Hollywood calls for Palestinian cause at Oscars ceremony
At the 96th Academy Awards, several actors and celebrities showed their solidarity with the Palestinian people by wearing red pins in the shape of a hand and a black heart, symbolizing support for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. teleSUR
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00:00 At the Oscar ceremony in the United States, local and international artists showed their
00:03 support for the Palestinian cause and demanded a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
00:07 "We're wearing these artists for ceasefire pins. We're calling for immediate permanent ceasefire
00:15 in Gaza. We're calling for peace and justice, lasting justice for the people of Palestine.
00:20 And I think it's a universal message of just let's stop killing kids. Let's not be part of
00:25 more war. No one's ever looked back at war and thought a bombing campaign was a good idea. And
00:30 so to be surrounded by so many artists who are willing to lend their voice, the list is growing.
00:34 A lot of people are going to be wearing these pins tonight. And it's because we want to kind of use
00:39 where we're at to speak to people's hearts. You know, there's a lot of talking heads on the news.
00:42 This is a space of talking hearts. And so we're trying to just kind of have that big beam to
00:48 humanity." Moreover, the winner of the Oscar in the category of Best International Film,
00:53 the German Jonathan Glaser, expressed his solidarity with the victims of the Israeli
00:58 occupation in Palestine. "I stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being
01:04 hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.
01:08 Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza,
01:21 all are victims of this dehumanization. How do we resist?"