Keffiyeh ad removal On October 9, 2024, the Twitter account for the organization StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) posted a picture of an advertisement for the Weather Channel featuring a woman wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh around her neck. According to Bill Ackman, the advertisement (made for the Weather Channel App) was produced by parent company The Weather Company under Francisco Partners. The @StopAntisemites account falsely stated that the keffiyeh is a hate symbol associated with violence against Jews following the October 7th attacks from a year prior, inciting pro-Israelis to demand that the Weather Channel withdraw the ad. In actuality, keffiyehs are a traditional Middle Eastern clothing for sun protection (the sudra being the Jewish analogue), with a black-and-white pattern being used to represent nationalism for the State of Palestine, a country whose sovereignty is not recognized by the Jewish ethnostate of Israel and has been devastated by the Israel-Hamas war following the October 7th attacks.
Keffiyeh ad removal On October 9 2024 the Twitter account for the organization StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) posted a picture of an advertisement for the Weather Channel featuring a woman wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh around her neck According to Bill Ackman the advertisement (made for the Weather Channel App) was produced by parent company The Weather Company under Francisco Partners The @StopAntisemites account falsely stated that the keffiyeh is a hate symbol associated with violence against Jews following the October 7th attacks from a year prior inciting pro-Israelis to demand that the Weather Channel withdraw the ad In actuality keffiyehs are a traditional Middle Eastern clothing for sun protection (the sudra being the Jewish analogue) with a black-and-white pattern being used to represent nationalism for the State of Palestine a country whose sovereignty is not recognized by the Jewish ethnostate of Israel and has been devastated by the Israel-Hamas war following the October 7th attacks