The British pop star - who is dating Anwar Hadid, the models' younger brother - responded to the attack in a defiant post shared on her Instagram Stories on Saturday. The ad was paid for by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's World Values Network, which singled out the three women as "mega-influencers have vilified the Jewish State in a manner that is deeply troubling" and accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing." The devastating 11-day bombardment on Gaza by Israel had claimed the lives of at least 248 Palestinians, including 66 children.Īn estimated 72,000 Palestinians have been displaced, while humanitarian officials say the damage to property and infrastructure could take years to rebuild.Dua Lipa is speaking out after a controversial full-page ad in Saturday's New York Times accused her and models Gigi and Bella Hadid of anti-Semitism for voicing support for Palestine amid violence in the Middle East, where a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was declared on Friday. Many celebrities, including the singer John Legend, Zayn, Roger Waters, The Weeknd and Mark Ruffalo, had taken to social media to post pro-Palestinian messages. People compared Saturday's NYT ads with those paid for by Donald Trump in 1989, which were advocating for the death penalty for five black and Latino boys wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in New York City in a racially charged case.Īt the time, then business mogul Donald Trump took out several full-page ads calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty – and in 2019 the former US president stood by his statements, despite their innocence. This isn’t the first time The New York Times has been in hot water over controversial ads. Many are encouraging the three women to sue the paper, accusing the advert of being libellous. They mask the reality of ethnic cleansing. “Articles like these are posted to incite violence & to silence female voices speaking up for Palestinian human rights. "The New York Times should be ashamed of themselves for running a hit piece against Dua Lipa, Gigi Hadid & Bella Hadid," another user wrote. "Aside from the complete lack of advertising standards from for this quite incredible, baseless smear campaign against & Eyes), becoming quite clear that pro-Israel, pro-apartheid, anti-Palestinian lobby, is cracking under the pressure," wrote one Twitter user. The New York Times is facing backlash for allowing such an ad to be published in the paper. "I stand in solidarity with all oppressed people and reject all forms of racism," she wrote.
Lipa took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to reject "the false and appalling allegations" and said the World Values Network twisted what she stands for.
The three women are the targets of the ad
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