Contestant Ali Bromley, a forensic psychologist, wore the controversial T-shirt depicting a map of Israel as a watermelon.
Big Brother pulled an episode amid an anti-Semitism row after a housemate wore a T-shit allegedly portraying genocidal views, before re-uploading it.
The fruit is linked with Palestinian activism because their colours - red, black, white and green - match the colours of the Palestinian flag The episode was pulled off ITVX on Tuesday night, before being re-uploaded to the streaming service on Wednesday.Watermelons have been a powerful symbol for Palestinians - with the fruit first being used to depict Palestinian nationalism in 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexed East Jerusalem.
'We apologise to any viewers who have been offended by the broadcast and assure viewers that Big Brother was unaware of the implications of the image.'The Housemate has been spoken to and they have expressed that they are unaware of the implications and did not wish to cause any harm or offence. 'Regarding your question about last night's Big Brother show, we have some news, it will be available to view later this evening.The fruit is linked with Palestinian activism because their colours - red, black, white and green - match the colours of the Palestinian flag.
The symbol, widely associated with anti-Israel sentiment, went on to spark claims that ITV was allowing 'genocidal' views to be shared among the masses'It's not your everyday, typical nine-to-five office job. It's quite difficult, it's quite demanding, and I work in highly stressful situations.'
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