{"id":143782,"date":"2023-11-29T07:56:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T07:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=143782"},"modified":"2023-11-29T07:56:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T07:56:20","slug":"gigi-hadid-posts-groveling-apology-after-deleting-instagram-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/gigi-hadid-posts-groveling-apology-after-deleting-instagram-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigi Hadid posts groveling apology after deleting Instagram post"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gigi Hadid backtracks on claims Israel is &#8216;raping and torturing&#8217; Palestinians as she ADMITS she failed to &#8216;fact check&#8217; inflammatory post &#8211; amid mounting pressure on modeling agency to cut ties<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gigi Hadid, whose father is Palestinian, shared an Instagram post saying that Israel &#8216;is the only country in the world that keeps children as prisoners of war&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She used a photo of\u00a0Ahmed Manasra to illustrate her point: Manasra was arrested in 2015 when, aged 13, he went on a stabbing rampage in Jerusalem<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>On Tuesday, Hadid apologized for the post, saying she failed to &#8216;fact check&#8217; a post she said was made without reflection, and &#8216;used the wrong example&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gigi Hadid has backtracked after sharing claims on Instagram that\u00a0Israel is &#8216;the only country in the world that keeps children as prisoners of war&#8217; &#8211; a post she illustrated with a boy who, as a 13-year-old, went on a stabbing rampage in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>Hadid&#8217;s post accused Israel of the &#8216;abduction, rape, humiliation, torture, murder of Palestinians&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, after a backlash against her post, the model &#8211; whose father is Palestinian, and last month likened Israelis to Nazis &#8211; apologized for her &#8216;mistake&#8217;, which she said was careless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is important to me to share real stories about the hardships that Palestinians have endured and continue to endure, but this weekend I shared something that I did not fact check or think deeply about prior to reposting,&#8217; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She said she &#8216;wanted to show the ways in which international law is being violated by the Israeli government&#8217;, and said that a Palestinian child arrested by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) would be treated differently than an Israeli child stopped by the IDF.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/22\/78213075-12788731-image-a-24_1700863270013.jpg\" height=\"805\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gigi Hadid, known for her controversial anti-Israel activism, falsely claimed that Israel is the only country keeping children as prisoners of war<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/05\/78358935-12803207-image-a-49_1701235913297.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gigi Hadid, 28, seen on Tuesday heading to\u00a0Al-Ajami, a Lebanese restaurant in Paris<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/05\/78357833-12803207-image-a-50_1701236399069.jpg\" height=\"790\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/05\/78357835-12803207-image-a-51_1701236408602.jpg\" height=\"790\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Unfortunately, I used the wrong example to make that point, and I regret that,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old, who has been the face of Maybelline and is currently fronting Versace&#8217;s campaigns, said she condemned violence against all people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To want freedom and humane treatment for Palestinians and to want safety for Jewish people can both be important to the same person &#8211; including myself,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>But she then switched to accusing Israel of human rights abuses, and emphasized years of abuse by Israel. She did not reference the October 7 terror attack, or the current hostage situation.<\/p>\n<p>Hadid, who has frequently courted controversy with her incendiary anti-Israel posts, pled for forgiveness from her 80 million followers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I understand that with the power of my platform comes a huge responsibility,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m human and I make mistakes. But I also hold myself accountable for those mistakes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/21\/78213055-12788731-image-m-21_1700862397062.jpg\" height=\"981\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hadid posted a photo on Instagram falsely portraying Palestinian terrorist Ahmed Manasra as a &#8216;child prisoner of war&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/21\/78213069-12788731-image-a-19_1700862377814.jpg\" height=\"575\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In the since-removed post, Hadid shared a photo of Ahmed, who was imprisoned for going on a stabbing rampage in Jerusalem back in 2015<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/22\/78213929-12788731-Disturbing_footage_shows_the_then_13_year_old_knife_wielding_Ahm-m-35_1700863672746.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Disturbing footage released by police at the time shows the then-13-year-old knife-wielding Ahmed and his cousin, Hassan Manasra, 15, chasing after Israelis on the street as the innocent civilians run away<\/p>\n<p><span>Manasra, the &#8216;prisoner of war&#8217; she promoted, proudly claimed after his attack: &#8216;I came here with my cousin to stab Jews.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disturbing footage released by police at the time shows the then-13-year-old knife-wielding Ahmed and his cousin, Hassan Manasra, 15,<span>\u00a0chasing after Israelis on the street as the civilians run away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They critically\u00a0stabbed a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle, who was leaving a candy shop.<\/p>\n<p>Hadid claimed the Ahmed was &#8216;abducted&#8217; by the &#8216;Israeli occupation&#8217; at 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed was 13 at the time, and was not abducted but arrested and prosecuted for attempted murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While in prison, he attempted to harm himself and others multiple times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hadid&#8217;s post received immediate backlash and has since been taken down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post received criticism for spreading false information and increasing antisemitism. Users condemned her, with one calling her a &#8216;social media terrorist&#8217; and another suggesting that the Hadid family move to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>One wrote: &#8216;She&#8217;s a social media terrorist and should be punished for spreading false information that increases antisemitism.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another commented: &#8216;The entire Hadid family have blood on their hands.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Why doesn&#8217;t the Hadid family move to Gaza? Yalla,&#8217; a third user wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/22\/78213933-12788731-image-a-32_1700863334382.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ahmad was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. While in prison, he attempted to harm himself and others multiple times &#8211; he&#8217;s pictured here running with Hassan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/22\/78213931-12788731-image-a-31_1700863329824.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In stills from the footage from Ahmed and Hassan&#8217;s rampage the boys can be see running\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/22\/78213923-12788731-image-a-33_1700863341337.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The post received criticism for spreading false information and increasing antisemitism\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/23\/78213065-12788731-image-a-5_1700867144262.jpg\" height=\"795\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Hadid was blasted for her anti-Israel posts.<\/p>\n<p>Hadid was slammed by the Israeli government after she posted in support of the Palestinian people on her Instagram story in October, only weeks after the October 7 terror attack.<\/p>\n<p>Hadid, whose famous real-estate developer father Mohamed Hadid, is Palestinian, posted a graphic about the war that read: &#8216;There is nothing Jewish about the Israeli government&#8217;s treatment of Palestinians.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Condemning the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic and supporting Palestinians is not supporting Hamas.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s government quickly skewered Hadid&#8217;s position, posting on their Instagram story a response that read: &#8216;There is nothing valiant about Hamas&#8217; massacre of Israelis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Condemning Hamas for what it is (ISIS) is not anti-Palestine and supporting Israelis in their fight against barbaric terrorists is the right thing to do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The account then directed comments at Hadid specifically, tagging her account and writing: &#8216;Have you been sleeping the past week?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Or you just fine turning a blind eye to Jewish babies being butchered in their homes?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Your silence has been very clear about where you stand. We see you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/22\/76620241-12788731-The_post_on_Hadid_s_Instagram_that_caught_the_attention_of_the_I-a-2_1700865862090.jpg\" height=\"722\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hadid previously shared this post, which angered the Israeli government\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/22\/76620723-12788731-The_official_State_of_Israel_Instagram_page_flamed_the_model_for-a-3_1700865862113.jpg\" height=\"929\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s Instagram account responded to Hadid&#8217;s post<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12803207\/gigi-hadid-instagram-israel-palestine-child-prisoners-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gigi Hadid backtracks on claims Israel is &#8216;raping and torturing&#8217; 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