La poète Rupi Kaur refuse une invitation de Joe Biden en raison du conflit dans Gaza
´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ poet Rupi Kaur says she's turned down an invitation from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration because she opposes his government's response to the Israel-Gaza war. Kaur attends the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

TORONTO - ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ poet Rupi Kaur says she's turned down an invitation from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration because she opposes his government's response to the Israel-Gaza war.

Kaur says in an Instagram post that the administration invited her to Vice-President Kamala Harris's Diwali celebration.

She writes that she won't attend because the U.S. government is funding Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

Kaur says she can't accept an invitation from "an institution that supports the collective punishment of a trapped civilian population."

More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's military offensive in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry there.

The war broke out after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel last month, leaving upwards of 1,400 people dead.

This report by ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥was first published Nov. 6, 2023.

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