Tensions escalated Tuesday as Israeli actress Gal Gadot was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Snow White and Wonder Woman actress was all smiles, but a few feet away dueling protesters clashed on Hollywood Boulevard over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In video aired by local news station KTLA, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators shouted at each other and waved competing flags.
The opposing groups held signs saying “Stop Israel’s War on Children,” “Standing With Israel,” and “Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Most Genocidal of Them All,” in a reference to Gadot’s character in Snow White.
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The actress plays the Evil Queen in the Disney live-action film (opening Friday) alongside Rachel Zegler in the title role.
KTLA reported there was “physical contact” between the two sides on the sidewalk.
Despite the tensions, the LAPD Media Relations Division told Urban Hollywood 411 no arrests were made.
The ceremony streamed lived on Variety’s YouTube channel and showed Gadot taking the podium to accept the 2,804th star on the Los Angeles landmark.
“This is very surreal for me, and I feel like I’m the luckiest woman I know right now,” the actress said. “I’m just a girl from a town in Israel.”
In addition to acting, Gadot is a vocal champion of her homeland and is also involved with several charities. According to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which operates the Walk of Fame, she does work with Children’s Hospital LA and the Jewish Agency for Israel.
The actress was joined at the star ceremony by her husband and their daughters; her Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel; and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.
Gadot’s star is located at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the iconic El Capitan Theatre.
In an unusual step (for a sunny day), the portion of the street where the ceremony took place was tented off and blocked from public view.
Normally, star ceremonies are held in full view for fans and tourists to line the street, snap pictures and record video.
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