#Dua Lipa Condemns Organization’s NYT Ad That Accused Her of Antisemitism

Dua Lipa responded yesterday to an organization that placed a full-page ad in Saturday’s issue of The New York Times that accused her of antisemitism. The ad from Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and the World Values Network focused on Lipa, Bella Hadid, and Gigi Hadid, claiming the women “accused Israel of ethnic cleansing” and “vilified the Jewish State.” The letter argued that criticisms of Israel and Zionism were forms of antisemitism. Lipa called the letter a “blatant misrepresentation of who I am and what I stand for.” Find the ad and her response below.

I utterly reject the false and appalling allegations that were published today in The New York Times advertisement taken out by the World Values Network. This is the price you pay for defending Palestinian human rights against an Israeli government whose actions in Palestine both Human Rights Watch and the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem accuse of persecution and discrimination. I take this stance because I believe that everyone — Jews, Muslims and Christians — have the right to live in peace as equal citizens of a state they choose. The World Values Network are shamelessly using my name to advance their ugly campaign with falsehoods and blatant misrepresentation of who I am and what I stand for. I stand in solidarity with all oppressed people and reject all forms of racism.