Conte Palestina artists: hundreds of Spanish artists against the genocide in Gaza, a movement that grows

The Artistas Con Palestina movement is gaining momentum in Spain. On Instagram, many figures of culture and spectacle – among them Pedro Almodóvar, the singer Rozalén, actress Nerea Barros, but also Juan Diego Botto, Adriana Ugarte, Carlos Bardem, Luis Tosar or even singer Miguel Ríos – call on the government to break his relations with Israel in reaction to Gaza.

On their Instagram account, the organizers present the campaign as a “collective denunciation”, launched after the success of their first action Establecimientos Contra El Genocidio. “Silence is no longer an option,” they say, declining a strong and visual message: This profile, this house, this cinema, this theater, this company … condemns the genocide in Gaza. A way to expand the initiative and involve both individuals and organizations.

This mobilization, which uses Sandía (watermelon) as a symbol, underlines the growing pressure on Spanish artists to clearly display their support for the Palestinian people. It intervenes after intense debates around the silence of certain stars, such as Rosalía, criticized for his lack of position in the face of a genocide which has already cost the life of more than 60,000 Palestinians since 2023. The collective insists on the importance of the commitment of the creators and the link with the small local trade, welcoming the courage of those who have already joined the countryside. For its initiators, this dynamic demonstrates that the world of culture can play a driving role in the denunciation of injustices and in the defense of humanist values.

Beyond personalities, this initiative marks a decisive step: part of Spanish civil society now requires that artists are no longer simple witnesses, but political and moral actors. In a European context often marked by diplomatic prudence, this collective speaking comes to shake up public debate and place the Palestinian question at the heart of the cultural and citizen agenda.

In France, such a movement does not yet exist. Faced with silence heavy of many personalities, it is time for the French cultural world to take responsibility and show the same courage as its Spanish neighbors.