The New York Times, a supposedly balanced news publication, has published a huge ad condemning Dua Lipa, Bella and Gigi Hadid for supporting a “second Holocaust”.
All three A-listers have been extremely vocal in their support of Palestine and have labelled the ongoing Palestinian/Israeli crisis as being an “ethnic cleansing.”
The page-long spread alleges that Lipa and the Hadids are anti-semitic for criticising the Israeli government. The ad makes other bold accusations like suggesting the women support the actions of Hamas, and insinuating that they are to blame for an increase in violence against Jews.
this full page ad published in the NYT today??? pic.twitter.com/NGtygtEinD
— Maffy (@matthewduchesne) May 22, 2021
Hugely popular Instagram page, Diet Prada, has called out the New York Times for publishing the “disturbing” ad and reminded followers that the NYT once published an ad funded by Donald Trump, which resulted in the wrongful conviction of five Black teenagers.
“These women are not the face of Hamas as this ad you ran aims to imply. Thought you guys were better than putting three women’s lives at danger,” the caption read.
Dua Lipa has responded to the accusations of anti-semitism made by the New York Times ad, and she did not hold back.
“I utterly reject the false and appalling allegations that were published in the New York Times advertisement taken out by the World Values Network,” Lipa said.
“This is the price you pay for defending Palestinian human rights against an Israeli government whose actions in Palestine both Human Rights Watch and the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem accuse of persecution and discrimination.
“I take this stance because I believe that everyone – Jews, Muslims and Christians – have the right to live in peace as equal citizens of a state they choose.
“I stand in solidarity with all oppressed people and reject all forms of racism.”
— DUA LIPA (@DUALIPA) May 22, 2021
The Hadid sisters are still yet to comment on the accusations made by the ad.
