Overview

• In a June 4 WBUR interview, Rachel Accurso said she would repeatedly risk her career to stand up for children in Gaza.
• On May 21 she shared a video of 3-year-old Rahaf, who lost her legs in an airstrike, dancing to her song, prompting StopAntisemitism to urge a Justice Department inquiry.
• Accurso launched a May 2024 fundraiser for children in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and reported facing bullying over the effort.
• In April she donated $1 million to World Food Program USA to provide meals for starving populations in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other countries.
• UN agencies report more than 54,000 killed in Gaza and warn the territory’s entire population faces famine, driving her humanitarian advocacy.