Stephanie Westbrook
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“Its medieval siege is preventing prosthetics from even entering Gaza, creating this man-made shortage,”
Stephanie Westbrook · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-06
Westbrook added that Israel's blockade is preventing prosthetics from entering Gaza.
“Here we have an Adidas campaign featuring an Israeli soldier, whose whole identity is centred around his being a soldier, who lost his leg while participating in one of the repeated Israeli assaults on Gaza, serving in an army of a state that is currently committing genocide, has carried out an illegal military occupation of the Palestinian territory, and that has been imposing a decades-long apartheid rule over Palestinians,”
Stephanie Westbrook · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-06
Westbrook described the Adidas campaign as centered on an Israeli soldier who lost his leg during assaults on Gaza.
“normalise Israel’s crimes against Palestinians and allow it to continue to commit them with impunity”
Stephanie Westbrook · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-06
Westbrook warned that such advertising campaigns risk normalizing Israel's actions against Palestinians.
“decimated the health sector”
Stephanie Westbrook · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-06
Westbrook said Israel had devastated Gaza's health sector, causing a severe lack of care and rehabilitation services.
“This isn’t Adidas being tone-deaf or insensitive; it is an absolute affront to the Palestinians who have lost their loved ones, killed by Israel, and who have lost their limbs [to Israeli attacks],”
Stephanie Westbrook · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-06
Westbrook criticized Adidas for featuring a former Israeli soldier in an amputee shoe service advertisement.