The unelaborated history being the banning of the Palestinian flag, the colours of which are in a watermelon (green, red, white and black). Hence the watermelon being a symbol of defiance in Palestine.
I don’t see how this is Onion-y. I am not at all surprised that she’s being hated on for this.
Those hateful people don’t want to see anyone doing good out loud, especially a rich person. They also have no problem with nepotism until it’s used in a way they don’t like.
Y’know, at this point, I’m in favor of nuking the entire fucking region, and slapping fines on anyone saying anything about anything over there. It’s fucking ridiculous