![The Lebanese Version of Benetton's “Unhate” Campaign | A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares The Lebanese Version of Benetton's “Unhate” Campaign | A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares](https://stateofmind13.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/unhate-nasrallah-hariri.jpg)
The Lebanese Version of Benetton's “Unhate” Campaign | A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares
Benetton launched a new global advertising campaign called UNHATE that contained a series of photo montages of political and religious leaders kissing.In this pic, US president Barack Obama seen kissing Hugo Chavez,
![Images from United Colors of Benetton's Unhate campaign. The campaign Images from United Colors of Benetton's Unhate campaign. The campaign](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E2DWP5/images-from-united-colors-of-benettons-unhate-campaign-the-campaign-invites-the-leaders-of-the-world-to-combat-the-culture-of-hatred-the-campiang-includes-mocked-up-images-one-of-which-is-of-us-president-obama-and-venezualen-president-chavez-kissing-an-image-of-the-pope-embracing-imam-ahmed-mohamed-el-tayeb-caused-such-an-uproar-that-it-was-subsequently-removed-image-courtesy-united-colors-of-benetton-abacapresscom-2E2DWP5.jpg)
Images from United Colors of Benetton's Unhate campaign. The campaign "invites the leaders of the world to combat the 'culture of hatred'. The campiang includes mocked up images, one of which is
![Posters from new Benetton's ad campaign 'Unhate' are on display on it's flagship store windows, Place de l'Opera in Paris, France, November 16, 2011. They show various pictures of political opponents kissing. Posters from new Benetton's ad campaign 'Unhate' are on display on it's flagship store windows, Place de l'Opera in Paris, France, November 16, 2011. They show various pictures of political opponents kissing.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E2DTEM/posters-from-new-benettons-ad-campaign-unhate-are-on-display-on-its-flagship-store-windows-place-de-lopera-in-paris-france-november-16-2011-they-show-various-pictures-of-political-opponents-kissing-they-included-barack-obama-and-venezualan-leader-hugo-chavez-german-chancellor-angela-merkel-and-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-and-the-israeli-and-palestinian-leaders-benjamin-netanyahu-and-mahmoud-abbas-the-company-said-the-adverts-were-aimed-at-fostering-tolerance-and-global-love-but-it-prompted-a-quick-reaction-from-the-vatican-benetton-has-been-forced-to-pull-a-picture-of-pop-2E2DTEM.jpg)