Pro-Israel Group Levels UNHINGED SMEARS Against CHILDREN'S YouTuber

Pro-Israel Group Levels UNHINGED SMEARS Against CHILDREN'S YouTuber

April 12, 2025

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A pro-Zionist organization has sparked backlash after publicly calling on the U.S. attorney general to investigate beloved children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel for allegedly promoting “anti-Israel propaganda” after sharing sympathetic content about children suffering in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing genocide.

In a letter sent on Monday, the group StopAntisemitism formally requested the Department of Justice determine whether Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, is “being remunerated to disseminate Hamas-aligned propaganda to her millions of followers”, claiming her social media posts about Palestinian children in Gaza could constitute undisclosed work for foreign entities.

“Given the vast sums of foreign funds that have been directed toward propagandizing our young people on college campuses, we suspect there is a similar dynamic in the online influencer space,” StopAntisemitism’s director, Liora Rez, wrote in the letter shared with the New York Post.

In a post on X, StopAntisemitism also claimed that Ms. Rachel had become “an amplifier of Hamas propaganda” since 7 October 2023, sharing content to her over 20 million followers that included an allegedly misrepresented “a ‘starving child’ from Gaza photo”, and statistics they called false regarding Palestinian child casualties.

“Is someone funding Ms. Rachel?” the post asked, before calling on followers to file a Foreign Agents Registration Act complaint with the Department of Justice.

Mr. Rachel had previously explained that her advocacy for Gaza children began after seeing a video of a traumatized child in Gaza who survived an airstrike.

“The look in his eyes has stayed in my mind,” she told the Independent. “No child should experience that kind of fear, shock and terror.”

This is not the first time the educator – who has posted regularly about the record number of child amputees in Gaza and criticised Israel’s blockade of food and supplies – has come under attack by pro-Israeli figures.

Last May, Ms. Rachel launched a fundraiser through Cameo that raised more than $50,000 for Save the Children’s emergency fund supporting children in conflict zones, including Gaza in just a few hours.

Her fundraiser, which largely received support from her followers, also triggered a wave of online trolling and calls for her to remain “apolitical."

“I care deeply for all children. Palestinian children, Israeli children, children in the U.S. – Muslim, Jewish, Christian children – all children, in every country,” she said in a response to pro-Israeli backlash at the time. “To do a fundraiser for children who are currently starving – who have no food or water – who are being killed – is human.”

Read more: https://qudsnen.co/pro-israel-group-faces-backlash-after-targeting-ms-rachel-for-sharing-content-about-children-in-gaza/

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