The acclaimed Korean pop band BTS has caught outrage on the internet after Taehyung (or V) posted some old pictures on his Instagram account, which included the Mcdonalds fries packet.
This move has raised a lot of questions regarding BTS’s priorities at a time when Israel is inflicting a genocide in Gaza. The BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions) movement has listed Mcdonalds’ among the companies it has urged civilians to boycott, sharing that the fast food franchise is providing free meals to all Israeli soldiers participating in the ongoing genocide.
Instead of terminating the franchise agreement altogether, it’s buying all its Israeli restaurants, pouring more money into Israel’s war coffers during its #GazaGenocide against 2.3m Palestinians.https://t.co/0Knj3xizVw
— BDS movement (@BDSmovement) April 8, 2024
BTS army has consistently used social media to urge the ‘Not Today’ singers and other Kpop bands to express their support for Palestine, and to withdraw from supporting controversial Zionist figures. Fan pages have targeted Hybe, the entertainment company that manages BTS, for hiring the controversial Zionist Scooter Braun as the CEO.
Scooter Braun has been spreading pro Zionist propaganda for 11 years and using his artists for it. He is now using his position at Hybe and has made disgustingly Islamophobic, misogynistic, racist anti-Palestinian dehumanizing posts since October 2023. Justifying the killings of… pic.twitter.com/TfXDf0uT7V
— ARMY for Palestine (@ARMY4Palestine) July 10, 2024
After Taehyung’s recent post, BTS stans have expressed their dissapointment in the pop star’s neutrality during a precarious time. Many have even shared a video by a Gazan journalist who showed pictures of BTS band members that were recovered from the rubble of a home.
i will post these side to side forever pic.twitter.com/IGmcQdSMoi
— hebs 𓂆 (@hebsforfalastin) July 21, 2024
this is just haunting. pic.twitter.com/FMya29vo01
— s (@yoongienthusias) July 21, 2024
children of gaza are eating tree leaves while taehyung flaunts eating the brand that directly funds the starvation and k!ll!ng of these children. pic.twitter.com/FvW0muHuYy
— hebs 𓂆 (@hebsforfalastin) July 21, 2024
Palestinian ARMYs have made a home for you even on their occupied land @BTS_twt. Do you really not care? pic.twitter.com/v5OOJqa5PU
— ARMY for Palestine (@ARMY4Palestine) July 21, 2024
