Harper’s Bazaar Editor Apologizes for ‘Deeply Insensitive’ Remarks on Israel-Hamas War Following Outcry
Harper’s Bazaar editor in chief Samira Nasr apologized on social media after her comments about the Israel-Hamas war sparked outrage.
Nasr, who ascended to the top of the glossy fashion magazine in 2020, posted a story on Instagram criticizing Israel for cutting off electricity and vital resources to Gaza while carrying out its counteroffensive against Hamas, the terrorist group that launched an attack on Israel on Saturday that killed 1,200 people, the vast majority civilians.
“Cutting off water and electricity to 2.2 million civilians… This is the most inhuman thing I’ve seen in my life,” said Nasr. The post prompted an outcry from those who saw it as downplaying the atrocities committed by Hamas.
“I want to apologize to my friends, colleagues, and the entire Jewish community for my deeply insensitive and hurtful comments,” Nasr posted on Instagram. “I have no hate in my heart for any people, and I am not in any way sympathetic to a terrorist group that just murdered thousands of innocent Israeli civilians. I’m a firm believer that words matter, and I was careless with mine. My most sincere apologies.”
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The New York Post reported Thursday that Nasr was under fire over the post, both within Hearst, which owns Harper’s, and on social media.
“Really? That’s the most inhumane she’s seen? So, murder, rape and beheading is not?” one Hearst employee told the Post. The paper also heard from a fashion executive who exasperatedly told them, “Yesterday, when the news of beheaded babies emerged, Samira posts this.”
The Post also reported that Nasr apologized internally over the story.
