Pro-Palestine Bella Hadid Slams Ye's Antisemitism: Not 'What We Stand For'

Pro-Palestinian model Bella Hadid recently spoke out against antisemitism amid the fallout from Kanye West's comments about the Jewish community.

The rapper and fashion designer, who legally changed his name to Ye, sparked controversy after he appeared at his Yeezy brand fashion show in Paris wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words "White Lives Matter," a slogan commonly employed by white supremacists as well as general opponents of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Amid the backlash, West shared a screenshot of what appeared to be a text message exchange with Sean "Diddy" Combs, in which he responded to the rap mogul's objection to his stunt by stating that he would "show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me."

After West's since-removed post led to his Instagram account being restricted last week, the musician took his message to Twitter.

"I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE," West posted in a tweet that is no longer available. "The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda."

West, who shares four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian, appeared to use "death con 3" in reference to the U.S. military defense alert state known as DEFCON. West was subsequently locked out of his Twitter account for violating the platform's policies.

Hadid, who turned 26 on Saturday, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a statement in which she condemned antisemitism while not directly naming West.

"To say that for the past two days it hasn't been hard to celebrate my birthday or to not think of the things that have been [posted] on the street or said on public platforms, I would be lying," said Hadid, whose father, Mohamed Hadid is of Palestinian origin.

"To allow any form of anti-semitism to slip by, as desensitized as the world has become, it would be a disservice to my friends, the families I have grown up with, the people I love and work with, myself, and even the Palestinian cause as a whole," she continued. "Because what we stand for is NOT hatred or violence."

I will continue to be a voice for the innocently targeted no matter who you are or where you come from," Hadid continued. "With that being said, this is NOT okay. Anti-semitism, or targeting any innocent Jewish person, anywhere, will never be okay."

"I can't stress how important it is for my following to hear this loud and clear: It is a scary place to live in where discrimination, of death wishes are something of our everyday. It is scary that most people would swipe past something so horrendous and unknowingly go on with their life, completely unaware of how it could affect another human being," Hadid wrote.

"But there is a point where we all have to speak up. No matter what. If you feel something is wrong in your heart. Speak up. There are people that I love in this world, people that happen to be Jewish that feel scared by the words that have been used. They feel targeted, they feel uneasy, and they feel confused."