"More than 1,300 artists, including some Hollywood A-listers, have promised not to work with Israeli film institutions complicit in abuses against Palestinians as Israel intensifies its war on Gaza. In a pledge released on Monday, the artists who include Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem decried the unrelenting horror in Gaza, where Israel has killed more than 64,000 Palestinians and flattened most of the territory."
"Inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid who refused to screen their films in apartheid South Africa, we pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people, the statement read. Examples of being complicit in Israeli rights violations include whitewashing or justifying genocide and apartheid, and/or partnering with the government committing them, it added."
"The pledge cited International Court of Justice rulings that concluded a genocide charge against Israel is plausible and found the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal. Over the 23 months of the Gaza war, leading academics, rights groups and United Nations experts have accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians. Genocide defined by the UN as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group is one of the gravest war crimes."
More than 1,300 artists, including Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem, pledged not to work with Israeli film institutions implicated in abuses against Palestinians. The pledge targets festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies and cites complicity as whitewashing or justifying genocide and apartheid or partnering with the government. The statement referenced International Court of Justice rulings that found a genocide charge against Israel plausible and that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal. The pledge was inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Lerner described the pledge as a non-violent tool to undermine impunity.
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