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Emmy Award ceremony sees multiple tributes to Palestinians
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Several actors are using the Emmy Awards ceremony to spread pro-Palestinian messages.
Hannah Einbinder, who wins best supporting actress in a comedy for “Hacks,” ends her speech by cursing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and says: “Free Palestine.”
On the red carpet, fellow “Hacks” star Megan Stalter holds a bag with “Cease fire!” written on it.
Actor Javier Bardem wears a Palestinian keffiyeh and makes lengthy remarks about Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
#Emmys nominee Javier Bardem voices his support to end the genocide in Gaza and talks about the growing movement of Film Workers for Palestine. pic.twitter.com/baBVco4g5I
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 14, 2025
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Bardem highlights the allegation by the International Association of Genocide Scholars that the war is a genocide, urging a “commercial and diplomatic blockade” and sanctions on Israel, adding: “Free Palestine.”
Bardem touts a pledge signed by himself and over 4,000 filmmakers to not work with any Israeli institution that hasn’t disavowed the war, rejecting a statement by the Paramount production firm that criticized the push.
“We do not target individuals by their identity,” he claims, even though the pledge only demands disavowal of the war from Israelis. “What we target are those complicit film companies and institutions that are involved in whitewashing or justifying the genocide of Israel in Gaza and its apartheid regime.”
Bardem, nominated for best supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” vows to “never work” with firms “not condemning the genocide in Gaza, adding that if he subsequently gets fewer roles, this would be “absolutely irrelevant compared to what is going on there.”
AP contributed to this report.
The Times of Israel Community.