'UNHATE' CAMPAIGN FEATURING WORLD LEADERS KISSING

A new ad campaign from Benetton features U.S. President Barack Obama kissing his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kissing Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German chancellor Angela Merkel kissing Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic. The ads were released earlier today by Benetton along with a press release that explained that the brand is attempting to promote "a culture of tolerance and combat hatred around the world".

Here's a look at all of the ads from Benetton's "Unhate" advertising campaign.



Benetton - Unhate - OBAMA & HU JINTAO
Benetton - Unhate - OBAMA & CHAVEZ
Benetton - Unhate - SARKOZY & MERKEL
Benetton - Unhate - POPE & AL TAYEB
Benetton - Unhate - ABBAS & NETANYAHU
Benetton - Unhate - MYUNG BAK & JONG IL

The photoshopped "Unhate" campaign launched today in Paris and it has already stirred serious controversy. One of the images in the ad campaign features Pope Benedict XVI kissing Egypt's Ahmed el Tayyeb -- the image has been pulled from the ad campaign after the Vatican issued a stern condemnation. In just a few short hours the images have sparked protests and the ads have been publicly rejected, unsurprisingly, by a number of magazines. However, just as many titles have agreed to run the controversial ads.


"It fits perfectly with the values and history of Benetton, which chooses social issues and actively promotes humanitarian causes that could not otherwise have been communicated on a global scale, and in doing so has given a sense and a value to its brand, building a lasting dialogue with the people of the world." - Alessandro Benetton, VP of Benetton

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