Pizza Hut Under Fire After Mocking Palestinian Hunger Strikers
The official Facebook Page of Pizza Hut Israel posted a screenshot from a video that was released on Sunday by the Israel Prison Service (IPS).
The screenshot implied that Marwan Barghouti — a Palestinian political figure and the leader of a mass hunger strike that started on the 17th of April — ended his strike by eating pizza.
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Pizza Hut Israel Photoshopped the picture and added a box of pizza in Barghouti’s cell in Kishon prison. They didn’t stop there, they also inserted a banner in Hebrew saying “Barghouti, if you are going to break the strike, wouldn’t you prefer pizza?”
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Fortunately, the insensitive post had severe consequences. Supporters of the Palestinian hunger strike took to social media and called for everyone to boycott Pizza Hut. The hashtag #Boycott_Pizza went viral on Twitter and Facebook in a matter of hours.
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On Tuesday, Pizza Hut International posted an official apology for the inconsiderate post.
The video released by IPS was intended to break the morale of prisoners regarding the mass hunger strike. A lot of people questioned the authenticity of the video and argued that it’s fake; including Fadwa Barghouti, Marwan’s wife.