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Since the first days of the Israeli war on Gaza, British actress Florence Pugh announced her clear position against targeting Palestinian civilians, demanding a ceasefire.
The 27-year-old actress also regularly shares stories and opinions on her social media pages to inform the world of the ugliness of the Israeli attack on Gaza.
Pugh – who played the role of psychologist Jane Tatlock in the movie “Oppenheimer” – was among 60 Hollywood celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix and Rami Youssef, who signed a letter to the US president urging him to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
She, along with dozens of prominent names in the entertainment world, including Jewish figures such as Mandy Patinkin, Ilana Glazer and Andrew Garfield – in a statement issued by the “Artists for a Ceasefire” organization – called on Biden to work to achieve “an immediate halt to the escalation before another life is lost.”
“We urge your administration, and all world leaders, to honor all lives in the Holy Land and to call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay, an end to the bombing of Gaza, and the safe release of the hostages,” the letter said.
Despite the fears that prevent many Hollywood stars from expressing their opinions, Bag continued to express her position, and participated on my hashtag #GazaUnderAttack And #FreePalestine With awareness leaflets against Israeli crimes and statistics on the number of martyrs and wounded.
More than 3,000 figures in the field of arts and culture in the United Kingdom signed an open letter calling for an immediate end to the Israeli bombing of Gaza, describing the situation as a “crime” and “disaster.”
“Israel has turned a large part of Gaza into rubble, cutting off water, electricity, food and medicine supplies to 2.3 million Palestinians,” the letter said.
Signatories include stars Tilda Swinton, Charles Dance, Peter Mullan, Steve Coogan, Miriam Margolyes, Khaled Abdullah, and Maxine Peake.
The letter was also signed by directors Michael Winterbottom, Mike Leigh and Wasif Kapadia, comedians Frankie Boyle and Josie Long, playwrights Tanika Gupta and Abi Sabalin, poet Anthony Anaxagoro, in addition to visual artists Tai Shani, Orit Ashry, Larissa Sansour, Rosalind Nashashibi, Florence Peck, and Georgina Peck. Starr, and authors Marina Warner, Jacqueline Rose, Gillian Slovo, and Courtia Newland.
The letter recalled the statement of the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs that the “ghost of death” looms over the region.
More than two thousand artists around the world issued a statement in which they accused Western governments of helping Israel commit war crimes in Gaza, and demanded an end to military and political support for Israel.
These artists include Tilda Swinton, Charles Dance, Steve Coogan, Peter Mullan, Maxine Peake, and Miriam Margulies, among those who expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people, along with the Irishman Liam Cunningham – one of the heroes of the series “Game of Thrones” – and Susan Sarandon and John Gosack.
It is noteworthy that Pugh was previously nominated for BAFTA and Oscar awards, and became famous through the films “Outlaw King” in 2018, and “Little Women” in 2019.
