'Dream Academy' Samara Slammed For Liking 'Questionable' Israel-Palestine War TikTok Posts

A top-ranking contestant from HYBE's "The Debut: Dream Academy" survival show is facing massive backlash for liking alleged "questionable" videos about the ongoing Israel-Palestine war using her personal TikTok account.

Samara — an 18-year-old trainee from Brazil who is currently ranked second among all the contestants on the show — caught the attention of the K-Pop community after one social media user discovered some of the content she liked on TikTok that were left open for the public to see. The posts were deemed offensive by some fans.

"Why is Samara liking questionable TikTok videos on her TikTok account? [Such as one that said], 'If you take the enemies of Israel today the Muslims and China you get 200 million soldiers.' Why is Hybe not providing Media literacy and training for these girls," the user said, attaching a screenshot and clips from Samara's liked videos.

Most of the videos involved the ongoing crisis in Palestine, including a discussion using the Christian Bible, which had similarities to the war that has left people dead.

Another video showed a Brazilian man reacting to some everyday life activities of Indians. Some videos were accused of having "Anti-Indian" content.

Because Samara has a very dedicated fanbase, the situation disappointed many fans and supporters of "Dream Academy." This also came as a surprise to some as Samara is pretty close to two Indian contestants on the show: Indian-Australian Ezrela and Indian-American Lara. Due to the controversy, some demanded she be taken off the show.

"There's no reason [that you] should be defending Samara that hard supports Israel, [likes] hateful xenophobic videos about [Indians], and now we find out she [follows/goes] to a church that spews racist ideals about Chinese and Indians...how are [you] defending this????" one user wrote on Twitter.

Another commented, "For those who do not know about the current situation of Israel and Palestine, please educate yourselves on the matter because this is very upsetting to see from Samara."

"Not providing media training is not the issue here. [By the way] the issue is that she's a racist xenophobic bigot and [likes] TikTok's calling for the murder of Palestinians," a third user opined.

"Samara has completely lost me. [T]his isn't even all of it. I'm so sick. [E]very second there's something new. I hope whenever this comes to her attention, she takes accountability and [educates] herself. But as of right now, I do not support her and do not want her in 'Dream Academy,'" a fourth user stated.

Another wrote, "Hybe has nothing to do with their own personality, I hate Hybe too, but let's be real, they [aren't] teachers or parents. It's on her. And honestly not defending. F—k her."

However, some were also quick to defend Samara, explaining that a few of the videos she allegedly liked were misinterpreted.

"As someone who speaks Portuguese that first video [h]as nothing against Palestine [it] is literally just talking about the [Bible] and how stuff from the [Bible] are 'happening' like the earth getting warmer and Israel on a war," one user explained.

Another X user added, "I think it's funny how only people who don't know a single word in Portuguese are trying to cancel Samara because of TikTok's bad translation LOL."

HYBE has yet to make an official statement on the matter, but it appeared that it reached Samara since her liked videos on TikTok are now private.