Samantha Ettus not only saw her Palisades home burn down in the California wildfires – she was then torched by a pro-Palestine mob that reveled in her loss.
The Manhattan native and outspoken Israel supporter relocated her young family 13 years ago after being “done with New York” and looked for “the most idyllic town in America” when she zeroed in on Palisades.
As she shared her heartbreaking story on social media about her home being “burned to the ground with all of our possessions,” a firestorm of hate poured in.
“Can’t tell you how happy I am that you have lost your home!!!,” read one comment, festooned with hearts and laughing emojis.
“Glad you lost your home. Next time hope you’re in it,” read another.
One commenter posted, “I’m sorry you lost your home. I choose to feel empathy for your loss, even though you have repeatedly chosen not to feel grief and empathy over the destruction of Palestine and the deaths, despair, displacement and devastation of its people.
“I usually don’t let things get under my skin,” Ettus told The Post, but the taunt about her escaping alive was the final straw. “That’s wishing you dead.”
After the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, Ettus launched 2024 New Voices, a social media campaign against antisemitism, featuring celebs such as Cindy Crawford and David Arquette.
That made the author and entrepreneur a regular target for her activism – which recently included a confrontation with Mohamed Hadid, the famous father of nepobaby models Bella and Gigi – and being smeared as an “ignorant bitch” and “terrorist.”
Still, in the wake of her personal “tragedy” of the LA wildfires, the married mom of three teens admitted that the level of cruelty shocked her.
“Referencing our family’s tragedy and trauma was a different level of hate.”
But she’s determined not to let the haters silence her.
”I have not let this slow me down. Even with hateful messages like this, it’s not going to stop me from speaking out,” said Ettus, who spoke at a 2,000-person Jewish women’s conference only days after the fire.
“We need all of our voices – we can’t stay silent. It’s scarier for Jewish people to stay silent right now than to speak up. If any good comes out of this, it’s that it’s encouraging everyone to speak up too. We’re all in this together.”
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