ALBAWABA - In a strong public statement, Oscar-winning Spanish actor Javier Bardem said that Israel, the US, and European countries were all involved in what he called a "genocide" in Gaza and asked everyone to speak out.
He wrote this on an Instagram post:
That Israel kills. The United States gives money. "Europe backs."
His message came with a video of a guy carrying the body of a child who had been killed by an Israeli airstrike. Bardem made a call to his fans and said:
"Respectable people like us need to speak out against this genocide." “Don't keep quiet; if you do, you're also guilty.”
Bardem has been speaking out against Israel's war on Gaza for a number of months now. This speech is one of them. At the 2024 San Sebastián Film Festival, Bardem said that he didn't like keeping quiet. He said that the war was a genocide happening "in front of our eyes and in 4K" at the New York opening of the movie F1. He also said that the Israeli government was breaking international law by committing "crimes against humanity."
During an interview on ABC's "The View," he said these things again to support his point of view.
Bardem's strong stance has been praised by people who fight for human rights around the world, but it has also been criticized by people who back Israel. Even so, he has argued that staying quiet about these kinds of crimes is like betraying humanity.
