Mia Khalifa – who once held the title of the most viewed performer on PornHub – is now taking a real pounding from social media after speaking out in support of Hamas’s violent attack in Israel against civilians.
The 30-year-old pornstar stirred up some major controversy over the weekend when she took to social media following reports of the attacks in the early morning hours against unarmed civilians, including women and children.
“Power To The People,” Khalifa wrote on Instagram against photos of Palestinians breaching the barricade in Gaza that separates Israel from the Palestinian territory that borders the Mediterranean Sea.
The fighting in Gaza, also known as the Gaza Strip, has been going on for more than three decades, but over the past months, tensions have been rising as acts of aggression from both sides have escalated the situation.
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However, the October 7th attack by Hamas, largely recognized as a terrorist organization, was swiftly and widely condemned by world leaders due to the violent acts committed against unarmed civilians.
Lebanese-born Khalifa, who has been highly anti-Israel in the past, apparently did not see the murdering of men, women and children as an issue.
“If you can look at the situation in Palestine and not be on the side of Palestinians, then you are on the wrong side of apartheid and history will show that in time,” she wrote on X to her 5.6 million followers.
Fans and followers of Khalifa didn’t quite see things her way, with many questioning her political stance concerning her career as an adult film star.
“Go stand in Gaza with a poster of your last film & say that again. We’ll wait,” one fan fired off.
“Due to your former line of work and your current outspoken views on non-traditional marriage servitude, you wouldn’t be very well accepted in Palestine. You might want to sit this one out,” another social media user wrote.
One person pointed out that although Mia Khalifa is not a fan of Israel, she would be welcomed: “Girl you can’t even get into any of the Arab countries because of your history.. you could go to Israel tho… shut up fr.”
The messages from fans did not deter Khalifa, who posted further support for the Palestinians and even directed messages at Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
She also directly addressed one of her critics, Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg, who sent Khalifa a DM: “Awful tweet dude … Wow,” Rosenberg messaged.
“F—ing loser, gtfoh with that bulls–t I’m from Lebanon, I’ve lived through more air raides by the IDF than your tiny privileged brain could ever know how to work through,” Khalifa wrote.
She continued, “You know NOTHING but tall tales of a land that doesn’t belong to you, created by a military that has nothing to do with your peaceful [God] loving religion. Don’t you disrespect me and my experience with what geopolitical war is again you man child.”
