by CJ Womack in Fox News
Children’s YouTube star Ms. Rachel doubled down on her Gaza advocacy Thursday, criticizing “uncancellable” celebrities who have stayed silent about Palestinian children and questioning why stars with secure careers would not “risk something” to help save lives.
Accurso, whose full name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, appeared on comedian Ilana Glazer’s “It’s Open” podcast to directly challenge major celebrities who have avoided taking public positions on the war.
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“If you are so famous, and you’re uncancellable, and you’re so famous, and you won’t even say like, ‘Kids in Gaza should have schools, people in Gaza should have hospitals.’ Like you won’t say something so basic and like why can’t you risk something to help save lives,” Accurso said.
Accurso’s latest remarks came after Rabbi Yaakov Menken, executive vice president of the Coalition for Jewish Values, recently told Fox News Digital that he believed the amount of attention she devotes to Palestinian children compared to children suffering elsewhere was disproportionate.
“When 0.09% of starving children receive 90% of her attention, something is wrong,” Menken said.
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Photo: Rabbi Yaakov Menken, courtesy of Coalition for Jewish Values