'Disingenuousness,' Rupi Kaur reacts to White House reply amid Diwali invitation decline
Gaza bombardment. Taking to X, she said, “We demanded accountability and it is saddening that the best the White House could come up with is, 'Everyone has their opinion, we respect folks' opinion, and that is her opinion.'" Also Read: Canadian poet Rupi Kaur rejects Biden's Diwali invitation over Israel support, says 'Govt's actions dehumanize people' Kaur further added, “'Everyone has their opinion...and that is her opinion' is a disingenuousness, gaslighting response to ‘Your government is helping to enable a Genocide with American tax dollars and we are asking you to stop.'" Kaur slammed the Biden administration and noted, “Shame that this administration does not have compassion for both Palestinian and Israeli lives lost.
The children of all communities are worth our love and compassion." The Canadian poet believed that collective punishment is a war crime, it is inhumane and cannot be a solution. Also Read: Israel-Hamas war: Blinken says 'far too many' Palestinians have died; seeks longer humanitarian pauses “'Everyone has their opinion and that is her opinion' when Palestinian kids are digging themselves out of the rubble.
When they're carrying their dead while being bombarded. When 900+ bloodlines have been erased forever.
When, last night, hospital after hospital was bombed. Ambulances destroyed and maternity and cancer wards placed in total ruin." Earlier, In a post on X, the poet wrote, “I received an invite from the Biden administration for a Diwali event being held by the VP on November 8.
I decline any invitation from an institution that supports the collective punishment of a trapped civilian population—50% of whom are children. Also Read: Israel-Hamas War Day 35: PM Netanyahu still sees peace deal with
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