Pro-Israel Group Faces Backlash After Targeting Ms. Rachel for Sharing Content About Children in Gaza

taktek2 weeks agoLast Updated: April 10, 2025

New York (Quds News Network)- A pro-Israel organization has sparked backlash after publicly calling on the US attorney general to investigate beloved children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel for allegedly promoting “anti-Israel propaganda” after sharing sympathetic content about children suffering in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing genocide.

In a letter sent on Monday, the group StopAntisemitism formally requested the Department of Justice determine whether Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, is “being remunerated to disseminate Hamas-aligned propaganda to her millions of followers”, claiming her social media posts about Palestinian children in Gaza could constitute undisclosed work for foreign entities.

“Given the vast sums of foreign funds that have been directed toward propagandizing our young people on college campuses, we suspect there is a similar dynamic in the online influencer space,” StopAntisemitism’s director, Liora Rez, wrote in the letter shared with the New York Post.

In a post on X, StopAntisemitism also claimed that Ms. Rachel had become “an amplifier of Hamas propaganda” since 7 October 2023, sharing content to her over 20 million followers that included an allegedly misrepresented “a ‘starving child’ from Gaza photo”, and statistics they called false regarding Palestinian child casualties.

“Is someone funding Ms. Rachel?” the post asked, before calling on followers to file a Foreign Agents Registration Act complaint with the Department of Justice.

Pro-Palestine Stance

Mr. Rachel had previously explained that her advocacy for Gaza children began after seeing a video of a traumatized child in Gaza who survived an airstrike.

“The look in his eyes has stayed in my mind,” she told the Independent. “No child should experience that kind of fear, shock and terror.”

This is not the first time the educator – who has posted regularly about the record number of child amputees in Gaza and criticised Israel’s blockade of food and supplies – has come under attack by pro-Israeli figures.

Last May, Ms. Rachel launched a fundraiser through Cameo that raised more than $50,000 for Save the Children’s emergency fund supporting children in conflict zones, including Gaza in just a few hours.

Her fundraiser, which largely received support from her followers, also triggered a wave of online trolling and calls for her to remain “apolitical”.

“I care deeply for all children. Palestinian children, Israeli children, children in the US – Muslim, Jewish, Christian children – all children, in every country,” she said in a response to pro-Israeli backlash at the time. “To do a fundraiser for children who are currently starving – who have no food or water – who are being killed – is human.”

Stance on Israel

The group claimed she had ignored “the suffering of Israeli victims, hostages, and Jewish children”.

However, the suggestion that Ms. Rachel has ignored the suffering of Israeli children is not consistent with her statements on her platforms.

In an Instagram post in February, she wrote about the four-year-old and nine-month-old Bibas children, who died in captivity in Gaza along with their mother in an Israeli attack.

“I’m devastated to hear about precious Ariel and Kfir, and their beloved mother Shiri. My heart is with the Bibas family, the Jewish community, and people all over the world who are grieving. We need to protect children always,” Ms. Rachel said.

When asked for evidence that Ms Rachel received foreign payments rather than simply exercising free speech, Rez told the Post: “It’s not a secret influencers such as Ms Rachel often have paid collaborations on social media … We could not help but notice post-10/7, Ms Rachel posting a massive barrage of anti-Israel propaganda.”

Weaponizing Antisemitism

The post prompted widespread condemnations on social media, with many accusing the group of smearing a beloved educator known primarily for her children’s content on YouTube and TikTok, and of weaponising the term antisemitism to silence valid criticism of Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.

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Among those defending Ms Rachel was the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), which issued a statement condemning the campaign as “dangerously misleading and designed to silence humanitarian advocacy”.

StopAntisemitism’s targeting of Ms Rachel appears to follow a pattern for the organization, which maintains an “antisemite of the week” feature on its website. The controversial list has included Gaza-based journalist Bisan Owda, the climate activist Greta Thunberg, the rapper Macklemore, and the actor Jesse Williams.

The group, which describes itself as a Jewish civil rights watchdog, identifies and “doxes” pro-Palestinian demonstrators on university campuses and across the country.

taktek2 weeks agoLast Updated: April 10, 2025

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