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Gazini Ganados shows her support for Palestine: ‘Free Palestine’

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<p>Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Ganados broke her silence about the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel. In her Instagram post, the beauty queen showed screenshots of her conversation with her family who lives in Gaza.</p><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cykqab8PTD3/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1E8aFNkVq15XbW3xYQii7tCW7B8bfsUwJx7E0imaedeyADRTGcvgpjMMI#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A1397822.8999999762%2C%22ls%22%3A1145624.3000000715%2C%22le%22%3A1145986.2000000477%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cykqab8PTD3/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-2" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cykqab8PTD3/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cykqab8PTD3/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Gazini Ganados (@gazinii)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>She expressed how heartbroken she is over what’s happening between the two nations.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2020/10/24/fresh-scoops/gazini-ganados-shares-her-thoughts-before-crowning-189214" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Gazini Ganados shares her thoughts before crowning her Miss Universe Philippines successor</u></strong></a></div><p>“Sick to my stomach. This has been a heartbreaking week for so many of us. I’m scared, disturbed, deeply saddened. We can always be doing more,” she wrote.</p><p>Gazini shared how she has been educating herself with what’s happening before making an opinion on the current situation at hand. </p><p>“I’ve been silent regarding the conflict about the war between Israel and Palestine because as some of you may know I recently just kept in touch with my father and my family who is now living in Palestine, Gaza,” she shared.</p><p>“I’ve been keeping my thoughts to myself because I felt like ‘OH I JUST DON&#x27;T KNOW ENOUGH TO FORM AN OPINION” or ‘I&#x27;M NOT THAT CULTURALLY INFORMED.’ But it doesn’t have to end there. Get educated,” she added.</p><p>Though she is of Palestinian descent, the beauty queen shared that she also feels for the people of Israel who lost their lives and family because of the “dreadful terrorist attacks.” However, she maintained that she can’t remain silent after the counterattack made by Israel on innocent civilians who are caught in between––most especially since her family is in Gaza.</p><p>“I would like to express my deep sorrow for the Israelis who have lost their lives and been injured in the dreadful terrorist attacks. Hamas killing civilians was HORRIBLE but Israel countering by killing 10× more civilians is beyond insane,” she wrote.</p><p>“I cannot remain silent in the face of the Israeli government&#x27;s attempt to seek revenge from innocent civilians for the terrorist attack. I will not remain silent about this genocide either specially that my family’s life depends on it,” she continued.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2021/7/15/fresh-scoops/gazini-ganados-ends-her-binibining-pilipinas-journ-194625" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Gazini Ganados ends her Binibining Pilipinas journey with ‘a grateful heart’</u></strong></a></div><p>Gazini added how much lives are being taken away due to the war that’s been going on for several days already. She questioned everyone who has been quiet about the grim situation happening.</p><p>“In Israel&#x27;s attacks, one Palestinian loses their life every 5 minutes. Every hour, 3 children lose their lives. Can a baby be a terrorist? How can so many be so silent? What are you scared of? Scared to defend basic human rights as innocent people are murdered,” she added.</p><p>The 27-year-old beauty queen stands by her belief and maintained that the country should be freed.</p><p>“#freepalestine,” she ended</p>

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Gazini Ganados shows her support for Palestine: ‘Free Palestine’

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Published October 21, 2023 12:35 PM PHT

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