A group of 55 celebrities have signed a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to call a ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group broke out after Hamas attacked Israeli civilians at a music festival on October 7, killing more than 900 people. Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes have killed more than 3,000 people in Gaza.
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Notable signatories to the open letter include Andrew Garfield, Cate Blanchett, Oscar Isaac, Kristen Stewart, Dua Lipa, Quinta Brunson, Jessica Chastain, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Hasan Minhaj, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Strong.
The letter was published by the organization Artists 4 Ceasefire and calls on President Biden to “call for an immediate reduction in tensions and a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost.”
And he continues: “More than 5,000 people have been murdered in the last week and a half, a figure that anyone with a conscience knows is catastrophic. “We believe that all life is sacred, regardless of faith or ethnicity, and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians.”
“We urge your administration and all world leaders to honor all lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay: an end to the bombing of Gaza and the safe release of the hostages. Half of Gaza’s two million residents are children, and more than two-thirds are refugees and their descendants forced to flee their homes. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach them.”
“We believe the United States can play a vital diplomatic role in ending suffering and we are adding our voices to those of the United States Congress, UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, the International Committee of the Red Cross and many others. Saving lives is a moral imperative. To echo UNICEF, ‘compassion and international law must prevail.’”
Last week, more than 700 Hollywood stars signed an open letter in support of Israel.
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