The Oscar-winning star of “Oppenheimer” Cillian Murphy, Grammy-winning artist Billie Eilish, and award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix are among the dozens of celebrities who’ve referred to as for a ceasefire in Gaza in a brand new video launched ahead of a benefit concert in London.
The “Together For Palestine” concert on Wednesday night goals to “raise millions for the Palestinian-led organizations at the front line of the crisis,” the occasion’s web site says. Among the teams it’s fundraising for are the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), Palestinian Medical Relief Society, and Taawon, which runs orphan care applications in Gaza.
“We have to tell the truth on behalf of the people of Palestine,” Scottish actor Brian Cox says in the video.
American photographer and activist Nan Goldin says, “It’s been the artist’s role in society to speak out, to risk speaking truth to power.”
Stephen John Coogan, English actor, producer, screenwriter, and comic additionally seems in the video.
“It’s important to speak out now, not when this is over, right now, while it’s happening, pressurize your government. Lend your support to those who are peacefully campaigning for Palestine. Call for a ceasefire, stop the killing,” Coogan says.
It’s not the primary time Eilish has spoken out on Gaza. At the Oscars final yr, Eilish and her brother and musician Finneas have been among celebrities who took to the purple carpet in matching purple lapel pins calling for a ceasefire.
Hundreds of artists have joined Artists4Ceasefire, a marketing campaign that in late October 2023 revealed a letter urging the US Congress and then-President Joe Biden to name for a right away ceasefire.
Wednesday’s benefit concert comes simply days after celebrities confirmed their help for Gaza on the Emmy Awards. Emmy nominee Javier Bardem took to the purple carpet carrying a keffiyeh, a standard Palestinian scarf, to denounce what he mentioned was “the genocide in Gaza.” Hannah Einbinder, who received an Emmy for her position in the TV collection “Hacks,” referred to as for a “Free Palestine” on stage.
Israel is at present ramping up its offensive in Gaza. As of Wednesday, Israeli tanks have been stationed on the sting of Gaza City ahead of a ground operation into town, in line with eyewitnesses and satellite tv for pc imagery. Despite worldwide outcry, Israel introduced on Tuesday that it launched an expanded floor assault on Gaza City to “strike terror infrastructure” and safe “the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” Defense Minister Israel Katz mentioned.