Actress and former UNHCR envoy Angelina Jolie slams Israel for deliberately bombing Gaza
File photo of US actress Angelina Jolie giving a statement in Goudebou, a camp that welcomes more than 11,000 Malian refugees in northern Burkina Faso, on International Refugee Day June 20, 2021. — AFP pic
Thursday, 02 Nov 2023 5:23 PM MYT
RAMALLAH, Nov 2 — American actress and former United Nations refugee agency envoy Angelina Jolie has blasted Israel for ‘bombing of a trapped population who have nowhere to flee,’ in reference to the Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza two days ago, killing and injuring hundreds of Palestinian civilians.
The 48-year-old Hollywood star posted a strong-worded message on Instagram, and attached it with a picture of a residential civilian square in Jabalia that was completely wiped out by Israeli warplanes, and said:
“This is the deliberate bombing of a trapped population who have nowhere to flee. Gaza has been an open-air prison for nearly two decades and is fast becoming a mass grave”.
“40 per cent of those killed are innocent children. Whole families are being murdered. While the world watches and with the active support of many governments, millions of Palestinian civilians — children, women, families — are being collectively punished and dehumanised, all while being deprived food, medicine and humanitarian aid against international law,” Palestine news agency (Wafa) reported Jolie added.
She concluded by saying that world leaders are complicit in these crimes by refusing to demand a humanitarian ceasefire and blocking the UN Security Council.
Almost 9,000 people were killed while over 22,000 others were injured in Israeli bombardment on Gaza Strip since October 7.
The occupied enclave with a population of 2.3 million people also suffered from total blockade with food, water, medicine and fuel running out, while aid convoys allowed into Gaza so far have delivered only a fraction of what is needed. — Bernama-Wafa
Thank you Angelina. Unlike some of your fellow actors, you have no fear of biting the hand that feeds. May you be blessed by the stars that light up the night sky. Love also goes out to Susan Sarandon for recently sharing this lovely quote: "A man stood outside the White House with a single protest candle every night during the Vietnam war. A reporter came to him one night and said: sir. -"Do you really believe your little protest will change anything? And he said: Oh, I don't come here to change them. I come here so they don't change me. I will not allow the steady maddening onslaught of insanity to wear down my humanity. I will keep knowing the truth and telling the truth. I will do my small part- every damn day- to stay human, to stay awake and tender- so the world does not wear away my humanity."
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