Israeli actor and Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Tuesday was disrupted by both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters, leading to a delay and requiring police intervention, Variety reported.
Ahead of the event, demonstrators from both sides gathered, with pro-Palestinian protesters holding signs that read, “Heroes Fight Like Palestinians,” “Viva Viva Palestina,” and “No Other Land Won Oscar”—a reference to the recent Academy Award-winning documentary about Israeli actions in the West Bank. Despite the ceremony being tented off, similar to the premiere of Snow White, in which Gadot stars as the Evil Queen, the protests were not deterred.
Chants such as “Up up with liberation, down down with occupation” and “Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crime” rang out from the crowd.
A pro-Palestinian protester told Variety, “We’re all really upset about what’s happening in Gaza right now. In the past 24 to 48 hours, 400 innocent people have been killed by the Israeli military, unprovoked. There’s no reason we should be celebrating an Israeli.” He added, “She has the ability to learn and read the same books that we read. There’s just no excuse.”
On the other side, Israeli supporters, including content creator Dana Nikri, waved Israeli flags. Nikri, whose friends attended the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, said they were “murdered.” She told Variety, “They come to our home and take us from our home and give us dead children,” emphasizing, “We don’t start war, we don’t want war at all.”
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According to Variety, the gathering eventually grew to over two dozen people on each side before police stepped in.
Here’s how social media users reacted to the ceremony:
Protestors from both sides of the war in Gaza clashed outside of actress Gal Gadot’s Walk of Fame ceremony.https://t.co/Qewg2zeF7v
— KUSI News (@KUSINews) March 19, 2025
FUCK GAL GADOT 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸https://t.co/KZWCeXvtFrhttps://t.co/oRh8Hd4X1y https://t.co/oFH3cuOsUd
— olivia (@chihiroilomilo) March 19, 2025
There are far more people deserving of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame than Gal Gadot. Besides Wonder woman and fast and the furious and that one movie with The Rock and Ryan Reynolds, what has she done to deserve it?
— Black Panther Peeps – The Return (@TheGodofwine77) March 19, 2025
Gal Gadot is an Israeli spy https://t.co/CeMn1LvIWR
— Bedouin Punk 🔻 (@PunkBedouin) March 19, 2025
Gal Gadot is not a good actress. It’s not even about political views like there are so many more people worthy of this https://t.co/j1gyVZu1Oo
— Stefan (@Thebl0ndebeast) March 19, 2025
Ewww Gal Gadot supports gen0c!de and k!||ing of babies 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🤮🤮🤮🤮
— bunny 🇵🇸🔻💕 (@bebelapinx) March 19, 2025