Frank Ocean is notoriously reclusive despite being extremely famous and influential, but even he has emerged from his refuge to chime in on the deteriorating state of Gaza as violence in the region continues to intensify.
In late October, United Nations human rights official Craig Mokhiber stepped down from his post to protest what he referred to as “a genocide unfolding before our eyes,” and the intergovernmental organization’s failure to extinguish it.
In a resignation letter addressed to UN high commissioner Volker Turk, he wrote: “The European, ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine has entered its final phase, toward the expedited destruction of the last remnants of indigenous Palestinian life in Palestine. What’s more, the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and much of Europe, are wholly complicit in the horrific assault.”
On Thursday (November 2), soon after the lengthy dispatch began making the rounds online, Frank Ocean shared it via his Instagram Story.
Without directly speaking on the matter, he appears to have taken a stance on it. Last week, when Bella Hadid posted a message on social media detailing the “generational trauma of [her] Palestinian blood,” he was among the millions to like it.
According to Al Jazeera, over 8,500 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli Defense Forces in the aftermath of the early-October Hamas attacks that claimed the lives of at least 1,400 civilians, with more than 200 people subsequently being taken hostage.
Soon after the conflict began spiraling out of control, DJ Vlad publicly criticized Drake and DJ Khaled for not using their respective platforms to try and positively influence the narratives surrounding the increasing death toll.
“It’s a serious topic,” the YouTube host said during an interview with The Breakfast Club. “And when I sat back and looked at it, I was like, Drake is the most famous Jewish person on Earth … and Khaled is the most famous Palestinian in the world. But neither one of them has said anything about this at all.”
Two weeks later, Drake and other celebrities signed an open letter to President Joe Biden and the United States Congress calling for “an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost.”
The petition, backed by names like Vic Mensa, Boots Riley and Kehlani, urges “Congress, and all world leaders to honor all of the lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay – an end to the bombing of Gaza and the safe release of hostages.”
He should go be a human shield for Hamas if he’s so concerned .
Why are black people in this country going hard for a group of people who despise them?
For real, they should go hard in this country where people love them
@Fews black people hate black people. There isn’t love or unity within black communities. Just jealousy, hate, negativity, and murders within black communities. How do we expect respect when we hate each other?
Remember when they paraded that poor dead German girl through the Gaza strip ? Little kids punching her and spitting on her corpse. Palestinians celebrating in the streets… Look who’s crying now .
God doesnt like ugly, me friend. God will respond so be carefull…..
@Jayysdal God doesn’t like Hamas either so kindly stfu , my friend
Its always the agressord who play victim when theyre slappd tf up. Pussies fr
Hamas is having their FAFO moment just like the Taliban had in 2001.
Is frank unaware of how he would be treated in palestine? Does he think they’d accept him or his lifestyle?
lol, you’d be shocked by how many Palestinians are hardcore Frank Ocean fans.
Hamas have under cover ”command centres” in the schools and hospitals just thought they would reduce civilians getting killed by sending IDF in there not drop a damn bomb
What Hamas has done to Pakistan’s is horrific. It’s like what B has been doing to America. Stop the genocide. Alway taking about masa shootings when more people die a year in SS Chicago alone compared to all masa shootings in the U.S. in Chi the victims and perps are all black, so that’s racist somehow. .
Mafckrz
I done been da holy land and y’all think they just hate on Arabs? I’ve seen em spray sand nlggaz on the apartheid walls. They gone usher in the anti christ and y’all too dumb to realise it. Keep funding and cheering the zionists on. When the take over is fulfilled and it will, ain’t no 666 gone spare yo black a55es neither
This how palestine does war?? LMaoo attack someo e kidnap people..then get smoked and play victim lmaoo. Who told palestine how 2 war