Justin Bieber shared an Instagram story Tuesday night in which he did not take a firm stand for or against Israel and embarked on an iron sword war, but nevertheless condemned, relatively indirectly, the Hamas terrorist attack that led to the deaths of over a thousand Israelis and the taking of at least a hundred Israelis prisoner. But later, less than an hour later, the Canadian singer chose to delete the original story and share another, even more neutral story instead — which doesn't mention the word "terrorism."
In his first story, Bieber wrote: "To my Israeli and Palestinian friends. My heart aches for all of you. I'm not interested in picking a side. We know how to instinctively distinguish between what is right and wrong, and the terror we have witnessed is beyond comprehension. We have much more in common than we don't, and it kills me to see our disagreement."
However, as mentioned, a short time later, the singer posted an updated story that read: "I am really hurting for my Israeli and screwed-up friends. I'm pretty sure that instinctively, we know how to recognize evil when we notice it. (But) turning all Palestinians or all Israelis into villains seems wrong to me. I'm not interested in choosing sides, but I do want to support the families who were brutally taken from us."
The differences between the two formulations are evident. In the first story, Bieber used the word "terrorism," which is clearly identified with Hamas, but that word was omitted from the second story (instead, he chose to use the word "evil"). Also, in the updated story, the singer asked not to include "all" Israelis and Palestinians and make them bad, and made sure to express empathy for the family of those lost - but did not specify which side.
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