Spanish actor Javier Bardem denounces Israeli prime minister

Oscar-winning Spanish actor Javier Bardem denounced Israel on Friday for committing "crimes against humanity" in the Gaza Strip.

Giving a lengthy and eloquent assessment of Israel’s military attacks in Gaza during a press conference at the San Sebastian Film Festival, he urged the international community to hold those responsible to account.

Bardem attended the event to pick up his 2023 Donostia Award for career achievement. He was unable to attend last year’s edition due to the US actors’ strike.

Answering a question about politics and Israel, he said, “What is happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable, it is terrible, it is dehumanizing."

The No Country for Old Men actor and Oscar winner continued to say that he believed Israel “is committing crimes against humanity.”

“Obviously, the atrocious, terrible, and reprehensible attacks on October 7th do not justify this massive punishment that the Palestinian population is suffering,” he also noted.

Bardem questioned the impunity that the current Israeli administration enjoys, calling on world countries, particularly the United States, Germany, and England, to reconsider their unconditional support for the regime amid its war on Gaza.

Furthermore, Barden said, “It is our responsibility to be able to observe and denounce those situations that we consider unacceptable, and to ask the International Criminal Court, the international justice of the United Nations, to condemn and judge those responsible. In this case, Netanyahu. To give unconditional support is more than giving wings to the abuse of international law.”

He also said, “Prohibiting the entry of food, water, medicine, and electricity, as UNICEF says, is a war against children, and continues this trauma for generations.”

Bardem received a big round of applause from the journalists in the room after his statement.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians, many of them women and children, have been killed as a result of Israel’s attacks on Gaza.