Gigi and Bella Hadid’s father reportedly bombarded a New York congressman with apparent homophobic and racist comments.
Mohamed Hadid, a luxury real estate developer, has spent the last few months messaging Rep. Ritchie Torres, according to the new york post.
Torres has apparently become a target for Hadid for her outspoken defense of Israel since the Hamas attack last October, with Hadid being Palestinian.
In a message shared by the outlet, Hadid said: “You are worse than the rats in the New York sewer system.”
They have bigger brains than you. You could get a job as a bouncer at a gay bar,” he also reportedly added that Torres was a “slave to white people.”
Mohamed Hadid, a luxury real estate developer, has spent the last few months messaging Rep. Ritchie Torres, seen here with Gigi, left, and Bella, right.
Congressman Ritchie Torres speaks at the IAC National Summit at The Diplomat Beach Resort on December 11, 2021 in Hollywood, Florida
The messages are also said to have continued with: ‘Make sure you dress like the KKK to hide that ugly gray face of yours.’ I know about the Bronx.
Torres made history when in 2021 he was the first openly gay African-American and Hispanic member of Congress.
In another message, the outlet reported that Hadid said, “You are just an unusual colorful black mouth for Israel and AIPAC and you are looking for a 500k+ payday.”
Hadid was referring to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
Speaking to the publication, Torres said: “Whether dehumanizing me worse than the rats in New York’s sewer system or telling me to dress like the KKK to ‘hide that gray face of yours,’ Mr. Hadid has shed almost every racist insult towards me without calling me the N-word.
“That Mr. Hadid felt so comfortable demonizing and dehumanizing a black member of Congress reveals a tragic truth about our politics: If you are a person of color and pro-Israel, you are the target of racist invective.”
Hadid previously came under fire after posting an image on Instagram showing Israel’s flag divided with the Nazi Party flag, comparing them.
Nova festival survivor Ofir Amir (L) speaks with U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres (R) during a visit to the Nova festival memorial on April 1, 2024 in Re’im, Israel.
LR Bella Hadid, Yolanda Foster, Gigi Hadid and Mohamed Hadid attend the Victoria’s Secret After Party at Grand Palais on November 30, 2016 in Paris, France
Gigi and Mohamed Hadid attend the MESSIKA party at Milk Studios on September 12, 2018 in New York City
The image also compares the Nazi gas chamber method to the bombing of Gaza, and Auschwitz to the Gaza Strip.
The post said the Nazi Party had been “founded on Aryan supremacy,” while Israel was “founded on Jewish supremacy.”
He also compared the Nazis’ “signature method” of “gas chambers” to Israel’s “signature method” of “carpet bombings.”
Mohamed, who was born into a Palestinian family in Nazareth, captioned the post: “And they added and labeled the victims as terrorists, regardless of other activities.”
“Some Palestinians and some Jews even changed their names.”
Last month he called President Joe Biden a “Zionist war criminal” who will be “hunted down like the Nazis.”
In another scathing post against Israel and the United States, he wrote: “This is Biden’s war against the Palestinian people.
‘He will be in court with the rest of the Zionist criminals. We will hunt them down like they did the Nazis.
Hadid had previously intervened to defend her model daughters, who openly express their support for Palestine.
Torres looks at a destroyed house at Kibbutz Nir Oz on April 1, 2024 in Nir Oz, Israel
Mohamed has previously called President Joe Biden a “Zionist war criminal” who will be “persecuted like the Nazis.”
Bella was photographed attending a pro-Palestine rally in New York City in May 2021.
‘My children have always followed their intuition when it comes to human torture and human nature: what happens to humans on Earth. From the disaster in Turkey to the famine in Africa to the homelessness in Southeast Asia, they have been involved in these things, building schools for UNICEF, etc.
“There has always been a humanitarian issue in his blood, nothing to do with being Palestinian,” he said.
Gigi sparked outrage with her Instagram Story labeling Manasra a “child prisoner of war.” In 2013, Manasra, then 12 years old, suffered a stabbing attack in Jerusalem.
She was also criticized for sharing a reel about Israelis harvesting Palestinian organs that had been posted online by a TikTok makeup artist from Cardiff, Wales.
The video highlighted a documentary in which Israeli health officials talked about doctors removing organs in the 1990s.
In her apology note, Hadid wrote: “It is important for me to share real stories about the hardships that Palestinians have endured and continue to endure, but this weekend I shared something that I did not verify or think deeply about before reposting.
“Unfortunately, I used the wrong example to make that point, and I regret it.” Bella Hadid has also been vocal about her support for Palestine since the conflict broke out.