The choice of lighting on the Empire State Building on Monday night appeared to cause some confusion with some mistaking the lights for that of the Palestinian flag, which shares identical colors to those of Italy.
In a tweet the Empire State Building stated how the choice of colors of red, white and green on Monday night was to celebrate Italian Heritage / Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
But the shared similarities in the colors of the flags of Italy and Palestine were not lost by those on X.
‘Unfortunate optics/colors right now,’ wrote Fox journalist Kassy Dillon.
On Monday night, the Empire State Building was illuminated in red, white, and green to commemorate Italian Heritage / Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The choice of lighting led to some confusion, with some mistakenly interpreting the colors as those of the Palestinian flag, which shares identical colors
Several users on social media were not impressed with the choice of colors on Monday night
‘My God. They need to change those lights now. Same colors as Palestine. Not a good time for that,’ noted history teacher Kelly Norton.
‘I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that it’s not a coincidence,’ wrote one user.
‘Oh, oh that is unfortunate,’ added another.
The Jewish population in New York is the largest in the world outside of Israel, with 1.77 million Jews living across the city according to 2023 data.
The Empire State Building was lit up in blue and white, the colors of Israel’s flag on Saturday night in support of the country.
It was a similar story in Washington D.C. with the White House also lit in blue and white to underscore U.S. solidarity with Israel.
The White House was lit in blue and white to underscore U.S. solidarity with Israel
People stand with a Israeli flag outside the White House, lit in blue and white on Monday night
The White House is illuminated in the blue and white colors of the Israeli flag on Monday
Over the weekend the Empire State Building was lit in blue and white in solidarity with Israel
The Empire State Building illuminates in the colors of the flag of Israel as seen from New Jersey
A number of other buildings on the New York skyline were bathed in blue light
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