A Hamas mouthpiece praised “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder’s Emmys acceptance speech Sunday when she said, “Free Palestine” — while censoring out the actress’s bare shoulders and cleavage in the footage.
Einbinder found herself in the Quds News Network’s social-media feed for her support of Palestine during the televised awards ceremony.
But the network — which has been accused of being closely affiliated with the Palestinian terror group — completely blurred the Jewish star’s torso in the clip, to the point where the pin she was wearing displaying her support for Palestinians was also no longer visible.
“Hannah Einbinder explains that her decision to say ‘Free Palestine’ during her Emmys acceptance speech came from her belief that, as a Jewish person, she has a responsibility to distinguish Judaism and Jewish culture from the ethnonationalist project of the Israeli state,” Quds News wrote on X before the post was deleted Monday morning.
The post drew immediate mockery online, with many quick to point out the irony of Quds News’ eagerness to use Einbinder’s message but decision to censor it so that it fits its vision of what’s acceptable.
One account on X quipped that the incident could be summed up as Quds News saying: “We would like to thank the obscene infidel hooker for her support.”
Another X user wrote, “The people you scream on behalf of think so little of your rights as a woman that they CENSOR your entire upper body.”
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, managing director of the American Jewish Committee in Europe, added, “There, in one image, is all the absurdity.”
“Al Quds Network… airs the interview with Hannah Einbinder — who had launched ‘Free Palestine’ during her speech at the Emmys — while blurring… her décolleté.”
Quds News claims it is an independent news outlet operating in the Palestinian diaspora, but it has been repeatedly accused of being closely affiliated with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist groups.
Ever since Hamas took over Gaza in 2007, the terror group has imposed severe restrictions on women’s rights, with the UN and human rights groups blasting the group over its dismal treatment of women.
While Hamas has denied imposing a mandatory dress code for women, the group has been accused of enforcing a “Code of Modesty” rule aimed at forcing women to always wear headscarves and long gowns in public.
The actress’s actions have sparked backlash among members of the Jewish community who slammed Einbinder as normalizing anti-Israeli sentiments while on such a grand stage.
“When celebrities make it trendy to vilify Israel, it fuels the climate that leads to Jewish schools under police guard, synagogues set on fire and children beaten on their way to class.” Israeli writer Hen Mazzig wrote in the Hollywood reporter.
“True bravery would have been using that Emmy stage to call for the release of the 48 hostages still held in Gaza and end of the war,” he said.
Yuval David, an Emmy-winning Jewish actor, also criticized Einbinder’s speech, calling it a “performance of ignorance, not courage.
“She said nothing about peace, nothing about ending the war, and nothing about the hostages still suffering in Gaza,” David said in a statement.
“To claim Jews can be separated from Israel is an insult to our history and faith, as more than seven million Jews live there and every Jew in the world faces Israel when we pray,” he said.
Ihab Hassan, a Palestinian Christian who advocates for peace between Israel and Gaza, also slammed Quds News for the censorship of Einbinder’s speech and decision to delete the post.
“Quds News Network is a complete joke,” Hassan wrote on X.
During her controversial speech after winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Einbinder went on a tirade where she said, “F–k ICE and free Palestine.”
She later said she felt the need to speak out publicly to “distinguish Jews from the state of Israel.
“I feel like it is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel because our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethno-nationalist state,” she said, according to The Wrap.
Einbinder said the war in Gaza has become an issue close to her own heart, revealing that she has friends working as doctors in the Palestinian enclave trying to help refugees displaced by the war.
Along with her remarks at the Emmys, Einbinder recently joined thousands on the Film Workers for Palestine pledge, vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions.
The pledge calls for its members to avoid working with companies that partner with Israel’s government or endorse the war in Gaza, comparing itself to the cultural boycott that pushed for the end apartheid in South Africa.
Other signatories included Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Peter Sarsgaard and Elliot Page.
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