Palestinian-American model Bella Hadid has long been vocal on her support of Palestinians.
Adidas said Friday it was “revising” an ad campaign that tapped Palestinian-American model Bella Hadid to promote a vintage shoe to honor the 1972 Munich Olympics — the site of a historic massacre of Israel is. , which was first released for the Munich Olympics – where a Palestinian militant group took hostage and killed 11 Israel i athletes and coaches as well as a German police officer.
“She and her father frequently promote blood libels and antisemitic conspiracies against Jews,” the Israeli government said in a post. “For Adidas to pick a vocal anti-Israel model to recall this dark Olympics is either a massive oversight or intentionally inflammatory,” the committee posted on X. “Neither is acceptable.”
For Adidas to pick a vocal anti-Israel model to recall this dark Olympics is either a massive oversight or intentionally inflammatory. Neither is…Though Adidas did not specify the extent of its “revisions,” it appears as if Hadid has been pulled from the campaign altogether as the company has taken down ads showing Hadid promoting the shoe.
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