![A woman walks under a Benetton clothing store window covered by posters as part of the launch of a provocative publicity campaign with photo montages showing German chancellor Angela Merkel kissing on A woman walks under a Benetton clothing store window covered by posters as part of the launch of a provocative publicity campaign with photo montages showing German chancellor Angela Merkel kissing on](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E2E095/a-woman-walks-under-a-benetton-clothing-store-window-covered-by-posters-as-part-of-the-launch-of-a-provocative-publicity-campaign-with-photo-montages-showing-german-chancellor-angela-merkel-kissing-on-lips-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-the-posters-part-of-an-advertising-campaign-entitled-unhate-have-appeared-in-benetton-stores-across-the-globe-as-well-as-in-newspapers-magazines-and-on-internet-websites-benetton-backed-down-and-pulled-the-photo-montage-showing-the-pope-kissing-a-leading-imam-after-the-vatican-issued-a-stern-condemnation-the-company-which-is-no-stranger-to-controvers-2E2E095.jpg)
A woman walks under a Benetton clothing store window covered by posters as part of the launch of a provocative publicity campaign with photo montages showing German chancellor Angela Merkel kissing on
![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 17, 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 17, 2011. They show various pictures of political opponents kissing.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E2DTF8/posters-from-new-benettons-ad-campaign-unhate-are-on-display-on-its-flagship-store-windows-place-de-lopera-in-paris-france-november-17-2011-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-2E2DTF8.jpg)
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 17, 2011. They show various pictures of political opponents kissing.
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,
![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/2E2DTG3/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-2E2DTG3.jpg)