unilad homepage
unilad homepage
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • World News
    • Crime
    • Health
    • Money
    • Sport
    • Travel
  • Music
  • Technology
  • Film and TV
    • News
    • DC Comics
    • Disney
    • Marvel
    • Netflix
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Justin Bieber posts 'praying for Israel' but features a photo of destroyed Gaza Strip
Home>Celebrity>News
Published 22:03 11 Oct 2023 GMT+1

Justin Bieber posts 'praying for Israel' but features a photo of destroyed Gaza Strip

The singer quickly deleted the Instagram Story, however not before people noticed it.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover
Featured Image Credit: Gotham/GC Images. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Topics: Justin Bieber, Israel, Celebrity

Stewart Perrie
Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Senior Journalist at LADbible. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign. He is in charge of the LADbible Australia editorial content and social presence.

X

@stewartperrie

Advert

Advert

Advert

Justin Bieber has voiced his concern for the bloodshed in Israel and Palestine.

The singer posted on his Instagram that he was 'praying for Israel' and included a photo from the warfront, according to The Daily Beast.

However, unfortunately for him, the image that he used was from the Associated Press and it showed a destroyed section of the Gaza Strip.

He quickly deleted the image and uploaded another 'praying for Israel' story but with a plain background.

justin bieber posting “praying for israel” using a picture of a destroyed gaza is actually insane pic.twitter.com/GNcEyhNk6V

— Hurt CoPain (@SaeedDiCaprio) October 11, 2023

Bieber also wrote in a separate post: “To vilianize [sic] all Palestinians or all Israeli people to me seems wrong.

Advert

“I’m not interested in choosing sides, but I am interested in standing with the families who have been brutally taken from us.”

While he might have taken it down quickly, some of his near 300 million followers clocked it.

One viewer said on Twitter/X: "Just embarrassing. If you don’t know what you’re talking about, then don’t talk at all."

Another added: "Justin Bieber posting 'praying for israel' using a picture of a destroyed Gaza is actually insane."

A third wrote: "This just shows that most celebrities literally have NO idea what they’re supporting/posting/talking about."

There have been plenty of people who have spoken out about the devastating situation that has been unfolding since the weekend.

Hamas terrorists launched a coordinated attack on Israel on Saturday and Sunday.

They opened fire on multiple locations, took hostages, killed hundreds of people, and injured thousands more.

Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

The death toll stands at at least 1,200, according to CNN, and Israel has retaliated in full force.

The Israeli Defence Force has fired multiple airstrikes on Gaza, which have destroyed buildings, reduced neighborhoods to rubble and killed hundreds of people.

Hundreds of thousands in Gaza have been displaced by the missile strikes.

When the attacks first erupted at the weekend, Kylie Jenner posted a message of support for Israel.

The post in question was from the Instagram account @standwithus, which included the flag of Israel and the following caption: "Now and always, we stand with the people of Israel."

However, much like Bieber, she deleted the Story pretty fast.

Similarly, Jamie Lee Curtis posted a photo on Instagram from the conflict and wrote 'terror from the skies' as the caption.

However, it was revealed that the image she uploaded was Palestinian children in Gaza.

She took the post down not too long after.

Choose your content:

24 mins ago
an hour ago
11 hours ago
12 hours ago
  • Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM
    24 mins ago

    Anne Hathaway opens up about surprise pregnancy aged 43

    The Odyssey star and her husband set 'a very healthy, realistic expectation, which was very low'

    Celebrity
  • Kim Kardashian/Instagram
    an hour ago

    Kim Kardashian responds to backlash after posting photos with Lewis Hamilton following grandmother's death

    Kris Jenner noted that her heart is 'broken into a million pieces'

    Celebrity
  • Kim Kardashian / Instagram
    11 hours ago

    Kim Kardashian breaks silence on tragic death of beloved grandmother MJ with emotional 'forever twin' tribute

    The reality star has shared a heartbreaking message honoring the legendary 91-year-old Kardashian-Jenner matriarch.

    Celebrity
  • @RealSaltLake / X
    12 hours ago

    J.J. Watt brutally calls out MLS club for reducing his USWNT champion wife Kealia to 'and fam' in viral photo

    Real Salt Lake was forced to issue a groveling public apology after the NFL legend put them on blast for disrespecting the soccer icon

    Celebrity
  • Hailey Bieber speaks out on struggle she faces being married to Justin Bieber
  • Justin Bieber breaks down personal list of 'rules' for married life with wife Hailey
  • Resurfaced Justin Bieber Ellen interview sparks debate over treatment
  • Justin Bieber has blunt response after his mom prayed for him to 'heal every wound'