‘Gaza has given me a greater understanding of the Nakba’ | Alana Hadid | Real Talk

“I’m the child and grandchild of Nakba survivors.”
Alana Hadid belongs to one of the most recognisable Palestinian families in the world. So when she sat down with us on Real Talk, we tried to unpack the pressures that come with that.
In our conversation with Hadid, we spoke about Gaza and how she was impacted by the last few months. We also spoke about her activism, her views on how Gaza may influence the upcoming US elections, and a closer look at the forced expulsion of her Palestinian father and grandparents from their home during the Nakba of 1948.
#RealTalk is a Middle East Eye interview show hosted by Mohamed Hashem that delves into the stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:34 The Hadid family
02:51 Their Nakba story
04:30 Stories from her dad
06:05 Being forcibly expelled in 1948
07:38 Losing the Hadid home in Palestine
08:24 Grandparents unable to return
10:12 ‘She just wanted to go home’
12:03 What did that story instil in you?
13:22 Impact of war on Gaza on her
15:37 Filtering friends on social media?
17:03 ‘The Nakba never ended’
18:50 ‘So proud to be known as Palestinian’
22:31 How has Gaza unfolded in LA?
24:19 Gaza, Biden and the US election
25:11 DMs from Gaza
26:38 On the meaning of being Palestinian
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[@hindculhane470]

Alana , you rock . Absolutely , Jews keep saying “ I am a Holocaust surviver” so you why not keep repeating “ I am or we are Nakba surviver” I admire your courage and being be upfront about your Palestinian heritage and standing for justice and humanity .

[@paddyholly2184]

Being a Nakba Survivor tRumps Being a Holocaust Survivor.

[@End-Result]

There's no need to say bigoted things like that @@paddyholly2184. This isn't the suffering olympics.

[@GB-es4qz]

The difference is being oppressed and being an oppressor. Nakba survivor is a nice way of saying being part of a people who lost a war they started. They started . They lost. Move on if you value life more than your Jew hatred!!!

[@videolanderen]

The Holocaust ended in 1945. The Nakba has been going on for over a century and we’re still watching it unfold in front of our very eyes.

[@Moosemoose1]

​@GB-es4qz Lost what war? Zionist displacement of Palestinians was happening since the 1920s, this conflict began with the creation of Zionism in Europe in the late 1800s. It didn't start in 1948.

[@MrsHawkinsHouse]

I didn’t know that she was Irish and Palestinian. This explains her passion for freedom and truth 🇵🇸🇮🇪✌️☮️

[@patrickwilmoth]

Nothing says 'freedom' and 'truth' like trying to keep Jews away from the only place in the world where there's Jewish ruins three times as old as Islam

[@user-qf1zg4zz8j]

A powerful combination.

[@patrickwilmoth]

Nothing says "truth" and "freedom" like trying to remove Jewish people away from the only place in the world where there's ruins with Hebrew words thousands of years older than Islam

[@TheBubblydimple]

1920 as Nebi Musa riots or 1920 Jerusalem riots [ʿām al-nakbah, the “year of catastrophe.” IT does not go deeper than. The conflicts started earlier than that and w/o digging into history she will never understood how it all started. @MrsHawkinsHouse

[@hussr5950]

@@TheBubblydimple youre such a bot. Your accounts subscribed to like 5 channels only and youve been replying to every comment with some bull response that goes nowhere but to distract.

[@user-ze7ds1lu1c]

I am not Palestinian but I also cry ,I get very emotional and feel powerless about what is going on in Palestine. We need a Devine intervention 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@islamiccenter6781]

How many children became orphans in Palestine and Gaza and how many mothers became widows. Shame on Israel

[@lorascelsi8102]

So true

[@AkrepsFist]

​@@victormeidan1062the days before the 7th approx. 200 people were killed by the idf, stfu if reading headlines is all you can do

[@lorascelsi8102]

@@victormeidan1062 I$re@! Government lost all credibility once Churches in Gaza were being bombed.

[@ninaj5483]

​@victormeidan1062 It All started in 1917, NOT October 7th!

[@lorascelsi8102]

@@ninaj5483 exactly

[@Nadirah_and_me]

I am also the granddaughter of 1948 Nakba survivors. Thank you to the Hadid family for representing the Palestinian diaspora ♥️🇵🇸

[@plum_loco]

Speak out loud and proud. Every PAlestinin\an in Gaza is calling on the Palestinian diaspora to speak and shout from the rooftops!

[@erikamayle2642]

Allah bless her i am irish and african american and married to a palestinian. WE HAVE FREEDOM IN OUR VIENS

[@Mosavic4u]

We all became Palestinian 🇵🇸 Greetings from our Jordan 🇯🇴 🇧🇪 Belgian family who are proud active to defend the Palestinian cause and try to give the Gazans a voice!

[@Thehermitist]

Right … and I’m proud of it. How dare people do this to others GLOBALLY im everyone who has suffered by the hands of anyone because they are NOT ALONE

[@yanamag8153]

Да, нас много таких, кто поддерживает и понимает,что никто не вправе решать судьбы таких же людей, как он сам... Нельзя делить то, что вам не принадлежит, нельзя решать это, на правах ,что вы сильнее на данном этапе, все может изменится в один момент, тому масса примеров в истории человечества... Всех благ Господа Миров всем, кто за справедливость и человечность🤲💖 Палестина будет свободной и процветающей Амин йа Аллах1 🤲💖🤝🌍🇵🇸🕊🤝💖

[@user-qm8cm1dn2v]

...We bring the precious book of salvation "Returning to Heaven by Cultivating in Dafa [Great Law] We carry compassionate wishes We bring the precious book of salvation Presenting the truth at the end times Most people of the world are Gods come from heavens above Waiting for the Creator’s summoning He has arrived in the world, spreading Dafa far and wide To return to heaven you must transform your body and mind with the Fa And abandon modern conduct and notions Atheism is the biggest deceit for humankind And evolutionary theory is all the more absurd The path of tradition is laid by the divine To be saved, heed not lies and biases To return to heaven, seek Dafa and cultivate June 6, 2019" Master Li Hongzhi (Hong Yin VI, from Falun Dafa teachings)

[@nourahrmumeenslave]

I thought Urdinis were already Falestini...y'all are my siblings in Islam anyway❤😊

[@Mosavic4u]

​@@nourahrmumeenslave many falasteeny live in Jordan but the urduny people stand with them! And as well many belgikayya 😉

[@bainmarie]

Irish & Palestinian Blood , she has the soul of freedom & Justice.❤️🇵🇸 Solidarity from Ireland 🇮🇪 ,#BDS🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸✌️✌️✌️

[@TheBubblydimple]

Ireland's struggle w/ Britain is completely different fr Arab-Israel conflicts. ZERO comparison. Why not after the Balfour Declaration 1917 or rather prior than that?

[@LI-xv7uq]

@@TheBubblydimplethey are actually incredibly similar

[@jacovawernett3077]

Bain Marie, how do you feel about the girls of Afghanistan who can't go to school past 6th grade. L'chaim. My Hebrew name Jacova is the female form of Jacob. God is my Father and rabbi. He spoke 50 sentences to me from above. ( I was born March 11th in Bethlehem) I'm going to tell you some of what God said. The woman in the video has faith in God. She does not know God. 11.17.2015 Eve Beach, Waikiki, early evening. God asked me, what side of the blade are you on. I answered, the side of the righteous my words are my sword. He showed me my ascension to Heaven. He said, "Make Israel one." ( it means to bring peace and reconciliation between Jew, Christian, Muslim, cousins by Abraham) 12 hours before the Gaziatep Turkey earthquake I was watching a video on AL Jazeera youtube about the Palestinians. I wrote that God said, make Israel one. ( it means to bring peace and reconciliation between Jew, Christian, Muslim, cousins by Abraham) A muslim brother answered, Jews and Christians will be humiliated by God. I answered, No. We are all God's children. No one sticks a metaphorical rock in God's throat. The Prophet Muhammed knew this. Sometimes it feels like 500,000 Gazans are holding the world hostage. The earth will quake. And it did. God's first sentences to me were 8.4.2015 morning drinking chai tea. Since then I have told and timestamped many prescient visions that came true. Death to Israel. Death to Jews is against Inshallah. ( God's will) Ahava Israel. God's last sentence to me was 4 years ago. He said, you are Princess Messenger of God. The only sentence God spike to me in months. Now if you are so enamored with Islamic terrorism then I guess Hezbollah and ISIS is your swill. They don't know God either. They think they can see and violence their way to God. Goodluck. God is watching. I would like to express my Evergreen self to God my Father and Everything that gives me equal rights and His Love. When the Evergreen freighter blocked the Suez canal. I laughed and cried with God and the Angel Team in my thoughts and heart, for I presciently knew. Sincerely your enlightened mystic whose middle name is Sue. Shukrun. Go read Lamentations 3:32. It's what God just showed me for you all t read.

[@caoimhegoggins2653]

To say that shows you know zero about Irish history and are more than likely a paid troll@@TheBubblydimple

[@gm405]

@@TheBubblydimple and zero comparisons? AI gave me 8, but i'll share 4 1. **Colonial Legacy:** Both struggles have roots in a history of colonialism - the Irish under British rule and the Palestinians under Ottoman and later British rule. 2. **Displacement:** Both groups have experienced significant displacement. The Irish faced forced migrations and displacement, especially during the Great Famine, while Palestinians experienced mass displacement during the establishment of Israel in 1948. 3. **National Identity:** The struggles involve a quest for national identity and self-determination. The Irish sought independence and the establishment of the Republic of Ireland, while Palestinians seek a sovereign state. 4. **Conflict with Colonial Powers:** Both faced resistance against colonial powers - the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against the British, and various Palestinian resistance groups against British and later Israeli forces.

[@caitieeeee]

❤🇵🇸🍉🫒 much love to the hadids and every other palestinian family

[@meetings3071]

Indeed. ❤️ 🇵🇸 🤍 🇵🇸 🖤 🇵🇸 💚

[@TheBubblydimple]

@@meetings3071 as if the world stood still in 1948? as if what they [Palestinians] experienced are unique and did not happen to the rest of the world.

[@jofinn21]

I love this, thank you. I saw another interview with her father Mohammed Hadid where he was telling about 1948 how his mother couldn't even take a blanket for her baby Mohammed from her house when zionist had taken their house and told them to leave 😢💔 that was so heartbreaking. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ❤

[@TheBubblydimple]

Why be stuck in 1948? Forever heartbreaking?

[@hussr5950]

@@TheBubblydimple you're soulless for saying that

[@lovelyhuman9852]

​@TheBubblydimple why Jews want to back after 2000 years?

[@TheBubblydimple]

@@hussr5950 Soulless for telling the truth?

[@TheBubblydimple]

@@lovelyhuman9852 They never left. Have you even research the fact that Jews were living side by side w/ Christians as "dhimmis"? As "dhimmis," punitive measures were imposed on them by Ottomans. Christians, Jews or non-Muslims who refused to accept the dhimma contract and pay the tax were to have to either convert to Islam, leave or be executed.

[@finklechomsky2992]

I can only write a story where *an evil guy disguised as a guest takes over the whole house he is allowed in* But It happened to Palestinians 😢😢 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@Alpha--Beta]

@@victormeidan1062 Liar, pure Zionist propaganda. shame on you.Full Stop.

[@donnavorce8856]

Your story plot is generous. IT WAS A HOME INVASION. Without the guns and violence provided by Western Nations, the land "given" to the zio-nazis would not have happened. No one allowed any guest into Palestine. You and I know that. It was a home invasion.

[@ammash2526]

😢

[@fayezakamal3778]

Just horrifying what's been going on for 75 years! Free Palestine ❤😢

[@meetings3071]

Absolutely 💯. Palestine 🇵🇸 will be free from the Genocide of Apartheid Israel. ❤️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🇵🇸 ⚖️ 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🇵🇸 💚

[@TheBubblydimple]

Free Palestine from jihadists extremism.

[@GB-es4qz]

Yup it’s pretty horrific that they they’ve been trapped by their delusional JEW HATRED over choosing a better life

[@TheNagualWilliam]

Yep, Palestinians are the example for the whole of humanity

[@taliabraver]

So Israel got a piece of land given to them by the UN.The arab nations decided to attack Israel,and got their backends beaten.Bad idea.Now alot of those people from those nations live in countries where the land was taken by force,America,NewZealand,Australia yet they are OK with that!Hypocrites!

[@puravidahoy]

Dear Alana , habibti I am so proud of you and I will ALWAYS stand with you! Long Live Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea… your French Arab sister❤️🇵🇸✊🏽🇵🇸✊🏽❤️

[@MelancholischerMond]

The Hadids are very brave. They care more about Palestine than their careers.

[@ediahoxha3996]

I admire her and her family, they are so brave for speaking out when there is a lot at stake, she looks a lot like her dad Mohammad Hadid!

[@meetings3071]

I agree. 🇵🇸 ❤️ 🇵🇸 💚 🇵🇸 🍉 🇵🇸

[@AnaZia-nn3ug]

Is true, now we are all Palestinians. We support you. Palestina struggle is Our struggle.

[@TheArchitect101]

Hadid family have done us proud. Unlike DJ Khalid he should never be allowed back - no one should buy or promote his music.

[@suesue9578]

@TheArchitect101 who’s that flop !

[@fiddah]

You don’t know whether brother Khalid received threats etc from criminals. There is no need to verbally attack him. Any parent worries about the safety of their children etc. Not all people are equally brave. الله أَعْلَم . Muslimeen shouldn’t be listening to music except Duff during Eid days and weddings.

[@TheArchitect101]

@@fiddah have you seen his videos! With his trousers almost hanging down, gold chains around his neck and flying on jets while all this is happening. Like his oblivious to all this. No shame no dignity no respect! Sometimes you have stand up like imam hussain or the people of that time and even if it means losing everything. Do the right thing otherwise you have faith in God! Read Verse 19 from surah At-Tawbah Do you consider the providing of drinking water to the pilgrims and the maintenance of Al-Masjid Al-Haram as equal to the worth of those who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and strive hard and fight in the cause of Allah They are not equal before Allah. And Allah guides not those people who are the wrongdoers.

[@komfykoala6083]

@@TheArchitect101 He's also a glutton seen eating McDonald's on his insta, something he should be boycotting in the first place if he cares about his own people. He's a disgrace to Palestinians

[@erikamayle2642]

Husband is Palestinian and he used to support dj khalid but he is such a zionist slave that its embarrassing. HE IS NOT PALESTINIAN bc being Palestinian is much more than being born there. SIPPORT MC ABUL A REAL PALESTINIAN

[@brilliantmalcolm1544]

You're a beautiful soul Alana! I'm a 77yr old Veteran, a Christian, with 8 children, 18 grandchildren & 8 great- grandchildren. My heart breaks for the resilient people of Gaza especially children. I've lived a long life and would give my life for the life of a martyr- child. All I can do is continue in prayer asking God to hasten the day when the Genocide will end and courageous, beautiful children and resilient people of Gaza will live normal lives again! Please God!!!

[@thi8a]

It makes u emotional because u have mercy. Mercy is the human trait that makes u sit there and accept the Nakba as a catastrophe or to sit there and view it as anything other than that. Mercy. Some people just lack it. Pure and simple. ❤️

[@o.z.p.]

It's great to see you so proud. Just know your grandmother's ♥ soul is traveling wildly, she's traveling to all the places she's been and rests where she's needed most. You make her proud. God bless you and yours.

[@Zaytoonshaminsk]

Much love to the Hadid’s family! We are all proud 💕

[@PalestinianByHeart]

One day sis, one day Palestine will be free and we will all go there (even though i have no connection to the land but my blood bleeds Palestinian)...

[@Najda007]

​@@TheBubblydimpleare you ok in your head? Who has hate in their harts? Who is killing Palestinians on an industrial scale and just can't move forward and stop this genocide? What an outrageous comment.

[@noonieh7008]

You’ll be more than welcome just as it was before isnotreal existed

[@olenabi]

@@TheBubblydimpleThe damn occupiers would be haaaaapy to see the Palestinians “moving on”, right? But there is a reason jews continue to talk about Holocaust too. It ruined so many innocent life’s.

[@nafisabireche3806]

Je pense qu'ils veulent avancer mais les sionistes ne les laisse pas faire. Ils sont surveillés avec des caméras 24h00 sur24​@@TheBubblydimple

[@TheBubblydimple]

@@olenabi who do u think causing mayhem in the entire world especially when it comes to global religious ideology? Not the Jews. who do you think are ransacking, bullying, torching, vandalizing and threatening all Jewish politicians and Jewish businesses in Canada, US, Germany, France, Sweden, etc?

[@TheJourneyOfMeMyselfAndI]

I'm Also a US citizen who's parents are a Palestinian Nekba survivors, she's spot on, we all grew up hearing these horrendous crime stories from our families. 2 of my fathers younger sisters were killed right in front of him by Israeli soldiers to put fear in their hearts.

[@Ishtarthemoon]

I have a new-found respect for this whole entire family. I knew they were palestinian but i hadn't seen them being too vocal about geopolitical issues (i mostly don't really pay much attention to celebs), but they now have my full support and respect. I know it's not easy to speak up when you're that visible and in an industry full of people who are complicit, silent or actively causing harm.

[@sosmartsostupid]

we are all PALESTINIAN!!! VIVA PALESTINA!!! THIS, was so touching

[@victormeidan1062]

Viva Narnia too !

[@Mister456]

Beautiful and insightful interview. I admire Alana's activism and how she radiates beauty and positivity even in these tough times. You don't get a single ounce of bitterness or hate from her, considering what her family or the Palestinians have gone through. That's what she has in common with every Palestinian voice I've heard. Deeply fascinating and people, rich in culture and beauty.

[@meetings3071]

Yep. 👍 🇵🇸 ❤️ 🇵🇸

[@yanamag8153]

Красота и человечность их души, не теряется, не смотря на тяжелые испытания и потери... Бесконечно душевные палестинцы, вы - достоинство и гордость Человечества. Вы в наших молитвах, храни вас Всевышний Господь Миров🤲💖Алана, достойный представитель своего народа, храни вас Господь Миров🤲💖 Амин 🤲💖

[@victormeidan1062]

Rich in Jihadi criminality and brutality.

[@yanamag8153]

​@@victormeidan1062 Сопротивление угнетению, агрессии оккупантов и геноциду, достойно бесконечного уважения ! Храни Всевышний Господь Палестину, мира и процветания палестинцам🤲💖Амин йа Аллах1🤲💖

[@TheBubblydimple]

@@victormeidan1062 they love to shout "allahu akhbar." I wonder who is this allah they are referring to?

[@jennifernorman9655]

What a beautiful, poignant interview; thank you Alana, Mohamed and MEE ❤🇵🇸

[@LizCurran]

The story of the family’s hospitality being abused is horrendous, just one of many stories. Great interview. Thank you.

[@r.z.608]

I never heard Alana speak. I appreciate her love for Palestine, it is her people. God bless her and her family for being so vocal about Palestinian´s rights.

[@unpapillon2816]

Thank you for being a voice for the voiceless. ❣️🇵🇸❣️🇵🇸❣️🇵🇸❣️🇵🇸❣️🇵🇸❣️

[@FS-do3bi]

Thank you both for this wonderful interview. The world needs more of this kind of interviews about people who can tell how they (their) families have been expelled from their homes by those who came as refugees to Palestina. A thief can never be an owner even when they claim to be the chosen ones (they act like savages and pretend to be the good ones). Alana, thank you for speaking out. It’s for you, your dad, your ancestors, all the Palestinians and people around the world who seek and want justice. Keep on the good work! The victory is near. Keep strong and keep steadfast.

[@lorascelsi8102]

Well said

[@ekanovamia3727]

FS-do3bi agrees with you, a thief can never be an owner, Most Zionists don’t believe GOD exists, but they believe God promised them Palestine “Illand Pape How can something that doesn't exist promise them a land? Their logic is so... I can't find a word for that. Oh right, it's non-existent, and The concept of "chosen people" is NOT different from the "superior race" of Nazis

[@yanamag8153]

Прекрасно 👍👏💖🤝🇵🇸🕊💖🤝

[@victormeidan1062]

The Jews are the indigenous people of Judea. No nonsense from this imposter will ever change that fact.

[@lorascelsi8102]

@@victormeidan1062 Our granny was from Syria. Guess by your values my sister and I need to go back to downtown Damascus and have the Syrian government forcibly displace a family from their current home so we can take the property over for free, at the displaced families expense. That's called land grab or sqatting. Should folks whose grand parents left Athens, Dublin and Palermo do the same thing. What brazen, ruthless morals. Colonization settlers are just plain cruel. Justice for Palestinians. Heaven help us all.

[@1yane]

Thank you for sharing, free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@fatma3238]

I cried many times for Palestine. A place I have never heard of when I was a kid. Free Palestine.

[@GB-es4qz]

Hmm have you cried for Syria too ?

[@Timeisright]

@@GB-es4qzpeople need to check with “cry police” now before shedding tears for humanity??

[@Urbannomad7]

The jews made sure no one knows about it.

As Alana echoed, the palestinian cause had made roots in so many peoples heart in the world, roots that shine and hurt and open horizons for humanity, and if these roots had blessed you, be proud to be part of the new generation of palestinians, we have a lot do do...

[@ammash2526]

we will. our prayer to God to help Palestinians❤

[@Muhdah1972]

Good talk and I'm glad she made the mention that the Nakba started before 1948. Balfour's letter is dated from 1917 or 1918.

[@RosemaryTym]

It's devastating, not being able to go back to your home country ♥️

[@victormeidan1062]

Their "home country" never existed. It is a purely mythical abstraction that only exists in their own sick minds.

[@yisraelwoolf2936]

They could have had a home country but they kept on saying "no."

[@kafiahusseinahmed6667]

​@@yisraelwoolf2936say who? you? Gtfoh🖕

[@meriemch1969]

​@yisraelwoolf2936 it was Americans and "Israel " that always said no actually, the UK also joins In the no decision too

[@victormeidan1062]

They never had a "home country". Their balestine is a myth, a lie, a nonsense, a fiction, a mirage if you will. This imagined homeland is a projection of a deranged false consciousness..

[@user-zc4ne9jd8v]

We in Malaysia cry and sympatize you

[@mezh92126]

Im sorry to hear your family's story. As an Afghan American I can sympathize. I am a proud supporter of the Palestinian cause (and in LA). So you got me!!

[@lucilestengel8696]

I hadn't come across Alana Hadid before and am very inspired. What a smart, well spoken woman. Thank you for sharing your story and educating us on the Nakba. We are better for it.

[@AJ-yu1ip]

Great interview....as a white American woman I've never felt so embraced and accepted than by the Muslim/Arab and especially Palestinian community. We're all learning so much abt history, faith, resilience and resistance. Free Palestine!🇵🇸

[@MrChillPusatVideoSeru]

we stand with you hadid family and all palestinian 🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@meetings3071]

Indeed. Respect 🫡 from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤️ 🇿🇦 🤝 🇵🇸 💚

[@islamiccenter6781]

Free Palastin🌹🌹❤❤❤❤

[@meetings3071]

For sure. 🇵🇸 💚 🇵🇸

[@bsahmed1]

There was peace between Muslims, Christians and Jews living in Palestine until 1917, when colonial settlers from Europe invaded the country, displaced and dispossessed the indigenous inhabitants, and stole their land. It accelerated to a massive scale during late 1947 especially in the first half of 1948. The first village to be fully cleaned was the village of Qisarya, which had 1500 inhabitants, was on February 15, 1948. The peak of the massacres happened on April 9, 1948, during which 720,000 Palestinians out of the 900,000 who lived in the territories that became Israel fled or were expelled from their homes. Then some ill-equipped and ill-armed Arab armies came to the rescue of the Palestinians, but by the time they arrived in mid May, 1948 it was already late. They were defeated by the superior Israeli army in their so called war of independence on May 15, 1948. The majority of the native Palestinian inhabitants have thus become refugees, some internally in the west bank and Gaza and others outside their country especially in the surrounding countries. The Israeli government soon after passed a law preventing the refugees from coming back to their villages and towns which were subsequently demolished. Thanks to social media and spread of information, with a couple of clicks and with courage and human decency, the truth shines for every seeker to recognize. Plan Dalet is a good way to start your search.

[@linn7019]

I have seen old pictures of the 1800's showing Muslims, jews and Christians going about their day in Jerusalem interacting and acting like they are conducting business together. Of course, that was pre-zionism. The Jewish population was less than 5%. I also have an image of a map from around the turn of the century of "Palestine," no mention of Israel.

[@beyourownbeliever]

She is such a heart of gold🕊️❤️🇵🇸The whole family Hadid🤲🏼🕊️❤️🇵🇸

[@myassralakoud781]

أبناء وبنات فلسطين لم ينسوا ولن ينسوا وطنهم الأم .لقد جعلتي أبوكي فخورا بك .

[@MendeMaria-ej8bf]

Wow, Northern Irish and Palestinian is a strong combination!

[@MendeMaria-ej8bf]

@@genevieve4418 Okay. ☺ ❤

[@victormeidan1062]

Yes, they both supported Shitler. Haj Amin Al Husseini and DeValera. Both were total war criminals.

[@End_Zionism]

May Allah preserve the Palestinians and free their homeland and free us all from this ideology 🇵🇸

[@yanamag8153]

Амин йа Аллах1🤲💖

[@victormeidan1062]

Allah is busy arranging a new Nakba for the Imposters.

[@ReerAliVlogs]

Love her soul. May Allah grant her grandparents jannah fardowsa. Amiin

[@user-ry6xf1kv8g]

It's truly remarkable how they have shown both strength and resilience to the world.🍉

[@meetings3071]

Very remarkable. 🇵🇸 ❤️ 🇵🇸 💚 🇵🇸 🤍 🇵🇸 🖤 🇵🇸

[@suesue9578]

What a brilliant interview thank you Alana for being so raw and honest about your family’s struggles and the struggles of all Palestinians….you have been a important voice as you came from parents that have different backgrounds but the same struggles…I cried with and smile as you where so proud to say your biggest accomplishment was to be called an active… you are love by many and I appreciate your voice and carriage for such an important cause ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 God willing one day your father will go back home and we all see a free Palestine 🤲🏻🇵🇸

[@user-ju3qc3vr4v]

I feel honoured to know the story of the palestinians, to know the truth. I will keep educating myself further on it. I feel so proud of the palestinian people, fearing no one, no opressor or bully. All Glory and Power belongs God. Gods help is near ❤🇵🇸

[@user-yu2ch1el5h]

Freedom and Justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 ❤

[@Thehermitist]

Proud of her

[@user-yf8ol2xv1m]

Freedom for Palestine and Gaza

[@aisam7892]

Free Palestine from ocupator

[@victormeidan1062]

Free Israel from the Jihadi death cult

[@Lolaaestereo]

fantastic interview. i wish all the Palestinian's their freedom in their own land, they have sacrificed so much they deserve to live in their own state their own country from the river to the ocean

[@victormeidan1062]

Not in the Land of Israel

[@limababa854]

Thank you for your activism🙏 respect for your beautiful Palestinian family.

[@ImzyImz]

I'm new to knowing about the Hadid family, and I love the passionate activism from Alana. Forever love.

[@Ftun1422]

Alana you're such a beautiful young lady. It's not easy to be an activist but you're standing up for the voiceless Palestinians. Your speech in DC was amazing and heartfelt. Please consider running for office to assist with the dismantling of AIPAC. They've become the constituents of the political class. Courage is in your DNA. We're all Palestinians ❤🇵🇸 your grandparents would be so proud just like your dad is. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free❣🇵🇸🇿🇦

[@dianatchahkieva3322]

Alana, I’ve cried during the whole interview. You are such a beautiful and kind soul. Thank you for speaking up! Love you. 💜

[@zairamansha5228]

It is okay your a human and your close to Palestine than others like me who are not even Palestinian. I cry for Palestinian people and Palestine state because we live in western country but it is there way of life and will silence any resistance coming from people who demand equal rights of all ethnicity.

[@Juju2012ZA]

Why should they leave. That is their home, their identity, their heritage. Leve Palestina ✊❤️❤️❤️

[@victormeidan1062]

They started a war of extermination. against Israel. They lose that war and then start a 2nd war of extermination. They lose that war, rinse and repeat. That is why these crooks will never find peace or justice. By denying their evil, they are condemned to suffer from it in perpetuity.

[@jacquelinelucien1572]

Alana, bless you..the Struggle Continues. Truth teller!! The Voice of Humanity.

[@Abdo-dk1de]

I heard her speech live at protest in Washington DC last month.Alot of respect for everyone showed up on that day.Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@cheryllines4106]

I PRAY FOR JUSTICE FOR THE SURVIVORS OF THE SATANIC CULT THAT HAS PLAGUED THEM FOR SO LONG! 🙏💔☮️

[@rawia24]

Amazing Palestinian woman🇵🇸✌🏻

[@milenakisel2855]

It’s so heartbreaking when you know you can’t go back home due to injustice!!! The Palestinians deserve the right to live a normal life in this world like everyone else!!!!

[@user-go9ij1pw6t]

Much love o the Hadid’s. Keep it please. ❤️❤️

[@JoP444]

Great to hear from Alana ❤ She should be very proud of her commitment to the cause. I am half Irish/half Scottish and I firmly believe that some of us just have activist/rebellious genes. I am incredibly proud of my ancestors fight for Irish freedom from colonial Britain🤮 As a lifelong campaigner for Palestine, I never thought I would see such blatant televised g3n o side " They thought they could bury us but they did not know that we were seeds" Bobby Sands Irish freedom fighter

[@sholeha9003]

We stand with you, Hadid's family and all Palestinians 🇵🇸❤️🇲🇾 Pray for Palestine. Hasbunallah wa ni'mal wakil ni'mal maula wa ni'mannasir. Allahuakhbar.

[@GFY_66]

Alana, you make me proud to be human! 🙏🏼 You are a powerful warrior! Fight the good fight! ✊🏼🇵🇸

[@jfm14]

Well said, me too!

[@PritikaChowdhry]

Powerful interview

[@user-pb6fj9gv2f]

All Muslims stand united for Gaza

[@MESSI-fx1ob]

It’s not a Muslim issue stop doing this

[@tulyatungaumar7213]

​@@MESSI-fx1obof course,coz even churches in gaza are being bombed, it's an issue for all pple with humanity

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

It should ve...😢 but UAE, Saudi and Jordan...just why?

[@user-ry2kt9fo5m]

Love to your family and love to all of Palestine 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@lilyhanson86]

Alana closing words were great!! We are all becoming Palestinian. I am Australian but I am Palestinian now! Never a day have I stop thinking about Palestine, it is my heart and soul now! Palestinian people are my heart and soul.

[@halakinani-muley8543]

Same thing happened to my grandma ❤

[@KC-ly1fb]

I’m so glad they are speaking out I have a much great respect for this family now. As a granddaughter of the grandfather who was in the original IRA I feel for the Palestinian people because England did the same to my ancestors until the Ira was created because of the oppression. What’s going on pains me every day and I wish more people would come out with their stories to bring awareness!

[@maryrobby7134]

Great interview ❤

[@boualbanisally4009]

Mr Hadid have my biggest respect for raising his kids in a way that they didn't forgate their heritage even though they are privileged ❤❤

[@Sana0567]

Thank you Alana for saying a convert!!!! can live in Pls!!!! but a pls born couldn’t. You chose strong word.

[@camilakhalifa2397]

Thank you Alana❤

[@user-qv6wi8xl4q]

All of us sister, is suffered for our brothers and sister like that situation, I hope and pray ceasefire happen

[@-everythingsRosie]

Beautiful Soul ❤

[@mansooraqureshi2696]

Standing up against injustice is staying true to one's roots.....

[@MaraPazInterior]

I am an activist for the freedom of the Palestinian people for almost 20 years and I am soo proud of them! My best friend is Palestinian, I am brasilian but my blood is Palestinian!!! #israelIsTerror #bidenAndnetanyahuGenocidal #bidenAndnetanyahuBehindTheBars #FreeGaza ❤🇵🇸 #FreePalestine ❤🇵🇸 #PalestiniansLivesMatter ❤🇵🇸 #FromTheRiverToTheSeaPalestineWillBeFree ❤🇵🇸

[@samara6041]

Alana is such a based queen for using her platform the right way 🤍 much love and respect 🫡

[@user-cu2es6ok6j]

I used to have bias on the hadid family, but i was wrong may God and the hadids forgive me. They are human, they have suffered alot just like more than most of us. May Allah grant palastine freedom from zionism, the west and its hypocricy

[@redunbiased8417]

Hi and Assalamualaikum those who commenting here.. I have nothing but so much respect for those who standup against oppressors.. Regardless your belief systems and background.. you stand for people in Palestine. I am talking about you standing up for Muslims and Christians in there.. Thankyou for being unbiased and humane.. thankyou!!! I bear witnesss about your positivity and supports till the day i die

[@GodfreyFortuin-ib3ml]

My Palestinian sister that is why we as South Africans went to the ICJ because we suffered the same dehumanization.In south Africa we had laws called the group areas act.The apartheid regime took our homes and property and gave it to white people the same as the Zionist did to the Palestinian people.My mother in law had a home in central Port Elizabeth this was taken by the apartheid regime and it was given toa white person.These whites tried to alter the house but they kept the original front door.When my mother in-law passed her house she use to cry.Many of our old people just died of heart break.We as South African knows what dispossession means and we will stand by our Palestinian brothers and sisters

[@Living4_2day]

*God ease their pain. Let them find comfort in you. Reward their faithfulness to you and allow them to return home safely. Give them freedom and peaxe of mind. Please Lord only you have the power to stop this war because you are the only one who can rule creation justly and righteously. Please hear our prayers. Sustain their physical and mental health. Draw them closer to you and be their refuge. Restore their souls. Bless them please Lord show your love and mercy. Amen.*

[@AF0408]

Amen 🤲🏼

[@yanamag8153]

Амин🤲💖

[@MD-uw8it]

OMG!!! I absolutely love her ❤ I love that she doesn’t give a shit about Hollywood

[@feridasafarova242]

She is a strong woman

[@antonelaradan9380]

I feel proud for you to exist in this world 😇 Keep going❤ Good luck❣️

[@taranehahmadi-parker1412]

Solidarity 🇵🇸❤️🥲🕊️🙏🙏🙏

[@hammoudehradi8222]

Thank you for speaking up for all of us

[@Bambi253]

Love Hadid family! ❤ 🇵🇸

[@Joules-rm5os]

Jazakum Allah khayran, Alana. May Allah swt reward you with all the goodness.

[@valley4queen]

Alana you are so awesome. You’re truly an inspiration to the Palestinian people.

[@sweetgrape40]

Thank you for telling your story Alana. Please encourage more Palestinian refugees to tell their stories. People around the world need to know these horrific facts. Many still don't know and deny this awful history. Fortunately because of your social status as a kind-of-celebrity, your voice is louder than many other Palestinian refugees and can reach many more people.

[@850Alhamdulillah]

Alana is such a beautiful soul ❤ Palestinians have so much grace