Shawn Mendes Calls for Action on Gaza in Instagram Statement

Singer Shawn Mendes has posted a statement on Gaza on Instagram, opening with the words "FREE PALESTINE." He shared it on Thursday, 12 November 2026, and Billboard reported on the post the same day.

The message is direct. Mendes wrote: "There is a genocide happening before our eyes." He added that "The senseless killing in Gaza must stop."

He also encouraged his followers to give to three causes: the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Watermelon Pictures and the Woven Futures Fund.

Much of the statement is addressed to other musicians. Mendes spoke to his "fellow artists" and acknowledged that it can be "scary" to speak up publicly. He wrote that "The more of us that use our voice, the closer we are to change."

He closed with a call to make public statements like his less unusual: "Let's normalize speaking up and standing up for those suffering from oppression."

The post appeared on Mendes's own Instagram account.