استمتع بـUnlimited مع Magzter GOLD
احصل على وصول غير محدود إلى أكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة وقصة مميزة مقابل
Dawn French apologises after backlash to Gaza video
June 08, 2025
|The Independent
Comedian and actor Dawn French has apologised after a video she posted about the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestine was met with backlash.
The 67-year-old shared a video on Thursday where she attempted to critique those supporting Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
In the since-deleted video, The Vicar of Dibley star said, in an exaggerated tone, “complicated, no, but nuanced. But [the] bottom line is no. Yeah, but you know they did a bad thing to us… and we want that land… and we have history… Those people aren’t really even people, are they?” she continued with each statement ending with “no”.
The video, which was viewed more than four million times, drew strong criticism, with many feeling that she trivialised the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. In response, French issued a lengthy apology and acknowledged that her satirical video failed in its intended message.
هذه القصة من طبعة June 08, 2025 من The Independent.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
هل أنت مشترك بالفعل؟ تسجيل الدخول
المزيد من القصص من The Independent
The Independent
Independent photographer David Ashdown dies at 75
Tributes have been paid to the award-winning photojournalist David Ashdown, with The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig highlighting the “skill and dignity” of the title’s former chief sports photographer.
2 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
Fractious Your Party to pick new leader next month
Your Party will elect a new leadership by the end of February after co-founders Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana were barred from standing under new rules.
2 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
Revealed: hundreds of prisoners trapped in mental health units
After languishing in jail for years with no hope of release - some for offences as petty as stealing a mobile phone or a laptop - 233 IPP prisoners sentenced to indefinite terms are now so ill they're serving their time in secure hospitals
1 min
January 02, 2026
The Independent
At least 40 killed in ‘horror movie’ blaze at ski resort
Fire also seriously injures scores of revellers at Swiss Alps bar
3 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
Blow for PM as small boat crossings surge in 2025
Arrivals at second highest on record despite crackdown
3 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
Met Office warns of 'risk to life' as snow forecast for UK
The Met Office has issued a “risk to life” weather warning as snow is expected to blanket the UK, with blizzards set to hit some areas. Weather alerts in parts of Scotland have been upgraded from yellow to amber by the forecaster, while yellow warnings are in place elsewhere as people face a wintry start to 2026.
2 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
One in 10 trying weight-loss drugs would risk buying off social media, poll finds
Doctors have sounded the alarm over fake weight-loss jabs that can cause “serious damage” as one in 10 Britons admit they would buy the drug on social media.
2 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
Reeves's new taxes will help pensioners but cost workers
Rachel Reeves's decision to draw millions more people into paying higher rates of tax will “hammer” workers, while pensioners and those on benefits will see their incomes increase, a new analysis has found.
2 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
The modern catch-22 at the heart of a burning injustice
The Independent has long campaigned for justice for the prisoners who are still serving the indefinite sentences that were abolished 14 years ago.
2 mins
January 02, 2026
The Independent
‘These prisoners are being returned to their abusers’
Hundreds of IPP inmates have ended up in hospitals after years spent in jail. But once their mental health improves, they're sent back to square one.
5 mins
January 02, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size