Justin Bieber Faces MAJOR Backlash for Writing 'Praying For Israel' Over Pic of Destroyed Gaza Strip

Justin Bieber has sparked a massive backlash after posting – and then deleting – his Instagram Story which featured a photo of the destruction in Gaza alongside the words “Praying for Israel”. Following the social media uproar, the singer removed the post, shared five days after Hamas’ deadly terrorist attack on Israeli civilians, from his Instagram Stories and replaced it with the exact same message without any photo.

“To vilianize all Palestinians or all Israeli people to me seems wrong,” Bieber wrote in an earlier post on his Instagram Story. “I’m not interested in choosing sides, but I am interested in standing with the families who have been brutally taken from us.”

Even though Justin has removed the controversial post, netizens are still upset with the Canadian pop star. One user wrote, “Can celebrities just stop talking?” Another one said, “He apologized but honestly that doesn’t change anything. if you are a celebrity you should do research before hurting millions of people. Hope he learns from it.”

Meanwhile, India on Wednesday launched a special operation, Operation Ajay, to repatriate its citizens from Israel where a proper war has erupted since Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked the country on Saturday. The war, so far, has killed nearly 3,700 people on both the sides of Israel on Gaza.