Actor Javier Bardem denounces a “genocide” in Gaza and calls for finding our humanity

ByMuhammad

Spanish actor Javier Bardem took the floor without detour on the situation in Gaza, during his passage in the program The view (see video below), hosted by Whoopi Goldberg on the ABC channel. A rare and courageous intervention, a thousand leagues from the deafening silence of many artists, especially in French show-business.

A major figure in international cinema, Bardem distinguished himself in both author’s cinema and in major Hollywood productions, Mar ADENTRO has No country for old men (Oscar for best supporting role), passing by Biutiful Or Vicky Cristina Barcelona. A committed actor, he never hesitated to put his notoriety at the service of causes which he deems correct. “Pain is unspeakable,” said Bardem, deeply moved, evoking images of children “murdered, dying of hunger, amputees without anesthesia” and deprived of any medical or food aid. “Yesterday, 25 people were shot dead while they were looking for humanitarian aid, in what they call them Hunger Games “He said angry.

Without ambiguity, he evokes a “genocide”, supported by the analyzes of international jurists, human rights defenders, Holocaust survivors. And he denounces with force “the impunity” of Israel, made possible by “the support of the United States, the financing, the weapons, and the silence of Europe”.

In a climate where many artists prefer to be silent or self -censored, Javier Bardem is distinguished by an integrated word, without calculation, carried by an acute human conscience. “What is at stake is our humanity. If we do not denounce what should be, then we participate in this impunity, “he concluded. A position that contrasts with the fearful conformism of a part of the cultural world, and which recalls that dignity has no border.

of a part of the cultural world, and which recalls that dignity has no border.

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Muhammad

Muhammad is a visionary thinker and passionate writer who has been contributing to Understanding Islam for several years.