Walmart Discontinues Sale of Israeli Soldier Halloween Costume
Source: Haaretz
Department store chain's Facebook page was flooded with criticism, including calls for a Walmart boycott.
Haaretz Oct 28, 2015 4:01 AM
Walmart discontinued the sale of its "Israeli soldier kids costume" and "Sheik Fagin nose" Halloween costumes after facing widespread backlash, including boycott calls on the chain store's Facebook page.
The "Israeli soldier" costume, which resembles a uniform worn by Israeli soldiers in elite combat units, was available on the discount department store chain’s website for $27.44, reduced from $57.62.
One post called the costume “extremely offensive and highly insensitive, not only to the millions of Palestinian-Americans that shop in your stores, but to anyone who has an ounce of humanity in their bodies.”
A “Sheikh Fagin nose,” a latex prosthetic nose which the Walmart website deems “perfect for an Arab Sheik,” likewise generated criticism for its name, the stereotypical greedy Jew in Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” the BBC reported.
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