Former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire took to Instagram in a since-deleted post over the weekend to blast Black Lives Matter for its praise of the Hamas attack on Israel.
Stoudemire, who is Jewish, took specific issue with Black people who support Hamas and perceived acts of terror.
“I woke up this morning with some disturbing news out of Israel – that Hamas kidnapping children, putting them in cages, killing women, killing the elderly. That’s some coward [stuff]. That’s cowardly,” Stoudemire said Sunday on Instagram, according to Fox News.“And for all y’all Black Lives Matter (supporters) ain’t saying nothing, ‘Well let me figure out exactly what’s happening before saying anything,’ [Expletive] you.
“Figure out what? It ain’t never been cool to kidnap kids and put them in cages. Ain’t never been cool to kill women and elderly,” Stoudemire said. “Never been no matter where you from, what you represent, what tribe you from, it don’t matter. It ain’t never been no cool thing. That ain’t never been nothing nobody supported. And then you go and hide and put the kids in front of you as a barricade. That’s some coward [stuff].”
Stoudemire also blasted politicians in the United States for remaining silent or showing sympathy for Hamas.
“All you politicians who have something to say on the contrary – I see you. [Expletive] you. All you Black Lives Matter people who always have something to say and always supported everything else and you quiet now – [Expletive] you too. Only place in the world I can go and study Torah and eat Kosher food. Only place in the world. Some coward [stuff], dog, and all y’all support it. [Expletive] you.”
Stoudemire later returned to Instagram to clarify his comments in the deleted post while also highlighting that he wasn’t apologizing.
“To Black Lives Matter and the Politicians. I recognize that it is everyone’s choice if they want to speak about the conflict and that while I may want people to say more, that there is a better way that I can communicate that,” Stoudemire wrote.
“I want to make sure to mention that I am thankful for all of the work that people as a whole have done so far for their communities and I hope that we all strive to do more. 🏁
“THIS IS NOT A [sic] APOLOGY…”
[Fox News]
