Photos: Fashion model's poster at store causes uproar on West Bank
It's not often that model Bar Refaeli gets a cold reception. But when a black-and-white poster of the smiling Israeli beauty went up last week in the West Bank city of Ramallah, it became a target of Palestinian anger because of the message that accompanied her picture: "Fox: Coming Soon." Fox is a popular Israeli clothing chain, but the model has appeared in public relations campaigns by the Israeli Foreign Ministry and frequently talks up her Israeli identity, matters not lost on Palestinian social media critics. -- AP See photos of some of the fashions she has worn in the past.
Bar Refaeli
Israeli model Bar Refaeli wears a creation part of the Clips women's fashion collection for the Spring/Summer 2007, shown in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar)
Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Bar Refaeli arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Mideast Israel Fox Fight
A Palestinian woman shops at a store that sells clothes by the Israeli company Fox in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Fox is a popular Israeli clothing chain, and the opening of an officially branded store in Ramallah seemed to cross an unspoken red line. The store launched a social media firestorm, and hosts on the normally deferential Voice of Palestine radio station made heated comments on Thursday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Bar Refaeli
Bar Refaeli arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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Israeli model Bar Refaeli arrives at Vienna Awards in Vienna, Austria, Thursday March 21,2013. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the MTV European Music Awards 2011, in Belfast, Northern Ireland Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the MTV European Music Awards 2011, in Belfast, Northern Ireland Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Bar Refaeli
International supermodel and Sports Illustrated 2009 cover girl, Bar Refaeli, appears in the Rampage brand's upcoming fall 2009 marketing campaign. Refaeli replaces supermodel, Gisele B?ndchen as the new face for the young contemporary brand. (PRNewsFoto/Iconix Brand Group Inc.)
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Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Bar Refaeli arrives at the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue party in West Hollywood, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Bar Rafaeli
In this file photo taken Monday, May 21, 2007, Israeli model Bar Rafaeli arrives for the screening of the film "A Mighty Heart," at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France. Israel's most famous export is in trouble for her import. Supermodel Bar Refaeli was caught at Israel's international airport this week trying to bring in her newly purchased iPad without declaring it at customs.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
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Model Bar Refaeli poses on the press line at the "6th Annual Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party" in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli poses on the press line at the "6th Annual Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party" in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Bar Refaeli
Israeli model Bar Refaeli poses prior to a party in occasion of the presentation of a collection by Cavalli in collaboration with Swedish high street brand H&M, in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli poses for the photographers prior to the amfAR's inaugural Cinema Against AIDS Rome gala and auction in Rome Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, during the Rome Film Festival. (AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia)
Bar Refaeli
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, right, attends the amfAR's inaugural Cinema Against AIDS Rome gala and auction in Rome Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, during the Rome Film Festival. (AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia)
Bar Refaeli
Bar Refaeli arrives to the Sports Illustrated 2008 Swimsuit Issue launch party in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
Bar Refaeli
Bar Refaeli arrives to the opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli poses on the press line at the "NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour All-Star Party" in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sunday, July 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Bar Refaeli
Hurley Aligns with Bar Refaeli: the Ultimate Embodiment of their Beach & Youth Culture. Bar will bring her experience, enthusiasm and charisma to collaborations, initiatives and events for which she and Hurley share a passion, as well as star in the Young Contemporary campaigns. (PRNewsFoto/Hurley, David Mushegain)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Fashion Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2009
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons poses wth model/actress and girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio Bar Refaeli backstage at the spring 2009 Tommy Hilfiger collection during Fashion Week in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Bar Refaeli
Israeli model Bar Refaeli poses with a surfboard to launch the 'Corona Save the Beach' project to help promote the preservation of global beaches, at a hotel in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli, the Sports Illustrated 2009 Swimsuit Issue cover girl, appears on the NBC "Today" television program in New York's Rockefeller Center, Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Bar Refaeli
Bar Refaeli, pictured here in the new Hurley ad campaign shot by Yu Tsai, scored the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover. (PRNewsFoto/Hurley)
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Model Bar Refaeli celebrates her appearance on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in New York, on Monday, May 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Bar Refaeli
Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the Hollywood Life 11th Annual Young Hollywood Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Sunday, June 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Bar Refaeli, Brooklyn Decker
This Sept. 9, 2009 file photo shows fashion models Bar Refaeli, left, and Brooklyn Decker, getting together during a photo session on the steps of New York's Bryant Park, the entrance for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Model Bar Refaeli attends the 2009 Angel Ball benefiting The Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for cancer research, in New York, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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Bar Refaeli, Leonardo DiCaprio
Israeli model Bar Refaeli and U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio during the ceremony for the 'Cinema for Peace Gala 2010' during the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Bar Refaeli
Bar Refaeli arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday, March 7, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Bar Refaeli
Israeli model Bar Refaeli poses prior to the underwear fashion show of Passionata, in Paris, Monday March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)