Miryam Segal TikTok Controversy

Overview

The Miryam Segal TikTok Controversy refers to a controversy about videos from Israeli TikToker Miryam Segal (@miryamsegal) that were posted during the Israel-Hamas Conflict in late 2023. The primary video that spurred backlash toward Segal included Hebrew text that roughly translated to, "That feeling after we beat Gaza and have Disneyland, Sephora, Starbucks and hotels with water parks instead." Segal also garnered negative reactions for participating in the Israelis Mocking Palestinians TikTok Trend. Her videos and translated screenshots went viral via reposts on Twitter / X where much of the controversy manifested in October and November 2023.

Background

Sometime in late October 2023, TikToker^[1] @miryamsegal posted a video (which she later deleted) showing her participating in the controversial trend of Israelis mocking Palestinians during the war. The video was reposted by TikToker^[2] @nevertrustdmtelves on October 25th, 2023, who criticized the clip for being horrid and inhumane, gaining roughly 159,800 plays and 16,200 likes in 15 days (shown below).

In November 2023, backlash levied against Segal manifested en masse following the discovery of a since-deleted TikTok of hers posted on October 11th, 2023, which had text that roughly translated into English reading, "That feeling after we beat Gaza and have Disneyland, Sephora, Starbucks and hotels with water parks instead." On November 2nd, TikToker^[3] @.montse.t posted a stitch with the video, gaining roughly 2,900 plays in a week (shown below).

Online Reactions

Online reactions to Segal's October 11th TikTok surfaced en masse on November 8th, 2023, when X^[4] user @PrayyboiCarti posted a translated screenshot of the video, gaining over 20,000 likes in a day (shown below, left). Later on November 8th, X^[5] user @alicehenryli posted another tweet that was critical of Segal, gaining over 4,800 likes in a day (shown below, right).

The aforementioned tweets notably accrued viral quote retweets and replies on X^[6][7] in the days that followed.

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