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Javier Bardem Denounces Gaza ‘Genocide’ on Emmy Red Carpet, Calls for Sanctions on Israel

His red-carpet plea amplified a growing film-industry boycott that cites a genocide finding by the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

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Javier Bardem con un pañuelo palestino en los premios Emmy
Javier Bardem, con un pañuelo palestino en los premios Emmy.
El actor se sumó la semana pasada, junto a otros 1.400 profesionales del cine, a la agrupación Film Workers for Palestine, a través de la cual se niegan a trabajar o colaborar con empresas ni instituciones israelís que estén "implicadas en el genocidio y el apartheid contra el pueblo palestino"

Overview

  • Arriving at the 77th Emmys in Los Angeles, Bardem wore a Palestinian kufiya and raised his fist before speaking to reporters.
  • He urged a diplomatic and commercial blockade and sanctions on Israel, citing IAGS as having determined the situation in Gaza is genocide.
  • He said he will not work with film or TV companies that justify or support what he called the genocide.
  • Bardem is a signatory to Film Workers for Palestine, which organizers and outlets say has drawn more than 4,500 industry pledges to boycott Israeli institutions deemed complicit.
  • He was nominated for supporting actor for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story but lost to Owen Cooper, and winner Hannah Einbinder punctuated her speech with “Free Palestine.”