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Jemima Khan calls for unconditional ceasefire in Gaza

News Desk

Dec 12

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.

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