The French actresses Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni and Léa Seydoux, as well as the Australian activist Julian Assange, joined the approximately 900 signatories of a letter that condemn the letter that condemns the “silence” about the “genocide” in Gaza in Gaza in the margin of the Cannes Festival, on Friday to the AFP one of the groups behind the text.
The request, which also pays tribute to Fátima Hassauna, the photojournalist Gazaouie killed by an Israeli missile and documentary protagonist Put your soul in your hand and walk Presented in Cannes, it was also signed by the Norwegian director in the competition Joachim Trier, British filmmaker Danny Boyle or French actor François Civil.
The director of Put your soul in your hand and walkSepideh Farsi, Iranian, celebrates a press conference on Friday over Croisette, together with Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the Palestinian territories and the amnesty of the NGO International, doctors without borders (MSF) and reporters Sans Frontières (RSF).
Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Pedro Almodovar
Its organizers emphasize the “duty of solidarity with the Palestinian people” and the need to “demand the unconditional liberation of the hostages arrested in Gaza by Hamas”.
The initial list of firm of the Tribune published at the inauguration of the festival, on May 13, in the Daily Daily Liberation and the American Specialized Magazine variety, they already included several big names in the cinema: Ralph Fiennes, Richard Gere, Javier Bardem, Pedro Almodovar or Susan Sarandon.
The president of the jury of Cannois, Juliette Binoche, who also paid tribute to Fátima Hassauna in his opening speech and competition actors, such as the American stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal.
The 25 -year -old photoperiodist was killed with several family members in a bombing on April 16, the day after the selection of his documentary in ACID, a parallel section of the festival that gathers independent directors.
Humanitarian aid
After more than two and a half months of total blockade by the Israeli army, about 90 trucks delivered humanitarian aid to Gaza on Wednesday, according to the UN. 2.1 million people are “in danger of imminent death”, according to the director responsible for health emergencies for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Israel, who has intensified his offensive in the small coastal territory, repeatedly rejected the accusations of genocide.
This war was caused by the attack on Hamas on October 7, 2023 in Israel, 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 people retired, 57 are still retained as hostages, and 34 of them declared dead by the Army.
Israeli reprisals have left at least 53,762 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Hamas, considered reliable by the UN.
Source: BFM TV
