On the Internet: “For its Christmas campaign, Dior replaced Bella Hadid with an Israeli model for her comments on the Israel-Hamas war.” The news spread across social media and was also picked up by some newspapers. Too bad it’s a fake.
The fraud continues like this: The fashion brand replaced her with Israeli model May Tager in a new advertising campaign.
The Associated Press agency rejected the claim. According to a source, the model’s contract with Dior ended in March 2022, a year and a half before the conflict broke out. Additionally, the agency continued, Tager is one of several models appearing in the Dior campaign, but she also appeared in the 2022 version, and both ads feature actress Anya Taylor-Joy.
The hoax arose because Hadid, whose father is Palestinian, had made several critical comments over the years about the Israeli government’s actions and support for the Palestinian people. On October 23, he spoke on Instagram about the thousands of children dying in Gaza and urged his followers to put pressure on leaders around the world to protect civilians in Gaza. Some user must have linked the new Dior campaign to the model’s claims, building a case without any evidence.