Israeli Government X Accounts Hit The brands that have featured Hadid His father is Palestinian The ad openly supports Palestine. Said The campaign will be revised.
in statement In a photo posted to Instagram, Hadid said she was unaware of the shoes’ history. “I am shocked, upset, and disappointed at the lack of thought that has gone into this campaign,” she said. photograph In the ad before it came under fire, she and other models pose wearing Adidas shoes and holding flowers.
The row is the latest example of brands caught up in the heated rhetoric surrounding the Middle East conflict. Starbucks, Disney and McDonald’s have Among the companies that faced criticismMcDonald’s They bought back the Israeli franchise in April. Calls for a global boycott came in response to restaurants in the country providing free meals to soldiers.
“It pains me to link the liberation of the Palestinian people with such a tragic attack,” Hadid said in a statement. The Munich attacks of 1972. “Palestine is not synonymous with terrorism. This campaign has unintentionally highlighted an event that does not represent us.”
“I will forever stand with the Palestinian people as I continue to advocate for a world free of anti-Semitism,” she added.
Adidas said in a statement it also posted to Instagram that it had not intended to associate the brand with the 1972 tragedy. The company apologized to celebrities photographed in the campaign and to “communities around the world.”
“We made an unintentional mistake,” the German brand added.
On September 5, 1972, eight militants from the Black September group stormed a dormitory in the West German Olympic Village to demand the release of over 200 political prisoners. The militants killed two Israelis and took nine Israeli hostages who were later killed.
Hadid and her sister Gigi are Americans of Dutch and Palestinian descent. Best known Today’s supermodel. both Criticized by Israel Various times.
Hadid has previously attracted attention for her pro-Palestinian statements. Wearing a dress The film, which opened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, references the Palestinian kaffiyeh scarf. Clash online and Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir for restricting the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank last August. attend At least the Palestinian human rights demonstrations 2017.
