Israel-Palestine Crisis: Kalki Koechlin deletes her account on X, says 'What crossed the line for me was...'

Amid the Israel-Palestine crisis, actress Kalki Koechlin announced on her Instagram account that she was deleting the X app. She wrote a long note that said, “Had to do this today. The hate and disinformation, the doom scrolling, the helplessness.”

She added, “But what really crossed the line for me, what really made me draw a boundary was the denial or the justification of Palestinian children murdered in the thousands or the denial or glorification of Israeli women being raped, tortured and murdered, I have had enough.”

Netizens react

“Thank you for being one of the only few Bollywood celebrities for speaking out for the cause of Palestine. The deafening silence from the rest who have massive influence and reach is sickening.” “Good to see that someone from the Indian industry has some nerves to speak the truth. Love you for this,” added another user.

Back in October, Sonam Kapoor too reacted to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, which has taken several innocent lives and affected the global economy. Taking to her Instagram story, she wrote, “Half of the people in Gaza are children” followed by another story, which read, “If we owe a moral responsibility to Irsaeli children, then we owe the same moral responsibility to the Palestinian children. Their lives have equal weight. If you care about human life only in Israel or only in Gaza, then you don’t actually care about human life.”

Earlier, Sonam had shared  Gigi Hadid ‘s post about the Israel-Palestine conflict, where the model & television had written, “My thoughts are with all those affected by this unjustifiable tragedy, and every day that innocent lives are taken by this conflict —too many of which are children. I have deep empathy and heartbreak for the Palestinian struggle and life under occupation, it’s a responsibility I hold daily. I also feel a responsibility to my Jewish friends to make it clear, as I have before: While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them includes the harm of a Jewish person.”