Over a thousand people in Hollywood have signed a pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions for their apparent involvement in the country’s decimation of Palestine, Variety reports.
"We pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions—including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies—that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people," the Film Workers for Palestine’s pledge reads.
Celebrities who have signed the pledge include Emma Stone, Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Aimee Lou Wood, Alyssa Milano, Cynthia Nixon, Ilana Glazer, Brian Cox, and Susan Sarandon.
The organization shared that the pledge was a response to Palestinian artists who called on the international film community to speak out amid Israel’s cruel military campaign in Gaza.
"We answer the call of Palestinian filmmakers, who have urged the international film industry to refuse silence, racism, and dehumanization, as well as to 'do everything humanly possible' to end complicity in their oppression," the pledge reads.
"As filmmakers, actors, film industry workers, and institutions, we recognize the power of cinema to shape perceptions. In this urgent moment of crisis, where many of our governments are enabling the carnage in Gaza, we must do everything we can to address complicity in that unrelenting horror," the pledge says.
While the pledge precludes signees from showing work in Israeli film festivals and theaters, signees can still work with individuals who are from Israel.
On Oct. 7, it will be two years since Hamas attacked Israel, which provoked a military campaign that has seen the destruction of Gaza, the death of more than 64,000 Palestinians, a hunger crisis, and the internal displacement of almost the entire population, per PBS.