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“You know you that b---- when you cause all this conversation,” Beyoncé bragged in her hit “Formation.”
Well, this week proved Bey was right about herself — in a way.
On Dec. 1, she premiered the movie about her recent Renaissance tour, “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.” When news hit that the film would show in Israel, amid the country’s retributive assault on Gaza, some fans urged her to pull it from the country. When the movie did open, video emerged of Israelis waving their flags to the tune “Break My Soul” — while in Gaza, Palestinians were being ruthlessly attacked by Israel’s bombs.
