Screenwriter and film maker Jemima Khan has called for an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza on Monday, citing the “unprecedented” number of children killed in Israeli airstrikes on the besieged strip.
The ex-wife of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote:
“The number of children being killed in Gaza is unprecedented.
Fewer children were killed in Iraq in 14 years of war (2008- 2022) than in one single month in Gaza.
The civilian death toll is significantly higher than in all the conflicts around the world during the C20th.
Ceasefire now!”
Jemima Khan, who is mother to two Muslim children from her marriage to Imran Khan, was heavily criticised at the beginning of the Israeli bombardment for what was perceived by her followers as an attempt to “both-sides” the war. Since then, she has steadily posted about the conflict, speaking out against Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.
Another tweet posted yesterday said, “I really don’t like the terms, “pro- Israel” or “pro- Palestine,” as it infers the choice has to be binary. You can be pro- Israel’s right to exist in safety and pro- Palestinian freedom. Those two things are not only mutually inclusive; they are contingent upon one another.”
This one, however, got her backlash for what followers said was an attempt to conflate the oppressor and the oppressed.
Here are some reactions:
The number of children being killed in Gaza is unprecedented.
— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) December 11, 2023
Fewer children were killed in Iraq in 14 years of war (2008- 2022) than in one single month in Gaza.
The civilian death toll is significantly higher than in all the conflicts around the world during the C20th.…
On the contrary, they *are* mutually exclusive. Israel is entirely bound up with the (ongoing) ethnic cleansing of Palestinians; and the whole point of it is, and has always been, to discriminate against them.
— Ian Wellens (@ianhwellens) December 11, 2023
It’s a complete contradiction to say you’re ‘pro’ both.
The problem is that anyone who does not support Israel without qualification or keep quiet is branded pro-Palestine and/or pro-Hamas and/or anti-Semite. The UN Secretary General and the International Criminal Court have been accused of antisemitism just for doing their job. pic.twitter.com/wa69JPPWid
— Osita Mba (@DrOsitaMba) December 11, 2023
In reality, they are mutually exclusive.
— Modad Geopolitics (@modadGeoP) December 11, 2023
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