Chaos at a Zara store in Rishon LeTzion (Instagram/Sonia Kravchenko/Screenshot)
Local franchisee Joey Schwebel came under fire for hosting Otzma Yehudit head Ben-Gvir at a parlor meeting at his home.
By Debbie Reiss, World Israel News
Israeli-Arabs are calling to boycott fashion retail chain Zara and have flooded social media with videos burning clothes from the brand after its local franchisee hosted controversial politician Itamar Ben-Gvir in his home.
Canadian-Israeli Joey Schwebel, the chair of Trimera Brands which holds Zara’s Israel franchise, hosted Otzma Yehudit head Ben-Gvir at a parlor meeting at his home in Ra’anana last week.
In response, Israeli Arabs and left-wing Israeli Jews took to social media to condemn the move.
Schwebel said it was a private family matter and would not comment further.
Zara Israel is no stranger to controversy.
In 2007, a handbag line was removed from the store after an Israeli customer noticed that they featured a swastika.
Last year, Zara condemned one of its designers, who is Jewish, for a racist comment to a Palestinian model. The designer told the model, “maybe if your people were educated then they wouldn’t blow up the hospitals.”
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