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Walmart’s Israeli soldier Halloween costume sparks controversy
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The costume featured on Walmart's website.
Retail giant Walmart is sparking controversy for hawking an Israeli soldier outfit as a kid’s Halloween costume.
The costume, on sale for $28.81 — down from $57.62 — includes a shirt, belt, hat, and pants, according to the store’s website.
“When Halloween rolls around, make this item a part of your child’s complete ensemble,” gushes a description of the size medium outfit on the site, which features a picture of a boy dressed in full regalia, holding a toy Uzi submachine gun. The uniform also features the Hebrew word Tzahal — an acronym for the the Army of Defense for Israel.”
Some blasted the get-up as poor taste — especially since it’s being sold during a time of heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.
“Walmart offers Israeli soldier costumes for Kids! Way to go teaching kids to dress up murderers! Disgusting!” Twitter user Lilly Arabia posted.
“Your little one can now go to his friend’s house, and take over their bedroom, and all of their toys and claim that God has given him/her the right to take it,” wrote another person on the Walmart website.
Critics also blasted the mega-retailer for selling a costume nose they call a “Sheikh Fagin Nose” — which appears on a model wearing a Keffiyeh.
The company appears confused, as Fagin is a fictional Jewish character in Charles Dicken’s novel “Oliver Twist.”
In June, Walmart was forced to apologize after it baked a cake featuring the ISIS-flag.
In 2013, the retailer sold a Osama bin Laden-themed Halloween costume, described as “Turban Beard Adult Halloween Instant Costume.”
i already started a thread on this ystrdy expressing my outrage
Most boring costume ever. And nobody will even know what they are. What kind of sicko parent would force their kid into that?
How about an AMERICAN soldier costume instead?
