Bella Hadid made a statement of support for Palestine amid the Israel-Gaza conflict as she stepped out wearing a dress fashioned from a Keffiyeh.
Outside of the Middle East and North Africa, the Keffiyeh gained popularity among pro-Palestinian activists; it is widely considered to be an symbol of solidarity with the Palestinians in their fight against Israel.
The model, 27, Bella, whose father is Palestinian real estate businessman Mohamed Hadid and mother is Dutch model Yolanda Hadid, made the subtle nod to the country while out during the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.
The show of support comes after Bella was fact-checked after posting pictures taken in a refugee camp in Syria as she voiced support for Gaza and Palestinians.
Bella shared an image of children in Yarmouk after an ᴀssault by dictator Bashar al-ᴀssad during the Syrian civil war in 2013.
She captioned the Instagram post: ‘Gaza on my mind.’ After social media users began pointing out the pH๏τos were from in Syria, Instagram added a note saying the post was missing important context and could mislead people.
The note links to a web page that explains the images are from a refugee camp in Syria showing the victims of ᴀssad’s regime, not Israel.
It reads: ‘This post is misleading. This video was not filmed in Palestine. The video dates back 2013 from within the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus.’
The misleading post remains on Bella’s Instagram after it was published and has been liked more than 1.6million times.
The footage is part of a film called Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege, that shows the aftermath of ᴀssad’s siege in Yarmouk, what was then the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world.
It’s not the first time Los Angeles native has shared images from Syria that are missing context.
Back in November, the millionaire posted the same images of children in Syria sharing their hopes and dreams amid war and claimed they were taken in Gaza during the ongoing conflict with Israel.
At the time, she wrote: ‘Thousands of innocents Palestinian men women and CHILDREN imprisoned without trial.’
