Bella Hadid Wears Symbolic Necklace at Cannes

 paid tribute to her Palestinian heritage and the plight of those displaced by Israeli conflict in the west Asian country during an appearance at the 79th  on Tuesday. 

The supermodel inevitably commanded attention as she arrived in the French resort town wearing a stylish Tom Ford co-ord and heavily tinted sunglasses ahead of a busy week of back-to-back premieres. 

But it was the accessories that caught the eye, with 29-year-old Hadid, whose father Mohamed is of Palestinian descent, sporting a  key necklace over her cropped mock-neck top. 

A symbol of resistance against oppression, the key-shaped accessory is an homage to the 750,000 Palestinian-Arabs who were forced from their homes with little more than their house keys during the 1948 Nakba - interpreted as the 'catastrophe.' 

The enforced displacement and seizure of Palestinian land, property, and belongings by Israel, three years after the collapse of Nazi , affected almost half of Palestine's largely Arab population.

Hadid's reference to Israeli oppression follows a series of similar political statements, notably her decision to . 

Outside of the Middle East and North Africa, the Keffiyeh has gained popularity among pro-Palestinian activists and is widely considered to be an symbol of solidarity with the Palestinians in their fight against Israel. 

The show of support came after Hadid was publicly fact-checked for posting pictures taken in a Syrian refugee camp as she voiced support for and Palestinians.

The supermodel had

Captioning the post, she wrote: 'Thousands of innocents Palestinian men women and CHILDREN imprisoned without trial.

But Syrian-Americans were quick to call out the model over the misleading posts on the war.

'This is not the first time she's done this with these SAME IMAGES of children from Yarmouk,' wrote American Enterprise Institute media strategist Kareem Rifai at the time. 

'Completely unacceptable and irresponsible for a mega-celebrity with massive reach. Syrians are still being

Hadid spoke publicly for the first time about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, saying that 'there is an urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza that must be attended to' in an Instagram post in October last year.

She shared a detailed statement calling for pressure to be put on political leaders to 'stand together in defending humanity and compassion.'

The supermodel spoke about the sensitive issue more than two weeks after her sister Gigi talked publicly about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. 

A symbol of resistance, the accessory is an homage to the 750,000 Palestinian-Arabs who were forced from their homes with little more than their house keys during the 1948 Nakba