Streaming service Hulu recently flighted an advert claiming that Gaza would be an exotic tourist destination if not for Hamas. The AI-generated images of beautiful beaches, luxury hotels and laughing children, have prompted a huge backlash, including protests outside Hulu’s headquarters. The bizarre 30-second video features text reading, “Come visit beautiful Gaza” while a narrator promises “stunning beaches and charming boardwalks.
reported that neither Hulu, which is a Disney company, nor the Israeli government’s press office commented on the ad, but the Wallstreet Journal said the video "was pulled from YouTube as a paid ad but remains up as unpaid content on Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Directorate’s YouTube page". The video leaves a menacing taste in your mouth, yet strangely, Disney allowed one of their seven dwarfs to broadcast something that is blatantly political propaganda on acid.
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