To be accurate, there’s no proof that actor Samuel L. Jackson was celebrating the 50th annual Celebrate Israel Parade on New York’s Upper East Side; only that he and the parade crossed paths within selfie range. And if he was celebrating … great. But a lot of his followers on Twitter took the simple photo as a shameful show of support for Israel.
@SamuelLJackson Uh. Why would you support something like this? Israel is an apartheid state.
— Natalie Bussjaeger (@Nataliejohn1989) June 1, 2014
@SamuelLJackson wow, pretty sad to hear that you support an apartheid state. You of all people.
— MargoOltreLaSiepe (@Margo_Channing) June 1, 2014
https://twitter.com/BENBARNESASS/status/473171841113423873
@SamuelLJackson Wow, and I admired you 🙁
Unfollow it is then….— Abu Pikachu (@EmirSelman16) June 1, 2014
@SamuelLJackson the wall in east Germany was less that 1/8 the size they are installing in east Jerusalem. What pride can they have?
— Rich and Willing. (@RichAndWilling) June 1, 2014
https://twitter.com/Exodus_1831/status/473172884433952768
https://twitter.com/branchenergy/status/473173981391237120
@SamuelLJackson wow you have just lost all respect I had for you #apartheid #rape #babykillers
— Smiler (@DrSmileFace) June 1, 2014
https://twitter.com/ladyurbanfox/status/473175715605909504
@SamuelLJackson sorry Sam, you're walking alone on this one… #freepalestine
— هشام (@masrae) June 1, 2014
Now we know @SamuelLJackson supports #Israel, that mean all the #BDS haters will boycott the Die Hard franchise? pic.twitter.com/bJu9hlxal5
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) June 1, 2014
@SamuelLJackson (( Unfollow))
— Ali Al-Sayed (@Ali_Master50) June 1, 2014
@SamuelLJackson Ah that's disappointing
— Vassilis Alexiadis (@v_alexiadis) June 1, 2014
@SamuelLJackson do you have anything common with Israel besides a jewish bank account? ^^
— GhostRacerX (@GhostRacer_X) June 1, 2014
The simple selfie wasn’t all negative PR, though.
https://twitter.com/dsytman/status/473170982338048001
@SamuelLJackson u the best
— Brodie Bestbrook (@thelngroup) June 1, 2014
https://twitter.com/Fenris69/status/473189048140304384
https://twitter.com/IsraelhasRights/status/473192954002026497
@SamuelLJackson thanks for that. and don't be upset too much from the responses..
— ymedad (@ymedad) June 1, 2014