Canadian Sikh poet Rupi Kaur rejects Biden administration’s Diwali invitation over Gaza issue
कनाडा की लेखिका रूपी कौर ने गाजा मामले को लेकर बाइडेन प्रशासन के दिवाली निमंत्रण को किया अस्वीकार
Indian-Canadian Sikh poet Rupi Kaur on Wednesday declined an invitation to a Diwali event from US President Joe Biden’s administration over her reaction to the situation in Gaza.
“I reject any invitation from an institution that supports mass punishment of trapped civilian populations – 50 percent of whom are children,” Kaur, 31, wrote in a statement posted on Twitter on Monday.
“I am amazed that this administration finds it acceptable to celebrate Diwali, when their support of current atrocities against Palestinians represents the exact opposite of what this holiday means to many of us,” the “Milk and Honey” author said.
Gaza’s health ministry said on Monday that the death toll of Palestinians had risen to more than 10,000, including 4,104 children, with no signs of a ceasefire in the besieged territory.
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