The post, shared with her 14 million followers, prompted a flood of angry, and in some cases antisemitic, comments. One Instagram user wrote: "What a shame!" followed by four Palestinian flags, while another accused Cornish of having a hidden agenda, writing: "Doing anything to keep her Zio bosses happy". They followed this with a throwing up emoji and the words: "Juck Fews" (An intentional spoonerism meaning “f*** Jews” designed to circumvent online platforms’ hate speech policies).
Others users claimed that this expression of sympathy showed the musician was a "disgusting Zionist".
Commenting on the backlash, Israeli activist Hen Mazzig wrote: “Apparently, saying that a starved hostage forced to dig his own grave is wrong makes you a 'disgusting Zionist’. Who knew? I’m confused. Starving people is bad, right? Or does that not apply when they’re Jewish?”
