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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.
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