. However, there has been speculation on social media that the 27-year-old runway star was responsible for her friend Kylie Jenner deleting a pro-Israel Instagram story on October 7.

After news of the Hamas attack broke, Jenner shared a graphic by pro-Israel group StandWithUs to her Stories, along with the caption: “SHARE if you stand with the people of Israel as they face one of the most frightening situations in many years.”

Jenner deleted the post soon after, with fans on social media suggesting she didn’t want to offend her pal Bella.

In a 2022 interview with The Cut, Bella Hadid said she had been reluctant in the past to speak about her support for the Palestinian cause. She had educated herself on the issue, however, and felt strongly about it, she added.

In June 2022, she posted on Instagram: “I will never allow anyone to forget about our beautiful Palestine, or our beautiful people.”

Bella Hadid also told her followers: “Everyday I wish I could go back in time, to when I was a child, so that I could start fighting for Palestine sooner.

“For my family, for my elders, our history and for the people of Palestine still living, now, through this treacherous, exhausting and painful occupation.”

These comments now appear to have been removed from her Instagram account, but they were widely reported at the time.

‘I Am Only Pro-Coexistence’

In May 2018, dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops during a protest near the Gaza border. The demonstration followed the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel, when Palestinians mark Nakba Day (nakba is Arabic for “catastrophe”).

Gigi Hadid shared articles about the killings and a cousin’s posts about her family’s history on her Twitter account, which is no longer active.

According to news reports at the time, she wrote: “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. For me, this is not about religion or one against the other—it’s about the greed.”

This comment led to accusations of antisemitism, but the model replied: “My intent is never to further separate groups in hatred—I live my life loving everyone regardless of religion/race.

“So I will say again for the last time, I’m not anti-anyone. I am only pro-coexistence. That is all. #freepalestine.”

In 2021, after Palestinian families in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah were threatened with eviction, Gigi Hadid shared a series of Stories on Instagram to convey her anger.

This included a graphic that read “You will not erase Palestine,” as well as comments by writer and activist Noor Tagouri.

In the post reshared by Gigi Hadid, Tagouri wrote: “We should all unequivocally agree that suddenly being kicked out of your family home, the homes you’ve built lives in, by a military state, is criminal and inhumane.

“It has never been a religion thing. The story sounds better that way. This is a political thing. One that deserves resolution for both Palestinians and Israelis.”

‘So Many Companies Stopped Working With Me’

After Bella Hadid attended a pro-Palestinian protest in New York City in May 2021, she and her sister, along with singer Dua Lipa—who was dating their brother Anwar Hadid at the time—were the focus of a controversial advertisement in The New York Times.

Placed by the World Values Network, an organization that says it teaches and explores “traditional Jewish values,” the ad linked the stars to Hamas with the caption: “Hamas calls for a second Holocaust. Condemn them now.”

Bella Hadid’s appearance at the march led to calls for Dior to drop her from its campaigns, which the brand ignored.

However, during an appearance on Tagouri’s Rep podcast in August 2022, Bella Hadid said her pro-Palestinian stance had cost her modeling jobs and brand partnerships in the past, as well as friendships.

“I had so many companies that stopped working with me,” she said. “I have friends that completely dropped me.”

‘What We Stand for Is NOT Hatred or Violence’

Bella Hadid has also publicly condemned antisemitism.

In October 2022, after Kanye West‘s notorious comment about going “death con 3” on Jewish people, she shared a statement on Instagram.

The model did not name the rapper, but wrote: “To allow any form of anti-semitism to slip by, as desensitized as the world has become, it would be a disservice to my friends, the families I have grown up with, the people I love and work with, myself, and even the Palestinian cause as a whole,” she wrote.

“Because what we stand for is NOT hatred or violence.”

Gigi Hadid also criticized West when a row broke out about his “White Lives Matter” T-shirts.

Newsweek has reached out to Bella and Gigi Hadid for comment via email.

Amber Heard accused of trying to ruin Jason Momoa’s career

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Amber Heard accused of trying to ruin Jason Momoa’s career

Amber Heard is being accused of attempting to damage Aquaman co-star Jason Momoa’s career, after her therapy notes were released online.

Written on a legal pad, copies of the handwritten notes were shared to Reddit in September. The documents are allegedly session records written by Dr. Dawn Hughes, a clinical psychologist who testified in the 2022 defamation trial between the actress and her ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Hughes conducted a forensic evaluation of Heard, diagnosing the 37-year-old with post-traumatic stress disorder due to “intimate partner violence.”

The therapy notes were subpoenaed by Depp’s legal team during the highly publicized trial and they discuss the actress’ experiences while filming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Heard played Mera, Momoa’s love interest in the first film and the upcoming sequel, which for five years has suffered delays amid rumors of on-set tensions.

“Jason drunk—late on set,” the notes read. “Dressing like Johnny. Has all the rings too.”

Heard also suspected that the 44-year-old wanted her cut from the film, telling her therapist: “Jason said he wanted me fired.”

Newsweek has reached out to Amber Heard and Jason Momoa for comment.

A DC spokesperson defended Momoa, telling Variety: “Jason Momoa conducted himself in a professional manner at all times on the set of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”

However, an insider told the publication that the therapy notes were legitimate and referred to a session in December 2021. Another source said that Heard’s legal team fought the documents’ release, with the pages not used in the Depp defamation trial.

According to Variety, Momoa also unfollowed his co-star on Instagram this summer, with one insider claiming that the actor had blocked Heard from following him on the platform.

The therapy notes were revealed after fans of Depp raised thousands of dollars to have the case’s records unsealed. Although Heard doesn’t appear to have been involved in the documents’ release, social media users accused the actress of “trying to ruin Jason’s career.”

“Pay attention! Amber Heard is now attempting to do to Jason Momoa what she did to Johnny Depp, and he’s her latest victim,” wrote Taylor. “Yet, the media continues to run the victim narrative, that absolutely no one is buying.”

“The woman is a compulsive liar and gets off on destroying people!!!” said X user elisa felisa.

“Amber Heard is really reaching, if it’s true about what’s in her therapist’s notes,” commented @Anie_Wall. “[Jason Momoa] dresses in Bohemian outfits & stays true to his origin.”

Other users supported the actress, with emily commenting: “Amber heard deserves so much better.”

“Amber heard said he was wearing rings like Johnny and he was drunk too, he reminded her of Johnny in many ways, that’s it,” said @lauraslayed. “She never said that Jason dressed up in a Johnny cosplay to taunt her.”

Wonder agreed, writing: “The many parallels were bringing her back to the old memories.”

“Discussing with Hughes that it was probably triggering for her NOT that he did it on purpose,” said Mami, while Kylie Cheung commented: “All the time we see how survivors are punished quite literally *for* surviving.”

During the trial, Heard confirmed that the publicity surrounding the legal battle had led to her role in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom to be significantly reduced.

“They released me from my contract,” she said. “And I fought to stay in it, and they kept me in it. I just don’t know how much I’m in, actually, of the final cut.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene gives Republicans a list of demands

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Marjorie Taylor Greene gives Republicans a list of demands

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene outlined a list of demands to Republican candidates on Wednesday as the House prepared to vote for a new speaker.

House Republicans were set to meet Wednesday in hopes of agreeing on which person to vote for to replace California Representative Kevin McCarthy, who drew conservative revolt after working with Democrats on a short-term bill to avert a government shutdown. The House last week voted to remove McCarthy after Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, introduced a motion to vacate, sending Congress into chaos as it has only a matter of weeks to pass a full appropriations bill.

GOP Representatives Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio are running for speaker, and Republicans hope to unite to support someone and hold a quick vote on the House floor to fill the role. But it remains unclear whether either candidate would be able to secure 218 votes.

Greene, a Georgia Republican, gave her list of demands to potential speakers in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

A staunch conservative, Greene wrote that she has several “red lines” for any potential Republican speaker on a range of cultural issues that have divided the country and the party. While the GOP’s conservative base has rallied around opposing LGBTQ+ rights, the Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID-19 pandemic as key conservative social issues, more moderate Republicans have avoided taking conservative positions on these issues.

“No matter who the next Speaker is my issues and red lines do not change. Stop funding a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. No money for COVID anything. Stop the weaponized government. Stop transgender surgeries on kids. Secure our border. Put America First!” Greene posted.

Her demands reflect the challenge for a Republican speaker—maintaining support from the GOP conference’s right-wing flank while also appeasing more moderate members from districts with a Democratic lean who may find themselves at odds with their constituents if the party veers too far right.

Meena Bose, the executive dean of Hofstra University’s Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, told Newsweek that she is not sure it’s possible for a speaker to navigate that challenge, and that “an absolute binding resolution” could make the position untenable as there is no clear resolution in sight.

She said House Republicans would need to agree that leadership is needed, regardless of individual demands, to reconcile their differences, noting that the difficulty of building a coalition within the GOP is daunting and that it is not clear Republicans will be able to select a speaker this week.

“Intraparty divisions for Republicans make clear that majority control is no path to governance, even in a single chamber. We’re in an uncertain time for American politics where the business of federal government is being brought almost to a standstill,” she said, noting that the Senate and White House continue to function.

Grant Davis Reeher, a professor of political science at Syracuse University, told Newsweek that the speaker battle will likely end with Republicans picking someone “who is able to nod enough toward the right-wing Republicans without sounding too far out there.”

Reeher said whichever Republican is selected will still face some challenges from the conference, which remains divided.

“He or she will have to be acceptable to enough members of the right wing of the party. What will that mean? What promises will have to be made? It’s become clear that the provision allowing for one member to move to vacate the chair was a mistake, so I think one important item on the to-do list in the negotiations is to remove that,” Reeher said.

Under House rules, any single member could file a motion to vacate, as Gaetz did to McCarthy, forcing a vote on removing the speaker. Because of the GOP’s narrow majority, it doesn’t take many Republicans voting alongside Democrats to remove the speaker. Eight Republicans voted to remove McCarthy.

Some House Republicans, however, have called for a change in the rule to raise the threshold of the number of lawmakers needed to call a vote to vacate the speaker’s office following McCarthy’s ouster. Representative Carlos Gimenez of Florida wrote on X: “The person who wants my vote for Speaker must commit to reforming the motion to vacate. The threshold must be raised to 50% of the Republican Conference. A Speaker cannot govern under constant threat by fringe hostage takers.”

Although Greene has voiced different opinions on issues such as Ukraine, she supported McCarthy’s leadership and was not one of the eight Republicans who voted to remove him.

Newsweek reached out to Scalise’s and Jordan’s spokespersons via email for comment.

Update 10/11/23, 12:15 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.

Steve Scalise sparks MAGA revolt

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Steve Scalise sparks MAGA revolt

Republicans nominated Steve Scalise for the House’s next speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana representative already has several defectors who could thwart his chances of getting the post.

Scalise eked out a victory in a closed-door vote among House GOP Conference members, winning 113-99 as their choice to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Last month, McCarthy enraged House conservatives by brokering a deal with Democrats to pass a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown. Representative Matt Gaetz then filed a motion to vacate McCarthy’s office, with eight Republicans voting with the Democrats to remove him as speaker.

In Wednesday’s vote, Scalise defeated Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, a favorite of MAGA Republicans. Now, he is tasked with uniting the fractured Republican Conference to gain enough support to win the speaker election in the full House, which is expected in the coming days.

However, some Republicans are already signaling they will not vote for Scalise, who can afford to have only a handful of defectors because of the GOP’s slim margin in the House.

Republicans hold 221 seats, while Democrats have 212. Two seats remain vacant. This means Scalise can lose only four GOP votes on the House floor and still win.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Representative Lauren Boebert, a MAGA Republican from Colorado, said she plans to support Jordan.

“I will be voting for Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House on the floor when the vote is called,” she wrote. “In conference, Jordan received 99 votes and Scalise received 113. We had a chance to unify the party behind closed doors, but the Swamp and K Street lobbyists prevented that. The American people deserve a real change in leadership, not a continuation of the status quo.”

Other MAGA conservatives have indicated they will not vote for Scalise. Representative Max Miller of Ohio said he plans to back Jordan, Axios’ Andrew Solender reported.

“‘I’m voting for Jordan,’ Rep. Max Miller says emerging from the meeting. ‘I’m voting for Jim Jordan on the floor,’ says Boebert,” Solender wrote in a post to X.

Newsweek reached out to Scalise’s office for comment via email.

Representative Bob Good of Virginia said he is skeptical of Scalise. “It’s hard to envision that he will be a change agent. I think the country recognizes the Congress needs to be changed,” he told NBC News.

Meanwhile, House Freedom Caucus member Anna Paulina Luna of Florida said she was unsure whether she’d vote for Scalise, Punchbowl News reported. And Representative Carlos Gimenez, a centrist Republican from Florida, plans to vote for McCarthy on the floor, according to the news outlet.

Representative Ken Buck of Colorado has indicated he would not back either Scalise or Jordan during the speaker election because they refused to answer his question about whether President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

“If we don’t have the moral clarity to decide whether President Biden won or not, we don’t have the moral clarity to rule in this country, period,” Buck told The Huffington Post.

Other MAGA Republicans have said they plan to back Scalise. Gaetz, who led the efforts to oust McCarthy, said he was “excited for” Scalise.

“Long live Speaker Scalise,” he said.

Mary Trump blasts Donald as "big loser" in House speaker battle

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Mary Trump blasts Donald as "big loser" in House speaker battle

Mary Trump, niece of Donald Trump, slammed the former president as the “big loser” in congressional Republicans‘ battle to select the new House speaker on Wednesday.

House Republicans nominated Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise to represent the party. Scalise beat out Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, a favorite of MAGA Republicans and who received Trump’s endorsement, to receive the nod by a 113 to 99 vote, appealing to the party’s more moderate sector. A floor vote in the speaker race is not expected Wednesday, but it remains unclear if Scalise has enough support to reach the 217-vote required threshold.

The vote revealed that many Republicans defied Trump’s endorsement of Jordan, despite the former president remaining popular among the party’s conservative base and being the front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

Mary Trump, who frequently denounces her uncle, slammed him as the “loser” in the speaker battle in a post to X, formerly Twitter.

“Make no mistake. There was one BIG loser today and it wasn’t Jim Jordan. It was Donald. Donald today learned once again that his endorsement means nothing—or even better—spells doom for whoever accepts it,” she wrote.

She continued: “His grip over the Republican Party is eroding faster than his net worth. Donald is a cheap conman still charging for his cheap product, but a lot of people aren’t buying it anymore. He’s a nothing. He’s a loser.”

Newsweek reached out to Trump’s campaign for comment via email on Wednesday.

Former U.S. Representative Fred Upton, a Trump critic who for decades represented Michigan in Congress, said the vote was a “big loss” for the former president during an appearance on MSNBC.

“Trump doesn’t usually do this unless he thinks he’s going to win, so it’s a big loss for him, for sure,” Upton said.

Susan Glasser, writer for The New Yorker, posted: “Donald Trump didn’t have to endorse in the House Speaker race but he did and his guy Jim Jordan lost.”

Trump previously endorsed Jordan in a Truth Social post on Friday, writing that he would make a “GREAT Speaker of the House.”

“Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington, D.C., representing Ohio’s 4th Congressional District. Respected by all, he is now Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. As President, I had the honor of presenting Jim with our Country’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Trump wrote.

Several of Jordan’s supporters have said they do not plan to vote for Scalise in a House floor vote.

Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado wrote in a post to X: “In conference, Jordan received 99 votes and Scalise received 113. We had a chance to unify the party behind closed doors, but the Swamp and K Street lobbyists prevented that. The American people deserve a real change in leadership, not a continuation of the status quo.”

Running against Kari Lake is "suicide mission," ex-opponent warns

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Running against Kari Lake is "suicide mission," ex-opponent warns

Former Representative Matt Salmon warned on Wednesday running against Kari Lake is a “suicide mission” after the ex-gubernatorial candidate announced she is running for Senate.

Lake is challenging independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona’s 2024 Senate race, viewed as one of the most competitive races in the country that could determine which party controls Congress‘ upper chamber. A close ally to former President Donald Trump, Lake rose to national prominence during her 2022 gubernatorial campaign in which she focused on Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud. She ultimately lost to then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs but has not conceded defeat nearly one year after the election.

Salmon, who represented Arizona in Congress from 1995 to 2001 and from 2013 to 2017 and ran against Lake in the Republican primary for governor, discussed her candidacy in a new interview with Politico published on Wednesday.

Salmon described Lake as the kind of person who “runs to destroy,” not just “win,” recounting that Lake allegedly accused him of wanting children who have special needs to be assaulted because he opposed putting up cameras in public school classrooms, Politico reported.

“To walk through the kind of sewage that you have to walk through to campaign against Kari Lake—it’s not a pleasant prospect,” he told the news outlet, describing running a campaign against her as a “suicide mission.”

Salmon described the idea of monitoring teachers using cameras, an idea floated by Lake to monitor whether students were being taught Critical Race Theory, a “knee-jerk reaction” in an interview with The Arizona Republic. He said, “The last thing I want is big government and big tech putting these kinds of things in the classroom.”

According to The Arizona Republic, Lake’s campaign account retweeted a post that said he was “okay with special needs kids being raped”.

Newsweek reached out to Lake for comment via email.

Salmon ultimately dropped out of the primary to endorse Karrin Taylor Robson, a former member of the Arizona Board of Regents who was viewed as a more traditionally conservative candidate.

In his endorsement, Salmon praised Robson as the candidate with “the temperament and experience to govern Arizona.” Robson, however, ultimately lost the GOP primary to Lake by nearly five percentage points.

Lake is set to face several candidates including Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb in the GOP primary. But polls show Lake, who could benefit from high name recognition and ties to the former president, as the favorite to win the primary. An Emerson College poll conducted among 1,337 from August 2 to 4 found Lake leading Lamb by nearly 30 percentage points.

Sinema, who announced she left the Democratic Party earlier this year, has not yet said whether she plans to run for reelection. Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego is the frontrunner to win his party’s nomination, and polls suggest he would have an edge over Sinema and Lake in the general election.

An October 6 to 7 Public Policy Polling survey conducted among 522 likely voters found that 41 percent of voters planned to back Gallego, compared 36 percent for Lake and 15 percent for Sinema. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points. However, the poll found a closer race if Sinema does not run. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they’d back Gallego, while 43 percent said they would vote for Lake.

Russian soldier vows to burn passport, adopt American name

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Russian soldier vows to burn passport, adopt American name

A Russian soldier has vowed to burn his passport and adopt an American name over frustration with the war in Ukraine, according to a purported phone call intercepted by the Ukrainian military.

In a recording of the call released by Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) last week, the soldier complains to his mother that Russia “can’t even secure a forest belt,” according to a translation published by The Kyiv Post on Wednesday.

In the call, the soldier’s mother informs her son that “something secret was discussed” about a “breakthrough to somewhere” during “meetings with Putin and the Security Council.” She said that “there is absolutely no trust in their reports.”

The soldier’s mother says that Russian media is claiming the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, which Ukraine retook during its successful counteroffensive in September 2022, will soon be back in Russian hands. She then asks her son if the Russian military “really needs Kupyansk.”

“We can’t even secure a forest belt here, and they still want to win back Kupyansk,” the soldier replies.

After being informed of Russian territory being breached by pro-Ukrainian groups and plans for the United States to send Abrams tanks to the battlefield to aid Ukraine’s war effort, the soldier said that he hopes to cut ties with Russia after his service ends.

“When I come back, I’ll burn this Russian passport, change my last name—forget it all,” he says. “I’ll give myself an English or American surname.”

His mother sighs and replies, “Yes, I also agree.”

The timing of the purported call is unclear, although the plan for the U.S. to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine was first announced in January. Newsweek is unable to independently verify the authenticity of the call or its content.

Newsweek reached out to the Russian Ministry of Defense via email for comment on Wednesday.

The recording from last week was far from the only phone call to purportedly feature the complaints of a Russian soldier during a conversation with family. GUR has released several similar calls to the public during the nearly 20-month war.

Last week, audio of a purported call released by GUR features a soldier admitting to his wife that he faked videos from the front lines to convince Russian military leaders of battlefield success that is not actually happening.

“I’ve also recorded bulls*** on the camera on my phone… but it’s a play,” the soldier says, according to The Kyiv Post. “I dressed everyone up, put them in positions, and I went f****** through the trenches, shouting how ‘f****** incredibly’ they all fought.”

In an alleged call released by GUR in August, a Russian troop informs his mother that Moscow’s military brass told soldiers that the “crazy situation” of the war is “here to stay” until 2026.

MAGA "prophet" predicts major attack coming on U.S.

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MAGA "prophet" predicts major attack coming on U.S.

Pastor Julie Green, a self-described “prophet” and MAGA enthusiast, is predicting that the U.S. will soon suffer a major “attack” following the “persecution” of former President Donald Trump.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to a total of 91 felony criminal counts across four different criminal indictments this year. He frequently claims to be the victim of political “persecution” and “election interference” while he campaigns for a return to the White House in the 2024 presidential election.

Green claimed in a video shared to her Rumble account this week that God told her an attack seeking to destroy the “foundation” of America was imminent in the wake of “all the injustice” aimed at Trump. She said that the attack would ultimately be thwarted, as it would “backfire” on the country’s “enemies.”

“An attack is coming, oh my, United States, an attack like you never expected,” Green said while claiming to recite God’s prophecy. “An attack you haven’t seen like this before. No, not like this. An attack to destroy you, an attack to cut you off. An attack to kill your soul, an attack to destroy your foundation so it could never be built up again.

“An attack so big and so disastrous, there is no recovering from it,” she continued. “But this attack will not be successful. This attack will fail in front of your eyes. This attack will bring your nation together, instead of tearing it apart…This attack will end your enemies because it will backfire on them.”

Newsweek reached out for comment to Green via email on Wednesday.

While referring to a “David,” whom Green said was “obviously” a “reference to [former] President Trump,” God allegedly said that the ex-president would be “fully vindicated” and that his civil fraud trial in New York would “come to nothing.”

“‘To my David, keep your head held high my son,'” God told Trump, according to Green. “‘This fraud case against you will come to nothing. I’m protecting you and your business and everything that they have stolen from you I will give back to you in multiplication.’

“‘I will take care of it,'” Green added, still claiming to recite the words of God. “‘I will avenge you of all the wrongdoing…I am justice and I am moving on your behalf. Everything against you will fall apart and you, my son, will be fully vindicated and exonerated by me.'”

Green falsely asserted that “80 percent” of Trump’s New York trial had already been dismissed, repeating a baseless claim that the ex-president made on the first day of the trial before Judge Arthur Engoron shot it down in court.

The supposed prophet, recalling evidence-free QAnon conspiracy theories of blood-drinking Democrats being imprisoned or executed as part of a secret war with Trump, claimed that God told her unspecified “enemies” were already being “tried for treason” in secret.

“Treason, yes treason, will be heard over and over again,” Green said. “A line is forming that many are having to join because they have been caught and [sic] proof of what they have done against this nation. Many will fall, many will fall.”

Green said that her alleged prophecies were not “a conspiracy” because she was “just telling you what [she] heard” from God.

“These things have already started, we just haven’t seen them yet,” she said. “‘Oh Julie, that’s a conspiracy.’ But is it? God is saying these things, I don’t. I’m just telling you what I’ve heard. He said these things.”

Green has frequently shared alleged prophecies that she says were directly given to her by God in recent years, largely promoting a MAGA-friendly narrative and echoing claims that are popular among pro-Trump conspiracy theorists.

Are Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith divorced? What interview reveals

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Are Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith divorced? What interview reveals

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and husband Will Smith have been separated for roughly seven years, despite the couple frequently appearing together at high-profile events.

In a preview clip taken from an upcoming interview with NBC‘s Hoda Kotb that was released on Wednesday, Pinkett Smith that she and Smith, whom she married in 1997, had lived “completely separate lives” since becoming “exhausted with trying” to maintain their marriage in 2016.

Speaking about her upcoming memoir Worthy, which is set to be released on October 17, Pinkett Smith described the separation as “a divorce,” despite it not being a “divorce on paper.”

“By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying,” Pinkett Smith said. “I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.

“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a [legal] divorce,” she added. “We will work through whatever…And I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”

Pinkett Smith said her relationship status had not been previously revealed in public because neither she nor her husband were “ready” to “present that to people.”

Newsweek reached out for comment to Will Smith’s publicist via email on Wednesday afternoon.

The revelation that the couple had been separated for the better part of a decade sparked a flurry of questions about their public appearances, particularly concerning Smith’s infamous on-stage slap of comedian Chris Rock over a joke he made about Pinkett Smith while hosting the 2022 Oscars broadcast.

“Jada Pinkett Smith claims her and Will Smith haven’t been together since 2016,” @DramaAlert wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “WHAT WAS THE SLAP FOR THEN???”

“I think Chris Rock is entitled to one free face slap on Will Smith,” posted @BoricuaEnMaui.

According to The Daily Beast, Pinkett Smith reveals in Worthy that Rock had asked her out on a date one summer prior to the Oscars incident, under the assumption that she and Smith were divorcing.

Rock was said to have “profusely apologized” for making the romantic overture after Pinkett Smith told him that rumors of her divorce were “just rumors.”

In a People magazine interview published online Wednesday, Pinkett Smith said that she at first thought that a comedy “skit” was playing out when Smith slapped Rock and proceeded to tell him to “keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth” during the Oscars ceremony.

“I thought, ‘This is a skit,’ ” Pinkett Smith said. “I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him.’ It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

Ex-GOP lawmaker suggests "wokeness" to blame for "demonic" attack on Israel

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Ex-GOP lawmaker suggests "wokeness" to blame for "demonic" attack on Israel

Former Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has suggested that the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian war may have been caused by “wokeness.”

Bachmann, who represented Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District from 2007 to 2015 and ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, said during an interview with conservative news outlet Real America’s Voice on Wednesday that Hamas was “controlled and run by the demonic realm of Iran.”

During a discussion on the “spiritual” side of the war, the former congresswoman argued that reports of alleged atrocities committed by Hamas were evidence that a “demonic presence” was controlling the militants attacking Israel.

“This is demonic,” Bachmann said. “This is not human. What happened on Saturday, what’s continued to happen, is not human. What would it take for a human being to decapitate a baby? And not just one, but 40. Something has to happen to your soul.

“What happened is, it is a spiritual, demonic presence that has come in and taken over,” she continued. “Do all Muslims feel this way? Absolutely not… There was an uprising with Islamic supremacists, this demonic realm, division of Islam.”

When the topic turned to reports that Israel was warned of the attack by Egypt days before it took place, the ex-congresswoman suggested that the apparent failure by Israel to anticipate Hamas may have been caused by “wokeness,” a term defined by Merriam-Webster as “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)”.

Bachmann floated a theory that “wokeness” led individuals within the government to fail to act upon the tip from Egypt in hopes of toppling Benjamin Netanyahu, a right-wing conservative who has been under heavy criticism during his current tenure leading the country.

“Benjamin Netanyahu is saying, ‘nobody warned me,’ he didn’t hear it,” said Bachmann. “Now, the thing that may be—we have problems with wokeness in the United States, in our government agencies. It’s entirely possible that perhaps the intel service in Israel also had wokeness and decided not to pass the information along. That could be a possibility, but I’m speculating.

“I believe part of this may be to blame Benjamin Netanyahu for this disaster and then topple him,” she added. “We have problems in America, with the FBI, with our intelligence offices compromised. So, that could very well have happened in Israel.”

Newsweek reached out for comment to Bachmann via Regent University, a private Christian school where she serves as a professor, on Wednesday evening.

The claim that Hamas beheaded 40 babies originated with reporter Nicole Zedek of the Tel Aviv news channel i24, who said on Tuesday that she was told of the alleged massacre by an Israeli “commander” surveying the aftermath of Hamas attacking a kibbutz near the Gaza border.

The Israeli government has not confirmed the claim, with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) telling Sky News on Wednesday that it “cannot confirm any numbers.” The IDF did say that “a massacre” had occurred at the kibbutz “in which women, children and toddlers and elderly were brutally butchered in an ISIS way of action.”

Other journalists, diplomats and international observers have witnessed alleged evidence of war crimes since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Saturday.

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