Actress Gaya Shlita-Katz on Monday shared a small moment in which she used her private camera to capture her eldest son Barak as he hugged the Israeli flag placed at the entrance to the restaurant where she dined. In the words Shlita-Katz attached to the photograph in question, she expressed hope that her son's behavior does not stem from an education to love the flag that he may receive in the framework of his upbringing. Her words led to harsh criticism and questions from web surfers exposed to her content, and she did not have to.
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"We ate in a restaurant here on Saturday, and Barak ran to the flag and hugged it of his own free will. What a patriotic kid. I hope they don't work with him on this in kindergarten," Shlita-Katz wrote over a picture of her son smiling and hugging the Israeli flag. Shlita-Katz's story provoked, some would predictably, a backlash from her followers. "What's the point of leftists hating themselves so much?" one user wondered. "Every time you even half bring up something related to your identity, you must immediately apologize or disagree. It's so pathetic."
Later, the same web user asked to address the hostility felt by Israelis around the world from all sides of the political map. "The world hates you too. Even though you think you're too good to acknowledge your Israeliness. So embarrassing. A million percent that you wouldn't have reservations at the end of the story if the kid ran to hug some Christmas tree. It would have contributed to you anyway, but it didn't. They hate you as much as they hate me and any other Israeli, so you can do a little dignity."
Gaia's Story, Instagram, Photo: Instagram
As the private message was filmed, Gaia replied: "Together we will win, my loved ones. I would post the name because on my s**t, but it's obviously from a fictitious profile with no followers, like all cowards."
Hours later, apparently due to the many ricochets she received, Gaia decided to explain her words in general terms through a story. "A moment of seriousness because there were also cute people who asked me why it bothered me that he was hugging a flag. So first thing doesn't bother me. Let him hug the flag as much as he wants. Let him marry a flag if he wants. To me, embracing symbols from every side and direction is ridiculous, and generally doesn't connect."
Gaia's Story, Instagram, Photo: Instagram
In addition, she addressed the claim that her remarks are related to the fact that she holds a certain political opinion. "Beyond that, I don't care so much and it was also a cute moment. A fact that I photographed and uploaded. The flag belongs to all of us. I mention that he also became a symbol of the protest and I still wouldn't teach my son to hug him because it's just a stupid thing. The issue has been exhausted, goodbye," she signed.
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