The president of the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival, Juliette Binoche, and several actors in competition in Croisette signed in their turn of a letter condemning the “silence” of the “genocide” in Gaza, already started by almost 400 personalities at the beginning of the week, AFP learned this Friday, May 16.
The American Specialized Magazine Variety has the first assertive on its website that the French star had signed this text paying tribute to Fátima Hassauna, a young photojournalist Gazauie killed by an Israeli missile and protagonist of the documentary of the documentary of the documentary of the documentary Put your soul in your hand and walk Presented on Thursday in Cannes.
One of the groups at the origin of the text and then Juliette Binoche was confirmed to AFP. The French actress had not signed it at the beginning, preferring to pay a tribute supported by Fatima Hassauna in her speech during the Opening ceremony on Tuesday.
Many celebrities join the signatories
According to Variety, the American stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, who upload the steps on Friday to Eddington From their compatriot Ari Aster, they have also signed this text, as well as Mexican director Guillermo del Toro and the French actor Omar Sy.
The director Jim Jarmusch and actress Rooney Mara, both Americans, are also one of the new signatories of the letter, initially published in Liberation and Variety on Tuesday, at the opening of the festival.
The initial list of signatories already included several big names in the cinema: Ralph Fiennes, Richard Gere, Javier Bardem, Pedro Almodovar or Susan Sarandon.
Fatima Hassauna was killed with ten family members in a bombing on April 16, the day after the acid documentary selection, a section parallel to the festival that gathers independent directors.
Risk of “Mass famine”
Several NGOs have warned the risk of “mass famine” in Gaza, where humanitarian aid cannot have returned since March 2 due to the blockade established by the Israeli army. Doctors Without Borders accused Israel on Wednesday of creating the conditions for “an eradication of the Palestinians in Gaza.”
The war was caused by the attack on Hamas on October 7, 2023, which led to the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data.
Of the 251 kidnapped people, 57 remain retained in Gaza, 34 of which are declared dead by the Israeli army. Israeli reprisals have killed at least 53,010 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the latest data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the UN.
Source: BFM TV
