{"id":101774,"date":"2023-12-11T15:40:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101774"},"modified":"2023-12-11T15:40:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:40:57","slug":"zara-faces-boycott-calls-from-pro-palestinian-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/zara-faces-boycott-calls-from-pro-palestinian-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Zara faces boycott calls from pro-Palestinian activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Clothing giant Zara faces backlash as pro-Palestinian activists accuse it of &#8216;mocking&#8217; deaths in Gaza with an advertising campaign that features mannequin wrapped in white plastic and surrounded by rubble<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zara&#8217;s &#8216;The Jacket&#8217; campaign has received a wave of backlash on &#8216;X&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fashion giant Zara is facing calls for a boycott today from pro-Palestinian activists over its latest advertising campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Critics accused the retailer of insensitivity towards deaths in war-torn\u00a0Gaza\u00a0after images from the fashion shoot featured mannequins with missing limbs and a model in a wooden box and surrounded by rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Other images, which now appear to haven been removed from the firm&#8217;s Instagram\u00a0page, show supermodel Kirsten McMenamy posing with mannequins wrapped in white cloth and plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Some users said they were similar to the photos taken in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war, of dead bodies wrapped in white shrouds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The campaign for the Spain based fashion giant quickly received a\u00a0wave of backlash online, with posts branding it &#8216;shameful,&#8217; &#8216;disgusting&#8217; and a &#8216;mockery&#8217;, with #BoycottZara trending on X.<\/p>\n<p>Artist Hazem Harb wrote in an Instagram post: &#8216;There is a sinister depravity in the commercial mind that produced this ad, while we are living a real time genocide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Using death and destruction as a backdrop for fashion is beyond sinister, its complicity and should outrage us as consumers. Boycott Zara.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/12\/78819193-12849919-image-a-3_1702296250454.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fashion giant Zara has come under fire for its new campaign\u00a0that features a mannequin wrapped in white plastic and surrounded by rubble<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78819185-12849919-Social_media_users_took_to_X_to_criticise_the_campaign_referring-a-162_1702305999009.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78819189-12849919-Zara_has_yet_to_issue_a_response_to_the_criticism_it_has_receive-a-163_1702305999009.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Social media users took to X to criticise the campaign, referring to it as &#8216;shameful,&#8217; &#8216;disgusting&#8217; and a &#8216;mockery&#8217;. These two images have been deleted from their Instagram page after they were compared to photos of dead bodies in Gaza<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78822405-12849919-Shoppers_walk_past_a_Zara_shop_window_at_Passeig_de_Gracia_in_Ba-a-164_1702305999010.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Shoppers walk past a Zara shop window at Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain today<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Wilkinson wrote on the social media platform X: &#8216;Boycott Zara after its new clothing collection features rubble and bodies, mocking the 1,000s of Palestinians being massacred by Israelis in Gaza.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Shihab-Eldin said that Zara had won &#8216;the award for most tone deaf brand of the year&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>One user posted a side-by-side of the Zara campaign image and a woman suffering in the Gaza-Israel conflict.<\/p>\n<p>One user posted: &#8216;You are disgusting!! Boycotting you forever!! Free Palestine.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78822415-12849919-image-a-165_1702305999011.jpg\" height=\"177\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78822413-12849919-image-a-166_1702305999011.jpg\" height=\"99\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78819141-12849919-image-a-167_1702305999012.jpg\" height=\"129\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78819119-12849919-image-a-168_1702305999012.jpg\" height=\"101\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78819127-12849919-image-a-169_1702305999013.jpg\" height=\"169\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78819123-12849919-One_user_posted_a_side_by_side_of_one_of_the_photos_from_Zara_s_-a-170_1702305999013.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One user posted a side-by-side of one of the photos from Zara&#8217;s campaign and an image of a woman suffering in the Gaza-Israel conflict<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: &#8216;The most disgusting propaganda campaign ever inspired by the killing of Palestinians and the destruction of their homes. Shame on you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In Montreal, Canada, activists sprayed Zara stores with pro-Palestinian slogans.<\/p>\n<p>Zara has described the new clothing line on its Instagram page as: &#8216;A limited edition collection from the house celebrating our commitment to craftsmanship and passion for artistic expression.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It comes one month after Marks &amp; Spencer&#8217;s came under fire for their Christmas advert and were forced to apologise.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Palestinians claimed the retailer&#8217;s festive advert, depicting the burning of paper hats and crackers, were in the colours of the Palestinian flag and were insulting to its people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/77299185-12849919-Marks_Spencer_was_forced_to_apologise_for_a_light_hearted_image_-a-171_1702305999014.jpg\" height=\"1188\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marks &amp; Spencer was forced to apologise for a light-hearted image of Christmas hats being burned after critics pointed out they were the colours of the Palestinian flag<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/77298983-12849919-M_S_apologised_for_the_outtake_image_from_their_Christmas_advert-a-172_1702305999015.jpg\" height=\"651\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>M&amp;S apologised for the outtake image from their Christmas advert &#8211; which they said was recorded in August<\/p>\n<p>One of the stars of the M&amp;S advert, Queer Eye super-stylist Tan France, accused social media users of making &#8216;ridiculous comments&#8217; because the ad was filmed in August &#8211; two months before the Israel-Hamas war broke out.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0How pro-Palestine boycott movement is fuelling the fast food high street cancellation sweeping social media as yobs launch attacks on McDonald&#8217;s and Starbucks franchises &#8216;over their support for Israel&#8217; \u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>A statement issued by a spokesperson for M&amp;S read: &#8216;Today we shared an outtake image from our Christmas Clothing and Home advert, which was recorded in August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It showed traditional, festive coloured red, green and silver Christmas paper party hats in a fire grate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;While the intent was to playfully show that some people just don&#8217;t enjoy wearing paper Christmas hats over the festive season, we have removed the post following feedback and we apologise for any unintentional hurt caused.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli designer Dodo Bar Or also had her clothing lines removed from Net-a-Porter and MyTheresa after she was accused of posting a video comparing terror group Hamas to ISIS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The BDS Movement\u00a0&#8211; which stands for boycotts, divestments and sanctions &#8211; has been urging supporters to put &#8216;pressure&#8217; on companies that are perceived as being supportive of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>An Instagram post named McDonald&#8217;s as one of the chains it was targeting alongside a host of other high street names.<\/p>\n<p>A McDonald&#8217;s in Keighley, West Yorkshire, was struck by yobs draped in Palestinian flags last month, who shoved their way inside before releasing stick insects.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the apparent aftermath appears to indicate that its windows were also smashed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, protesters released mice into three McDonald&#8217;s branches in Birmingham, with some filmed calling for a &#8216;boycott&#8217; of the chain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zara has been contacted for comment by MailOnline. They have yet to release a public response to the criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12849919\/Zara-boycott-calls-pro-Palestinian-activists-accuse-mocking-deaths-Gaza-advertising-campaign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clothing giant Zara faces backlash as pro-Palestinian activists accuse it of &#8216;mocking&#8217; deaths in Gaza with an advertising campaign that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zara faces boycott calls from pro-Palestinian activists - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/zara-faces-boycott-calls-from-pro-palestinian-activists\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zara faces boycott calls from pro-Palestinian activists - Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Clothing giant Zara faces backlash as pro-Palestinian activists accuse it of &#8216;mocking&#8217; 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