Spanish actor said he cannot “work with someone who justifies or supports genocide”
Spanish actor Javier Bardem made a pro-passage protest during Emmy’s red carpet on Sunday (14.Set.2025) in Los Angeles. He stated to be part of a group with 1,500 artists who have committed not to work with Israeli institutions.
Nominated as best supporting actor for the series “Monsters: Menendez Brothers – Parents Assassins ”Bardem was defeated by Owen Cooper (adolescence). The actor crossed the red carpet using a Keffiyeh – traditional Arabian lean. When interviewing the magazine the artist classified the situation in the Gaza Strip as “genocide”, Citing a study by IAGS (Acronym of International Association of Studies on Genocide). He defended the application of commercial and diplomatic sanctions against Israel.
“I cannot work with someone who justifies or supports genocide. It’s simple. We should not be able to do this – in this industry or any other ”said the actor.
Oscar winner in 2007 best supporting actor for his role in “Where the weak have no time ”Bardem also spoke in the context of one organized by the FWP group (Film Workers for Palestine). In the document, the signatories declare that they will not work with Israeli film institutions and companies involved in “genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”.
The commitment states that examples of complicity include “Camouflage or justify genocide and apartheid and/or sign partnerships with the government that commits them”.
Signatories include names known as actors Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Ralph Fiennes, Guillermo Del Toro, Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, as well as Yorgos Lanthimos directors, Ava Duvernay and Asif Kapadia.
Bardem stated that the initiative does not target individuals based on identity: “The targets are the companies and film institutions that are accomplices and are camouflage or justifying genocide and its apartheid regime ”.
The initiative was the subject of reaction from the API (Israeli Producers Association), which classified the measure as “deeply wrong”.
Paramount responded to the letter by stating that it does not agree with the boycott, arguing that silencing creative artists based on its nationality does not promote a better understanding or contribute to the cause of peace.
On the same day of Emmy, more than in the Gaza Strip, most in bombing of Israeli troops in the north of the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli army has been doing for over 1 month, offensive against the city of Gaza. The goal is to occupy the region, try to rescue the Israeli hostages that are still under the mastery of Hamas and eliminate the group. It is estimated that the attacks have caused the displacement of 1 million people who lived in the city.
The ongoing war in the Gaza Strip was triggered by an attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023 south of Israel, which left 1,200 killed, mostly civilians, and 251 hostages.
In retaliation, Israel launched a large -scale offensive that has left more than 64,000 dead, mostly women and children, according to local authorities controlled by Hamas. The offensive destroyed almost the entire infrastructure of the territory and caused an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the region.
