Bhasker condemns latest Gaza attack
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) recently, Indian actor Swara Bhasker condemned Israel for breaking the ceasefire agreement set under the Biden administration and resuming the airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
"We live in a world where it's apparently acceptable to slaughter 400 children in one day because they are Palestinian. What an utterly despicable act of terrorism. I will say it again and again: Israel is the terrorist," Bhasker wrote.
This isn't the first time that the Veere Di Wedding actor has expressed empathy for Palestine. In February last year, she quoted a clip of a father holding her daughter after surviving bombardment.
"Everyday, I hug my baby girl a little tighter and pray I never experience the helplessness of Palestinian parents," she wrote.
Back in October 2023, she pointed out the hypocrisy of social media users denouncing Hamas and overlooking the atrocities committed by Israel over decades.
"If you have not felt shock and horror at Israel's unending atrocities on Palestinians, the forcible occupation of Palestinian homes, the forced evictions, the bigotry and violence of settler Israelis, the murder of Palestinian children and teenagers, the decades long blockade and bombing of Gaza and civilians in Gaza, including bombing of schools and hospitals (not to mention the apartheid and occupation), then I'm afraid your shock and horror at Hamas' attacks on Israel seem a bit hypocritical."
Bhasker's stance has remained consistent in the past, even before the Hamas-led attack in October 2023. Back in 2021, she wrote, "Israel is an apartheid state. Israel is a terrorist state. Enough said. Free Palestine."
In another tweet around the same time, she wrote, "The cause of Palestine and justice for Palestinians isn't an Islamic cause, at least it shouldn't solely be that. It is first and foremost an anti-imperialist, anti-colonial and, anti-apartheid cause and that's why it should concern us all, even non-Muslims."
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