2023-10-21 17:54:21
By Le Figaro
Published yesterday at 5:45 p.m., Updated yesterday at 5:54 p.m.
This open letter, signed by Kristen Stewart, Joaquin Phoenix and Cate Blanchett, urges world leaders to “preserve the lives of the people of Gaza, end the bombing and work to free the hostages.” Marechal Aurore/ABACA / Marechal Aurore / Behar Anthony/SPUS/ABACA / Behar Anthony / Marechal Aurore/ABACA / Marechal Aurore
Around fifty big names from the big and small Hollywood screens challenge Joe Biden in an open letter.
After the astonishment, action. Around fifty Hollywood actors and musicians have signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The territory, controlled by Hamas since 2007, lives under a total siege, decreed by Israel two days after the bloody attack by the Palestinian movement on October 7, the deadliest ever launched on its soil since its creation in 1948.
Signatories include Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri, Cate Blanchett, Hasan Minhaj, Dua Lipa, Jessica Chastain, Sandra Oh, Jeremy Strong and Joaquin Phoenix. They urge US President Joe Biden “to call for immediate de-escalation and a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel.” “More than 5,000 people have been killed in the last week and a half – a figure that anyone with a conscience knows is catastrophic. All life is sacred, regardless of faith or ethnicity and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians. »
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A similar initiative in the United Kingdom
The letter, released by the organization Artists 4 Ceasefire, urges the United States and Western countries to “preserve the lives of the inhabitants, put an end to the bombings and work for the release of the hostages”, captured in Israel by Hamas militants. The missive recalls that half of the inhabitants of Gaza are children and that two thirds are refugees or their descendants. The text notes that more than 6,000 bombs have been dropped on Gaza since the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7, resulting in the death of a child every 15 minutes.
This open letter from luminaries of the big and small American screen is in addition to that launched by their British colleagues. United within the organization Artists For Palestine UK, its members are also calling for a ceasefire. Among the signatories are Tilda Swinton, Miriam Margolyes, Charles Dance, Steve Coogan, Peter Mullan and Maxine Peake.
The United States, through its Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Saturday urged all stakeholders in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the war between the Jewish state and Hamas to leave the Rafah border crossing open. , after the entry of the first humanitarian convoy into the Gaza Strip from Egypt. This first humanitarian aid convoy of 20 trucks according to the UN, coming from Egypt, entered Saturday via the Rafah crossing in Gaza, the only gate not in the hands of Israel.
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