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Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Walmart removes Sinwar shirts, but leaves Nasrallah tee for sale
US retail giant Walmart appears to have removed two shirts it offered for sale online that featured pictures of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
The shirts were flagged by US-based watchdog Antisemitism.org, which calls the fashion choice “outrageous.”
One shirt shows Sinwar’s face and his name broken into “Sin” and “war,” while a second one features a doctored caricature of the terror mastermind firing a weapon while in combat gear.
Walmart shoppers were horrified to find shirts glorifying Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar while online shopping. @Walmart, are you aware you're selling apparel celebrating terrorism and violence against Jews?
This is a outrageous—remove them immediately. pic.twitter.com/po8BBLLafc
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) December 24, 2024
Another shirt featuring a low-resolution picture of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah remains for sale on the Walmart website, though it won’t come in time for Christmas and is only available in XXL, for your bigger terror supporters. The shirt, sold by a Texas-based third-party vendor, is titled “Nasrallah Safe Following Israeli Airstrikes,” a decidedly false claim about the Iran-backed terror chief, who is quite dead following an October 27 airstrike.
There is no immediate comment from Walmart.
Large retail platforms like Amazon and Ebay have also run into trouble over the years due to questionable offerings from third-party sellers, including items that appear to be created by scraping random images from the internet.
