ALBAWABA - Javier Bardem, an Oscar-winning Spanish actor, has blasted "the impunity" with which Israel commits "crimes against humanity" in its assault on the Gaza Strip.
"What is happening in Gaza is completely unacceptable, terrible, and dehumanizing," Bardem stated during a news conference at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain on Friday. "I believe that this Israeli government is the most radical government that Israel has ever had." urging the international community to hold those guilty accountable.
The well-known actor said that Israel "is committing crimes against humanity and international law."
"Obviously, the atrocious, terrible, and condemnable attacks of Hamas on October 7th do not justify this massive punishment that the Palestinian population is suffering," according to him.
Bardem went on to attack Israel's "unconditional support" from some nations.
"The impunity that the current Israeli government enjoys in its actions in Gaza and the West Bank must change," he said.
The performer said, "What I say or don't say will not change anything, but I think society is beginning to understand that the legitimate right to criticize any government has nothing to do with, in this case, the false accusation of anti-Semitism."
He observed that "many voices" in the previous ten months "within the Jewish community" have spoken out against the Israeli government's conduct.
Bardem continued: "We are all victims of what is happening, and we have the right and moral and ethical obligation to denounce what we consider unjust."
