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Anti-Israel activists at Zara can’t answer why they’re protesting against the clothing shop

One of the demonstrators wrongly claimed the retailer was “funding” Israel

December 20, 2023 12:09
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TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on December 17, 2023, in Brussels shows the window of a Zara clothes shop with red paint and stickers stuck on it during a demonstration calling for a immediate and permanent ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. (Photo by HATIM KAGHAT / AFP) (Photo by HATIM KAGHAT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Eliana Jordan,

Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Last weekend, anti-Israel protesters in Reading trying to shut down a local Zara outlet revealed they weren’t completely sure about the reasons for their demonstration.

Joseph Cohen, a Youtuber on the channel Israel Advocacy Movement, attended the demonstration this week to ask protesters why they were marching against the retail clothing chain but found that most did not know the reason.

Cohen filmed demonstrators bearing signs that read “Stop the genocide” and “Ceasefire now” and can be seen marching around the store in The Oracle Shopping Centre in Reading, shouting “Zara Zara you can’t hide, you support the genocide”.

“Can someone tell me why we’re protesting Zara?” Cohen can be heard asking behind the camera as he follows protesters around the shop. “Anyone?”