{"id":2472123,"date":"2025-08-07T18:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sephora-urged-to-drop-huda-beauty-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:59:56","slug":"sephora-urged-to-drop-huda-beauty-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sephora-urged-to-drop-huda-beauty-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sephora urged to drop Huda Beauty &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsephora-urged-to-drop-huda-beauty-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Huda Beauty founder Huda Kattan has faced backlash after posting a now-deleted TikTok video containing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">antisemitic conspiracy theories<\/a>, falsely accusing Israel of causing World War I, World War II, the 9\/11 attacks, and the recent Hamas attack on Israel. These claims have been widely condemned since the timeline disproves Israel&#8217;s involvement in the World Wars, wich occurred before the state&#8217;s establishment in 1948. Jewish organizations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent\/\" title=\"WATCH: Furious CA Restaurant Owner Confronts Inspectors Issuing Citation: \u2018Are You Gonna Pay My Rent?\u2019\">social media users<\/a> have called on Sephora, which carries the Huda Beauty line, to drop the brand, arguing that Kattan&#8217;s statements promote hate and misinformation. Sephora is currently reviewing the situation and has stated that such comments do not align with its values of inclusivity. The Anti-defamation League and the American Jewish Committee criticized Kattan for spreading longstanding antisemitic tropes. Kattan has yet to issue a public response following the removal of her video from TikTok.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sephora urged to drop Huda Beauty line after founder accuses Israel of causing World Wars<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Sephora is &ldquo;actively reviewing&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-says-kanyes-antisemitic-comments-arent-that-different-from-what-omar-tlaib-have-said\/\" title=\"Bill Maher Says Kanye\u2019s Antisemitic Comments Aren\u2019t That Different From What Omar &amp; Tlaib Have Said\">antisemitic comments made<\/a> by Huda Beauty founder Huda Kattan, after facing mounting calls from Jewish organizations for the beauty line to be removed from all stores.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">In a now-deleted T<\/span>ikTok video, the beauty mogul and influencer accused Israel of causing World War I, World War II, the&nbsp;September 11&nbsp;terrorist attacks, and&nbsp;the Oct. 7&nbsp;Hamas attack on Israel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3493891\/new-paramount-head-david-ellison-doesnt-want-to-politicize-company-as-merger-closes\/\">New Paramount head doesn&#8217;t want to &#8216;politicize&#8217; company as merger closes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3493244\/alan-dershowitz-pierogi-refused-a-second-time-at-farmers-market\/\">Alan Dershowitz refused a pierogi a second time at farmer&#8217;s market<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3490744\/american-eagle-stock-soars-23-after-trump-praises-sydney-sweeney-ad\/\">American Eagle stock soars 23% after Trump praises Sydney Sweeney ad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;All of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-media-are-lying-now-helene-victim-blaming-edition\/\" title=\"How Media Are Lying Now, Helene Victim-Blaming Edition\">conspiracy theories coming<\/a> out and a lot of evidence behind them &mdash; that Israel has been behind World War I, World War II, September 11, October 7 &mdash; they allowed all of this stuff to happen. Is this crazy?&rdquo; Kattan said. &ldquo;Like, I had a feeling &mdash; I was like, &lsquo;Are they behind every world war?&rsquo; Yes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945) occurred before the State of Israel was established in 1948.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sephora said it&rsquo;s taking the situation &ldquo;very seriously,&rdquo; and is working with the brand.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sephora is driven by its mission to create a welcoming and inclusive shopping experience for all. We recognize that comments from one of our brand partners have raised concerns and want to be clear: promoting hate, harassment, or misinformation does not align with our values or code of conduct,&rdquo; Sephora said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/03\/media\/huda-kattan-tiktok-video-conspiracies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a statement <\/a>to CNN.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fox and CNN reported that TikTok removed Kattan&rsquo;s video for violating its community guidelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>StopAntisemitism founder Liora Rez wrote in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital that Sephora would be violating its own values if it continued to sell Huda Beauty.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Sephora is serious about creating a safe and inclusive space for all communities, it must drop Huda Beauty immediately,&rdquo; Rez wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From spreading the antisemitic lie that Jews harvest the organs of Palestinians to victim-blaming Israelis after Hamas&rsquo; terrorist atrocities, Kattan has consistently used her massive platform to incite against Jews,&rdquo; Rez adds. &ldquo;I will not be shopping in your stores and will be making my friends, family, and community aware of this troubling issue.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3493577\/netanyahu-control-gaza-strip-israel-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>NETANYAHU: ISRAEL INTENDS TO CONTROL ALL OF GAZA BEFORE HANDING IT TO &lsquo;ARAB FORCES&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social media users and Jewish groups online have called for Sephora to cut ties with the beauty brand, which brings in $200 million in annual sales and is valued at $1.2 billion in 2017, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/huda-kattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The American Jewish Committee reposted Kattan&rsquo;s video on X, adding that she was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t &lsquo;criticism of Israel.&rsquo; It&rsquo;s centuries-old hate, repackaged and broadcast to millions,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AJCGlobal\/status\/1950321907120665059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AJC wrote on X<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Huda Kattan, founder of Huda Beauty, is using her massive platform to spread vile antisemitic conspiracy theories &mdash; accusing Jews of harvesting the organs of Palestinians, causing 9\/11, and running global pedophile rings.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t &ldquo;criticism of Israel.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s centuries-old&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTGnn9lWnf\">pic.twitter.com\/kTGnn9lWnf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJCGlobal\/status\/1950321907120665059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League made a statement that Kattan&rsquo;s video echoes &ldquo;some of the oldest and most pernicious antisemitic tropes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Huda Kattan built a brand around beauty, but these antisemitic conspiracy theories are nothing short of ugly hate,&rdquo; said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL&rsquo;s Chief Operating Officer. &ldquo;Spreading vile myths about Jews to millions of followers isn&rsquo;t just reckless, it&rsquo;s dangerous.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kattan faced similar controversy over Israel. In the days following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2445735\/israel-declares-war-for-first-time-since-1973-after-hamas-terror-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oct. 7 attack<\/a>, Kattan told an Israeli customer who was threatening to boycott Huda Beauty that she &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t want blood money.&rdquo; Her comments sparked a petition demanding that Sephora stop selling her brand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PR Newswire<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/huda-beauty-reclaims-full-ownership-as-an-independent-beauty-brand-302471853.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> said <\/a>Huda Beauty became a fully independent company in June. Kattan bought back her equity from TSG Consumer Partners, following the end of an eight-year partnership.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kattan has not made a public statement about her video since it was removed.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Washington Examiner&nbsp;<\/em>has contacted Kattan, Huda Beauty, and Sephora for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sephora urged to drop Huda Beauty after antisemitic claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2472124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP19282668014383.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60858,6812,60857,3861,32076],"class_list":["post-2472123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-beauty-industry","tag-boycott","tag-huda-beauty","tag-sephora","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP19282668014383.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472127,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472123\/revisions\/2472127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}