Tiffany Haddish seemed to be in high spirits when she was spotted after touching down in Israel.
The 44-year-old comedian and actress was spotted making her way through Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, and she showed off a winning smile while decked out in a camouflage jacket.
She previously showed off the look during her 16-hour flight, when she filmed an Instagram video that divided her fans.
Although some commenters were supportive of her trip to Israel, others criticized her for what they assumed would be a purely pro-Israeli visit amid its attacks on Gaza.
As of Monday, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that 29,000 Palestinians had been killed since October 7, and two thirds of the dead are women and children, according to the Associated Press.
Tiffany Haddish, 44, beamed as she was spotted at Ben Gurion Airport near Israel’s Tel Aviv on Wednesday. She was slammed by fans for making the trip in the first place and for a video filmed on the plane that some derided as tone deaf
Gaza is a Palestinian territory bordering Israel, which has effectively controlled via a years-long blockade.
Tiffany looked sporty and fresh-faced as she walked through the airport.
She rocked a burgundy hoodie with a matching set of sweatpants, and she complemented them with sporty mauve trainers.
The Girls Trip star covered up with a camouflage jacket, and she wore a black hip bag slung around her torso while carrying a black Louis Vuitton backpack.
She appeared to go makeup free, and she wore her dyed-blond hair close cropped.
Tiffany faced flak on social media on Tuesday when she shared a clip from the business-class cabin of a flight bound for Israel, where she said she was visiting to get a better understanding of its ongoing conflict with Hamas.
Haddish spoke to her more than 7.4 million followers on Instagram as she relaxed in business class and nursed an orange juice.
Haddish noted that she was ‘sleepy as hell’ and had planned to rest over the course of the 16-hour flight ahead of her as she departed out of Los Angeles.
The Emmy-winning actress-comic said she planned on visiting locations including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea in an effort to gain more knowledge on the conflict, which began October 7 after Hamas rampaged a music festival in southern Israel, slaughtering around 1,200 people and taking hostage another 250.
‘This is an educational trip for me … I’m gonna learn about the politics,’ Haddish said. ‘See, I feel like I can’t believe I see everything on the Internet … I need to go see for myself, I’m one of those people.’
Haddish rocked a burgundy sweatsuit with mauve trainers, a camouflage jacket and a black Louis Vuitton backpack
Haddish faced flak on social media on Tuesday as she shared a clip from the first-class cabin of a flight bound for Israel, where she said she was visiting to get a better understanding of its ongoing conflict with Hamas
Haddish spoke to her more than 7.4 million followers on Instagram as she relaxed in business class and nursed an orange juice
She added, ‘I’m gonna go see for myself, I’m gonna go see, I’m gonna go see all of it, I’m gonna ask questions — see with my own eyes.’
Haddish said she didn’t ‘believe everything’ she sees on social media, citing her own personal experiences in which information posted about her turned out to be incorrect.
She said, ‘I know a lot of stuff on social media be not true because … I see stuff people say about me, and I live my life — I’m living my life and I’m like, “That’s not what I said, that’s not true.”‘
Haddish said she wanted to form her own opinion based off experience before she spoke publicly on the topic, adding that she’s personally heard from people on both sides of the conflict.
‘I’m gonna go see and then I’m gonna tell y’all what I think, I’m gonna go see with my own eyes,’ Haddish said.
Haddish said she ‘did not like’ things she has seen online about the ongoing conflict, and felt it was safe to travel to Israel after seeing others do so.
‘I know a lot of people that have gone; so many people have gone and then come back alive, come back fine,’ she said. ‘So I want to go see – I want to go see, and we gonna see what it is and I’ll show y’all some of it while I’m there.
‘I’m gonna go talk to people, I’m gonna go find out why is this happening? Why is this going down?’
A picture taken Tuesday inn southern Israel shows destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas
The Emmy-winning actress-comic said she planned on visiting locations including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea in an effort to gain more knowledge on the conflict
Haddish said she ‘did not like’ things she has seen online about the ongoing conflict, and felt it was safe to travel to Israel after seeing others do so
One user noted how Haddish’s luxurious travels – ‘First class, I see’ – undermined the devastation of the ongoing conflict
One commenter said that Haddish was ‘clowning for clout’ with the international trip
Among the torrent of reactions, one commenter suggested Haddish take the matter more seriously
In response to one commenter who asked why she wasn’t going to the Gaza Strip, Haddish replied, ‘Who said I wasn’t going to Gaza?
‘I said I was gonna see with my own eyes, got to go to Israel first and isn’t Gaza in Israel? Ain’t it all on the same little piece of land, same … surrounded by water?’
Gaza borders Israel and Egypt. Visitors entering from Israel require a visa from the nation, which is typically difficult to obtain, making it unlikely that Haddish would see any of the destruction in Gaza with her own eyes.
It’s also unclear if Haddish had decided to visit Israel on her own, or if she had been invited by an organization.
However, Israel’s account on X (formerly Twitter) celebrated her visited on Wednesday by sharing a clip from the controversial video.
‘Stop what you’re doing. The one and only @TiffanyHaddish is on her way to Israel,’ the account wrote. ‘Tiffany, can we PLEASE throw you a Bat Mitzvah at the Western Wall?’
The comment section on Tiffany’s video was a blend of reactions, with some wishing her a safe trip, and others saying she was behaving in a manner too cavalier while headed to the battle-torn region.
One user noted how Haddish’s luxurious travels — ‘First class, I see’ — undermined the devastation of the ongoing conflict, while another one commenter suggested Haddish take the matter more seriously. Another commenter said that Haddish was ‘clowning for clout’ with the international trip.
A user advised Haddish to visit the entirety of the region to get the full story.
‘Go to Gaza. Not just Tel Aviv,’ the user said. ‘Then come back and report. Otherwise it’s like just going to Wall Street and say you’ve seen all of New York.’
Many users expressed their personal political opinions on the conflict in relation to Haddish’s travels.
‘The fact you can fly and “holiday” in Israel but Gaza is pretty much destroyed gives you all the information you really need,’ the user said. ‘This isn’t a war, it’s genocide.’
Another said, ‘Yeah I’m out. You’re on the wrong side of history,’ the the hashtag, #FREEPALESTINE.
Some commenters expressed disgust with Haddish’s demeanor, while others wished her well
The comment section was a blend of reactions, with some saying she seemed too cavalier on her trip to the battle-torn region
Said one user: ‘Do some work to learn about the harms of white supremacy and settler colonialism in Palestine. White Europeans stole the land of indigenous Palestinians and murdered or displaced most of them.
‘Palestinians continue to live under occupation and settler colonialism to this day. Palestinians are continuing to be ethnically cleansed by Israelis. We are witnessing a genocide committed by the Israeli military against the Palestinian people live.’
Another user said, ‘Girl, you better be joking. This s*** isn’t funny and very disappointing.’
