The New York Post reported on Monday morning that Hadid had claimed Israel was “the only country in the world that keeps children as prisoners of war” and is responsible for “abduction, rape, humiliation, torture, murder of Palestinians years and years before Oct. 7, 2023.”
She has since apologized with a lengthy, 2-page post on her Instagram to her 79.1 million followers, noting that, “As someone of Palestinian descent, the endless heartbreaking news and imagery coming out of Gaza has been painful and often overwhelming. 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 deeply think about prior to reposting.”
“My focus was intended to be on human rights issues. That is why I also want to reiterate that attacking any human, which of course includes Jewish people, is NEVER OK,” she wrote. “Taking innocent people hostage is NEVER OK. Harming someone BECAUSE they are Jewish is NEVER OK. It is wrong. To want freedom and humane treatment for Palestinians and to also want safety for Jewish people can both be important to the same person – including myself.”