‘Palestinian Rachel Dolezal’ ripped for using ‘blaccent’ and makeup to hide true identity

The race-faking anti-Israel activist from Philadelphia who’s been exposed as a white Jew with parents in Israel was slapped with a fresh wave of criticism for faking her accent and wearing makeup to appear more black.

Critics have accused Hannah Gann, 34, of assuming a “blaccent” — or black accent — in her preachy Instagram videos to bolster her claims that she was a mixed-race woman with black and Palestinian heritage.

Gann — who grew up in one of the wealthiest suburbs in America in a house that’s now worth $1.8 million — also appeared to wear heavy bronzer on her face, gold hoop earrings and long acrylic nails in her attempt to look anything but white.

Hannah Gann appeared to use makeup to look African. Hannah Gann / Instagram

That was all part of a disguise she donned not just in her videos — long lectures about racism and imperialism from supposedly personal experience — but also across her entire life, where she ingrained herself as a leading voice in Philadelphia’s pro-Palestine movement.

The Philly public schools teacher would frequently begin her videos with a singsong, “Hey, y’all,” before veering into a slew of terms and exclamations apparently intended to mimic Philadelphia black lingo — with the act even extending into her written posts.

“The way folks just be lying and playing the victim really needs to be studied,” Gann, dubbed the “Palestinian Rachel Dolezal,” wrote in one of her post, referring to Jews.

But once the truth about Gann’s identity was exposed by the Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday, her online clips played much differently, with a not-so-discerning ear easily able to hear her supposed accent drifting in and out.

And it was all but gone in the half-hearted apology she posted Sunday ahead of the exposé.

Gann, wearing acrylic nails in one of her many videos. Hannah Gann / Instagram
Gann’s true identity was exposed this week after years of lies. J.C. Rice for NY Post

“I lied about my identity and have been lying for years. I have no Palestinian or Tunisian heritage,” she said in the long-winded, accent-free apology video.

Critics were quick to catch on once they went back and looked at her prior clips.

“Oh hell no the make up and blackcent is wild” one person wrote.

“The hoops + blaccent are really the icing on the cake,” said another.

“I love your ‘black’ skin tone sister,” a third commented.

“She colonized her whole personality.”

Gann appears to have changed her identity in the wake of a four-year Peace Corps assignment in Rwanda, where she taught in a school.

She’s been compared to Dolezal, the former Idaho NAACP president who pretended to be black for years — before she was exposed as a white woman.

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