Kmart stores in Australia have recalled a Christmas ham bag emblazoned with “Merry Ham-Mas” after it sparked outrage for resembling the Hamas terror group.
The festive drawstring bag, which features Christmas decorations and is intended to hold a ham in the fridge, drew the ire of the Australian Jewish Association.
“K-MART STUFF! Check out the special Christmas bag currently available through Kmart online. If it’s real!! the group wrote in Xwhere she posted an image of the $4 bag that evokes terror.
“While this is potentially funny (the AJA committee has thrown out some non-PC jokes), it actually doesn’t look good. We suspect that some product manager may cause some embarrassment to the company,” he said.
“That is why we have politely written to Wesfarmers suggesting that the product be withdrawn,” the AJA added.
Kmart later apologized for the embarrassing mistake.
“We were wrong on this occasion and we apologize unreservedly,” he said. The company representative told Politico. Thursday.
“When designing this product we clearly did not think through all the implications and the product was withdrawn from sale,” the spokesperson added.
The Jewish Rights Group He later posted an update.saying that he had been contacted by “senior management” at Kmart announcing that the bag was “being removed from the website and all stores.”
in a interview with The West AustralianAJA President David Adler praised Kmart for recalling the product.
“These are not normal times, there are people who will distort things and harass the Jewish community,” he told the outlet.
“Of course there are bigger issues to deal with, dealing with real terrorism is important, but one of the other things we deal with is propaganda,”? Adler said.
“I want to give credit to Kmart management because they acted very quickly,” he added.
Christmas ham is a staple of Christmas traditions in Australia, where it is often served cold.
