Hollywood stars condemn Gaza violence on eve of Cannes Festival

'We cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza'

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More than 350 figures from the cinema world, including Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, condemned “genocide” in Gaza in an open letter published Monday, on the eve of the Cannes Festival.

“We cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza,” read the letter initiated by several pro-Palestinian activist groups and published in French newspaper Liberation and US magazine Variety. The signatories, which include acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and former Cannes winner Ruben Ostlund, decried the death of Gazan photojournalist Fatima Hassouna.