Malala clarifies her “support for Gaza” amid backlash on collaborating with Hillary Clinton
Malala is facing backlash from netizens for collaborating with former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai Thursday clarified her “support for Gaza” amid backlash for her collaboration with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In a statement posted on her social media accounts, Malala Yousafzai “I wanted to speak today because I want there to be no confusion about my support for the people of Gaza.”
However, the women’s rights advocate turned off the comments on the post in question, on her respective social media accounts.
“We have all watched the relentless atrocities against Palestinian people for more than six months now with anger and despair. This week’s news of mass graves discovered at Gaza’s Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals is yet another reminder of the horrors Palestinians are facing,” she added.
Malala continued, “It is hard enough to watch from afar – l don’t know how Palestinians bear it in their bones. We do not need to see more dead bodies, bombed schools and starving children to understand that a ceasefire is urgent and necessary. I have and will continue to condemn the Israeli government for its violations of international law and war crimes, and I applaud efforts by those determined to hold them to account. Publicly and privately, I will keep calling on world leaders to push for a ceasefire and to ensure the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid.”
“I stand against any form of violence against innocent civilians, including the taking of prisoners and hostages. And I stand in solidarity with the people in Gaza whose voices and demands must be heard. When we see alarming signs of genocide, we cannot wait to take decisive action. We must work together to urge our leaders to stop these war crimes and hold perpetrators to account,” she added.
— Malala Yousafzai (@Malala) April 24, 2024
The statement from the young activist arrives after she faced scathing criticism from netizens who called her out for co-producing a Broadway musical “Suffs” with Hillary Clinton — the former Democratic presidential candidate and a political heavyweight who has time again opposed the calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The musical titled Suffs shows the American women’s campaign for the right to vote in the 20th century.
More than 34,000 Palestinians have been martyred in the ongoing Israeli offensive in the name of self-defence since the OCT 7 Hamas attack.
