Ghinwa-Jemima war of tweets ends
Ghinwa apologises to Jemima over Israel tweet, but takes umbrage at shame comment
Pakistan’s social media users followed a trail of tweets between Ghinwa Bhutto, leader of Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB), and Jemima Goldsmith, ex-wife of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, over a tweet by the former who inadvertently assumed Goldsmith spent recent holidays along with her sons Sulaiman Imran Khan, Qasim Imran Khan and an unidentified girl in Israel.
Ghinwa Bhutto uploaded on her twitter account a picture that showed all four of them in loose traditional religious clothes and posted the following caption: “Imran Khan’s family on a visit to the apartheid state of Israel. What does this mean to Pakistan?”
Pakistan has no diplomatic relations with Israel and public sentiment against Israel always is quite strong. The picture and post by Bhutto was re-tweeted and shared by many with strong reactions and comments.
It was also shared on a large scale by opponent political parties of the Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI), particularly the PML-N and PPP for political mileage.
However, before things could go out of control, Jemima Goldsmith came to the rescue of her family and her former husband.
In a tweet she made it clear that the picture was taken in Mexico, not Israel.
Her tweet said: “That photo was taken on a family holiday in Mexico and we are wearing ponchos. This kind of ignorance and fear mongering is dangerous. Please stop.” She further tweeted, “This tweet is staggeringly ignorant and would be funny if it weren’t dangerous. The photo is taken on a family holiday in Mexico (not Israel) and we are wearing ponchos (not Jewish religious dress) Ghinwa Bhutto — shame on you.”
Ghinwa Bhutto responded by apologising to her, but took a potshot at Jemima. “Oh my god! that was Mexico? My apologies! How perceptions can easily blind people, even me. But please, please do not lecture me about shame.”