Resurfaced clip

A 2025 video resurfaced shows Ms Rachel calling Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza her 'friend'.

“Hi, yes, it’s M, for my friend, Motaz. Yay! Bye!”

Azaiza's Oct 7 footage

Palestinian journalist Motaz Azaiza admitted hiding footage of Israeli hostages beaten by crowds in Gaza on Oct 7, 2023.

“I saw the vehicle of the Al-Qassam Brigades, and there were Israeli captives there”

Azaiza's reason for withholding footage

Azaiza withheld footage because he feared Israeli authorities would identify Palestinians in videos and arrest them.

“I did not want to be responsible, even indirectly, for the deaths of those people in exchange for a few likes and views online”

Azaiza's criticism of Hamas

Azaiza criticized Hamas for failing to protect Palestinians in Gaza despite supporting armed Palestinian resistance.

“Why should a Palestinian be cheap in the eyes of Palestinians themselves? You are making people hate the resistance with your own hands”

Rachel's Gaza stance

Ms Rachel accused celebrities of applying racial double standards by remaining silent about Palestinian children.

“They probably would say something if these kids were White and from a different place”

Criticism of Rachel

California Republican Party’s Jewish engagement chair called Rachel's Gaza advocacy misleading and manipulative.

“Ms Rachel is essentially sanitizing terrorism with false and misleading information to emotionally manipulate her very impressionable following”

Rachel's response

Fox News Digital did not receive immediate comment from Ms Rachel on the story.