Israeli ad mocking Palestinian hunger striker sparks #Boycott_PizzaHut

‘Pizza Hut is feeling the heat after one of its adverts mocked Palestinian hunger striker Marwan Barghouti. The hashtag #Boycott_PizzaHut is being used online to vent frustration at the restaurant chain.
A since-deleted tweet posted to an Israeli Pizza Hut account read: “Barghouti, if you’re going to break a strike, why not pizza?” It appeared along with a doctored image of Barghouti’s cell with a slice of pizza and a Pizza Hut box visible.
The hunger striker, who is leading around 1,300 prisoners on a hunger strike against conditions in Israeli prisons, was purportedly filmed by prison services eating in his cell. His wife claimed the footage was “fake” and designed to “break the morale of prisoners,” reported AFP.
Pizza Hut was quick to apologize for the ad, claiming their relationship with the agency responsible had been terminated.’
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