Stephanie Westbrook
ON THE RECORD · 5 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“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.
“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.
“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.