MK Ahmed Tibi (Hadash-Ta’al) called for a boycott of the Zara fashion chain after its local franchisee hosted a campaign event for racist MK Itamar Ben Gvir. Tibi, who has frequently clashed with Ben Gvir on the Knesset floor, took to Twitter to call out the “ugliness of Zara.”
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Joey Schwebel hosted Ben-Gvir at his home in Ra’anana, Thursday night (Footage: Channel 12)
According Channel 12, Joey Schwebel, who holds Canadian and Israeli citizenship, hosted Ben-Gvir at his home in Ra’anana Thursday night. Schwebel chairs Trimera Brands, a fashion distribution giant which is the Israeli franchisee for Zara, controlling Zara Israel and other brands owned by Spain’s Inditex.
The rise of the fascist politician, a follower of late racist rabbi Meir Kahane, has raised hackles over his support for extreme right-wing positions, including the deportation of people deemed” disloyal” to the state. He has additionally allied with some of Israel’s most extremist racist movements and activists, including Lehava, a Jewish supremacist anti-miscegenation group, and the virulently homophobic Noam.
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