Gigi Hadid (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Staff / Getty Images) Vogue Magazine initially reposted model Gigi Hadid’s comparison of Ukraine to the Palestinians and then scrubbed it after facing criticism over the analogy, The Algemeiner reported.
Hadid, the sister of model Bella Hadid and daughter of Jordanian-American real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, posted on March 6 that she was going to donate money raised from Fall 2022 shows “to aid those suffering from the war in Ukraine, as well as continuing to support those experiencing the same in Palestine. Our eyes and hearts must be open to all human injustice.” On March 7, Vogue shared Hadid’s news about donating the earnings to the Ukrainians, as well as the “as well as continuing to support those experiencing the same in Palestine” quote.
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Various Jewish and pro-Israel Twitter users slammed Vogue.
“Just absurd that Vogue [is] buying into Gigi Hadid’s pathetic attempt to make the #Ukraine war refugee situation about Palestinians,” Emily Schrader, Social Lite Creative CEO and co-host of the “Headines with the Haddads” podcast, tweeted. “Supporting Ukrainians is good but not when it’s a PR effort to once again shift the focus to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
Just absurd that Vogue buying into Gigi Hadid’s pathetic attempt to make the #Ukraine war refugee situation about Palestinians.
Supporting Ukrainians is good but not when it’s a PR effort to once again shift the focus to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. pic.twitter.com/OZwqHYCYjO
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) March 8, 2022
British actress Tracy-Ann Oberman shared a screenshot from a Ukrainian Jewish woman responding to the Vogue post, calling Hadid’s analogy “antisemitic and blatantly false.” “Ukraine does not pose a security threat to Russia,” the woman wrote. “Ukraine is not launching missiles into Russia like Hamas-controlled Gaza is into Israel. Ukraine actually has free elections––Hamas has not allowed elections in Gaza for 16 years. Ukraine isn’t building underground tunnels through which to infiltrate Israel with suicide bombs.” The woman also accused Vogue of spreading “antisemitic lies that will likely contribute to the ongoing violence against Jews.” Oberman herself wrote that she stands “against all suffering BUT false equivalents DONT help.”
So @voguemagazine has taken @GiGiHadid & her false equivalent to Ukraine 🇺🇦 Palestinian Israeli conflict.Below is response from a Ukrainian Jewish woman that is important please read.I stand against all suffering BUT false equivalents DONT help @ItmakesSNS @ChildrenofPeace pic.twitter.com/NX3cBhnBE8
— Tracy-Ann Oberman (@TracyAnnO) March 8, 2022
The Simon Wiesenthal Center shared Oberman’s tweet and called the Jewish woman’s comment “the truth.” They added that Vogue “has an obligation to debunk the lies from @GiGiHadid that the magazine legitimized and spread.”
The truth from a Ukrainian Jew. @voguemagazine has an obligation to debunk the lies from @GiGiHadid that the magazine legitimized and spread. https://t.co/s3DrdwktDB
— SimonWiesenthalCntr (@simonwiesenthal) March 8, 2022
Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) criticized Vogue in a tweet for “repeating an ugly and completely false comparison by Gigi Hadid to equate #Ukraine refugees with Palestinians.” The tweet also shared a screenshot from Jewish actress Emmanuelle Chriqui accusing Vogue of “fanning the flames of antisemitism.” “Thank you to leaders like @echriqui for calling out Gigi and Vogue’s bigotry!” CCFP wrote.
In a subsequent thread, CCFP argued that “Hamas initiates wars and wants to invade Israel like Russia wants to invade Ukraine. Israel, like Ukraine, is defending its territory” and that “Russia doesn’t want Ukraine to exist. Hamas doesn’t want Israel to exist.”
#Israel, like #Ukraine is defending its territory.
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— Creative Community for Peace (@CCFPeace) March 8, 2022
Hamas doesn’t want #Israel to exist.
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— Creative Community for Peace (@CCFPeace) March 8, 2022
The Vogue Instagram post has since been edited to remove Hadid’s “Palestine” quote. The New York Post’s Page Six reported that a source at Vogue told them about the update and they condemn antisemitism.
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Others directed their criticism solely at Hadid.
“Gigi Hadid and other social media personalities are now hijacking the Russian invasion of Ukraine to promote propaganda about Israel,” Israeli actress Noa Tishby said in a video posted to Twitter. “Ukraine is not Palestine, and Israel is not Russia. Russia launched an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine to place it under Russian influence. Israel is a sovereign country and the only consistent democracy in the entire Middle East and she is the one who is constantly trying to defend itself against attacks. Ukrainian President Zelensky thanked Israel and said, ‘We Ukrainians should become more like the Israelis in defending our territory.’ People like Gigi Hadid only harm the real victims, the people of Ukraine, and they help flame anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiments all over the world.”
Recently we’ve seen celebrities and influencers like @GiGiHadid co-opting a global tragedy in order to spread lies about Israel. By doing this, people only harm the real victims, the people of Ukraine, and help flame anti Israel and antisemetic sentiments. #WeStandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/rzaHmGfkDZ
— (((noa tishby))) (@noatishby) March 8, 2022
Stop Antisemitism tweeted, “While Gigi Hadid and crew are appropriating the Russian invasion of Ukraine to push their political agenda vilifying Israel, the Jewish nation instead is negotiating peace between the 2 nations.”
While Gigi Hadid and crew are appropriating the Russian invasion of Ukraine to push their political agenda vilifying Israel, the Jewish nation instead is negotiating peace between the 2 nations.
— StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) March 7, 2022
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