Bella Hadid slams Instagram for removing post about Palestine

Hadid's picture of her dad's passport which said Palestine was removed by Insta

Model Bella Hadid says Instagram bullied her by removing her Story about her dad’s Palestinian roots.

The brunette beauty had shared a picture of her father, Mohamed Hadid’s old US passport which showed his birthplace as Palestine.

However, the post was removed by Instagram on grounds of ‘harassment and bullying.’ Bella then shared a screenshot of the notification she received from Insta saying the content went against its community guidelines, writing, “@Instagram exactly what part of me being proud of my father’s birth place of Palestine is “bullying, harassment, graphic or sexual nudity?”

Bella then went on to school the app for allegedly doing what it went against, saying, “Are we not allowed to be Palestinian on Instagram? This, to me, is bullying.”

She then added, “You can’t erase history by silencing people. It doesn’t work like that,” before re-sharing the picture of Mohamed Hadid’s passport. “Do you want him to change his birth place for you?” she questioned this time. In another post, she also wrote, “I am proud to be Palestinian,” urging others to also share where their parents are from.

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Bella 🦋 (@bellahadid) on Jun 22, 2020 at 3:08pm PDT

Bella and her two siblings Gigi and Anwar Hadid are the children of real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and of Dutch model Yolanda. Mohamed Hadid was born in Palestine and raised in Jordan.

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