Vogue editor-at-large Gabriella Karefa-Johnson wipes job title from Instagram bio after an anti-Israel rant comparing its defense force to a ‘terrorist organization’
- Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, 32, sparked outrage among her followers after she posted anti-Israel Instagram stories
- Karefa-Johnson’s Instagram bio was changed from ‘global contributing editor-at-large for Vogue’ to simply ‘many things,’ on Tuesday
- She shared a screenshot of her exchange with former French Vogue stylist Celia Azoulay, who said she should have compassion for the Israeli civilians murdered
Vogue contributing editor-at-large Gabriella Karefa-Johnson has deleted her job title from her Instagram bio after delivering a hateful anti-Israel rant following the Hamas terrorist attacks that killed more than 1,400 innocent Israelis.
Karefa-Johnson, 32, sparked outrage among her followers, including some of her fashion executive colleagues, when she made comments accusing Israel of committing ‘genocide’ and comparing the IDF to a ‘terrorist organization.’
‘It’s so disappointing to see the utter lack of understanding of the basic tenets and tactics of colonization, and one’s willingness to justify and defend those systems which have only ever oppressed,’ she posted on her Instagram Stories Saturday.
‘Damn. I hate when Instagram shows me what I hope I never know about the people I follow and their horrifying belief systems,’ she added to the post.
Karefa-Johnson’s Instagram bio was changed without explanation from ‘global contributing editor-at-large for Vogue’ to simply ‘many things,’ on Tuesday.
Karefa-Johnson, 32, sparked outrage among her followers, including some of her fashion executive colleagues, when she made comments accusing Israel of committing ‘genocide’ and comparing the IDF to a ‘terrorist organization’
Karefa-Johnson’s Instagram bio was changed from ‘global contributing editor-at-large for Vogue’ to simply ‘many things,’ on Tuesday
‘I cannot believe that the world is watching in silence as a GENOCIDE — a mass Palestinian extinction plan — is happening before our very eyes,’ she continued. ‘These are WAR CRIMES.’
‘I am sickened and saddened beyond belief. I feel helpless assessing the atrocity from the comfort of the west but we should not be okay with doing and saying nothing,’ she added.
Karefa-Johnson then shared the responses of those who called out her comments as being offensive, insensitive and ignorant – especially after Hamas brutally slaughtered babies, kidnapped, raped women and burned people alive..
She shared a screenshot of her exchange with former French Vogue stylist Celia Azoulay, who told the contributing editor-at-large that she should show the same compassion to Israeli civilians getting murdered.
‘Kids are getting captured as we are speaking,’ Azoulay informed Karefa-Johnson. ‘Hamas is the biggest enemy of Palestinians first. And trust me you wouldn’t wish your family to receive 3,000 rocket and staying at home praying that no one will get kidnapped.’
Karefa-Johnson defended her comments by saying, she never denied that Israelis were murdered but that the number of Israelis harmed was ‘far less’ than the number of Palestinians in the retaliation.
She then clarified she doesn’t ‘want’ Israeli children bombed, she just thinks it’s important to criticize the state of Israel and focus on Palestinians who have died in the past.
Karefa-Johnson then shared the responses of those who called out her comments as being offensive, insensitive and ignorant – especially as Hamas brutally slaughtered babies, kidnapped, raped women and burned people alive as she continued to post.
Karefa-Johnson also shared another exchange between fashion stylist Braydon Nelson, who replied, ‘You sound as though you are supporting the pain that is being put on innocent Jewish people’
She also provided her opinion about the Israeli Defense Force, claiming the defense group has ‘killed thousands’ of Palestinians this year.
‘IDF is a torture agency sponsored by the Israeli apartheid state,’ she added.
Azoulay pointed out the absurdity of comparing the IDF, the military the State of Israel created to defend the country, and Hamas, a designated terrorist organization that has its mission to kill Jews clearly expressed in its charter.
‘I can’t even have a conversation with you. You are comparing IDF which is an army to Hamas that is a recognized terrorist organization, The retaliation are not civilians but terrorists,’ she replied.
‘You are ignorant and can’t even have a constructive conversation,’ Azoulay added.
Karefa-Johnson also shared another exchange with fashion stylist Braydon Nelson, who replied, ‘You sound as though you are supporting the pain that is being put on innocent Jewish people.’
‘Your ignorance is shocking — but then again you got your ‘platform’ from being bullied by a celebrity,’ he added.
It’s unclear if Karefa-Johnson is still employed as a Contributing editor for Vogue.
A spokesperson for Vogue clarified that Karefa-Johnson’s views are her own, and do not represent the magazine or their parent company, Condé Nast.
‘Gabriella’s social media posts and opinions are her own and do not represent those of the company,’ the Vogue spokesperson shared.
She also provided her opinion about the IDF, claiming the defense force has ‘killed thousands’ of Palestinians this year.
This was the contributing editor’s post following the brutal massacre by Hamas terrorists of innocent Israeli men, women and children
Karefa-Johnson became the first black woman to style a Vogue cover in 2021. She has come under the spotlight for comments in the past. Kayne West hit out at Vogue contributing editor last year, who called his season 9 collection of YZY ‘offensive’ and ‘violent’
Previously: The rapper and designer slammed the global cause on Instagram after wearing a provocative ‘White Lives Matter’ sweater at his surprise Yeezy fashion show in Paris last year
Karefa-Johnson shared some of her musings of disgust at the YZY season 9 show last year
Karefa-Johnson was the first black woman to style a Vogue cover in 2021. She has come under the spotlight for comments in the past.
In October 2022, Kanye ‘Ye’ West roasted the stylist and contributing Vogue fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson after she branded the the ‘White Lives Matter’ t-shirts he featured in his most recent YZY fashion show ‘dangerous’ and ‘violent.’
West had posted a picture of Karefa-Johnson wearing a colorful mish-mash of an outfit on his Instagram and wrote, ‘This is not a fashion person You speak on Ye Ima speak on you Ask Trevor Noah.’
The jab was apparently making reference to Noah speaking out about West’s public behavior that targeted his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her then-boyfriend Pete Davidson, calling it ‘terrifying to watch.’ West subsequently called Noah a racial slur.
In a separate post, Ye zoomed in on Karefa-Johnson’s boots, which appear to be Women’s Black Veneda Carter Edition Boots by Timberland. West wrote, ‘I KNOOOOOOW ANNA HAAAATES THESE BOOTS.’
Karefa-Johnson had posted to her Instagram a screed about the ‘White Lives Matter’ t-shirts modeled on West’s runway that included calling the collection ‘deeply offensive, violent, and dangerous.’
‘I’m fuming … collecting my thoughts,’ she wrote before labeling West’s actions ‘indefensible behavior.’
She later wrote that she was among those who ‘suffered in that room’ and was working through the ‘trauma’ of the experience.
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