Jewish Voice for Peace and the Institute for Middle East Understanding: Celebrities, Artists, Activists Call for Palestinian Freedom in Gaza Names Project (VIdeo)

Video: Celebrities, artists and activists call for Palestinian freedom in #GazaNames project

Adam Horowitz on July 28, 2014 29

Jewish Voice for Peace and the Institute for Middle East Understanding have released a powerful new video featuring celebrities, artists, activists and everyday people speaking out for Palestinian human rights. The video features people holding signs with the names and ages of Palestinian civilians recently killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. Some of the notable people pictured include Chuck D, Jonathan Demme, Gloria Steinem, Wallace Shawn, Tony Kushner, Mira Nair, Roger Waters, Brian Eno, and many others. In a press release to accompany the video playwright Eve Ensler says, “This is a scream on paper. This is a wail. “There are no more words. Only this moment where we rise against the illegal and deathly occupation of Palestine, against mass slaughter of the defenseless, against the complicit silence of the international community, against the military might and arrogance of the Israeli and the U.S. governments who choose annihilation over justice and love.” Continue reading →
source:http://mondoweiss.net