Right-wing minister and Bella Hadid clash

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has responded to world-renowned model Bella Hadid, who criticized her statements that Jews have greater rights to security and movement in the occupied territories than Palestinians. Minister Ben-Gvir called the model “Bella Hadid, the enemy of Israel.”

Far-right minister Ben-Gvir said in a statement to television on Wednesday: “My right, the right of my wife and my children to move in Judah and Samaria is more important than the freedom of movement of the Arabs” and received intense criticism. . Minister Ben-Gvir later stated that part of his speech was deliberately taken as fake news, saying: “The Israeli left cut out a part of my statement to smear me, as if I had made a racist statement that Jews have more rights.” civilians than Arabs. and even deliberately misquoted me, removing the context.”

Bella Hadid, whose father is Palestinian, tweeted on Thursday: “Nowhere, ever, especially in 2023, should one life be worth more than another. Especially because of their ethnicity, culture, or pure hate.”

‘I DON’T APPEAL’

The Israeli minister responded to Hadid on her social media account yesterday and used the following statements:

“Bella Hadid, anti-Israel, good morning. I saw yesterday that you took an excerpt from my interview and distributed it all over the world to make me look racist and dark.

So yes, my right and that of my Jewish brothers to travel safely on the highways of Judah and Samaria and return home trumps the right of the terrorists who threw rocks at us and killed us. I don’t apologize and I don’t go back on my words. I’ll say it a thousand more times.”