Artists4Ceasefire
{{Short description|Collective of artists calling for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war}}
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Artists4Ceasefire is a collective of actors, filmmakers, and other artists calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire during the Gaza war in Gaza, the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians, and the release of all hostages.{{Cite news |last=Holtermann |first=Callie |date=March 10, 2024 |title=On Oscars Carpet, Red Pins Worn to Call for Cease-Fire in Gaza |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/style/red-pins-gaza-ceasefire-oscars.html |access-date=March 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528161347/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/style/red-pins-gaza-ceasefire-oscars.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Tashjian |first1=Rachel |last2=Lau |first2=Joyce |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Red pins on the red carpet: Celebrities call for cease-fire at the Oscars |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/03/11/oscars-red-pin-meaning/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |last=Olsen |first=Mark |date=March 10, 2024 |title=Those red buttons people are wearing on red carpets are a call for a cease-fire in Gaza |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-03-10/oscars-2024-academy-awards-red-carpet-buttons-artists-for-ceasefire |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310213229/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-03-10/oscars-2024-academy-awards-red-carpet-buttons-artists-for-ceasefire |url-status=live }} The collective was started on October 20, 2023, two weeks after the October 7 attacks.
The group that first formed to call for a ceasefire launched a new campaign on September 5, 2024, calling on the U.S. to stop sending Israel weapons, citing "grave human rights violations".{{cite news |title=Celebrities demand US arms embargo on Israel, alleging human rights violations |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/celebrities-demand-us-arms-embargo-on-israel-alleging-human-rights-violations/ |agency=The Times of Israel |date=6 September 2024}}
Open letter
In October 2023, 55 artists and entertainment industry members signed an open letter to President Joe Biden as part of the collective demanding a ceasefire.{{Cite news |last=Vaziri |first=Aidin |title=Bay Area artists join open letter to Biden calling for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/bay-area-artists-call-for-peace-israel-gaza-18450720.php |access-date=March 11, 2024 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}{{Cite web |title=Entertainment industry A-listers sign a letter to Biden urging a cease-fire in Gaza |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/21/1207783685/celebrities-letter-ceasefire-israel-gaza-biden |website=npr.org |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030212312/https://www.npr.org/2023/10/21/1207783685/celebrities-letter-ceasefire-israel-gaza-biden |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |date=March 10, 2024 |title=How Stars Like Billie Eilish and Cillian Murphy Got Political at Oscars 2024 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/billie-eilish-ramy-youssef-more-stars-wear-ceasefire-pins-at-oscars-2024 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528161304/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/billie-eilish-ramy-youssef-more-stars-wear-ceasefire-pins-at-oscars-2024 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=October 20, 2023 |title=Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett and More Stars Demand Joe Biden Call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire: 'Compassion Must Prevail' |url=https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/hollywood-demands-gaza-israel-ceasefire-joaquin-phoenix-cate-blanchett-1235763646/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312082113/https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/hollywood-demands-gaza-israel-ceasefire-joaquin-phoenix-cate-blanchett-1235763646/ |url-status=live }} The letter has expanded to include hundreds of artists,{{Cite web |last=Mehra |first=Vansh |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Oscars 2024: Why Did People Wear Red Pins & Buttons? |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1594801-oscars-2024-red-pins-buttons-people-wearing-why-meaning-gaza |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=ComingSoon.net |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314025516/https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1594801-oscars-2024-red-pins-buttons-people-wearing-why-meaning-gaza |url-status=live }} including Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Bella and Gigi Hadid, Michael Stipe, Cate Blanchett, Zayn Malik, Frank Ocean, Rachel McAdams, Oscar Isaac, Bradley Cooper, David Oyelowo, Ben Affleck, John Cusack, Kristen Stewart, Channing Tatum, Quinta Brunson, Sandra Oh, Jon Stewart, and Joaquin Phoenix.{{cite news |title=Celebrities call for ceasefire, decry civilian deaths: Hollywood reacts to Israel-Hamas war |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/10/16/israeli-palestinian-conflict-celebrity-reactions/71206600007/ |work=USA Today |date=October 16, 2023}}{{cite news |title=Hollywood stars who broke silence on Israel- Palestine conflict, here is the list |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/hollywood-stars-who-broke-silence-on-israel-palestine-conflict-here-is-the-list/articleshow/104834313.cms?from=mdr |work=The Economic Times |date=31 October 2023}} The letter reads: "We believe all life is sacred, no matter faith or ethnicity and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians."{{cite news |title=Hollywood stars urge Biden to push for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/21/hollywood-stars-urge-biden-to-push-for-ceasefire-in-israel-hamas-war |work=Al Jazeera |date=21 October 2023}} Its other signatories include Tom Hardy, Milla Jovovich, Richard Gere, Peter Gabriel, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Annie Lennox, Alyssa Milano, Jim Jarmusch, Brian Cox, Michael Moore, Andrew Garfield, Alfonso Cuarón, Selena Gomez, Janelle Monáe, Lupita Nyong'o, Hasan Minhaj, Jeremy Strong, Ayo Edebiri, Jenna Ortega, Mark Ruffalo, Cynthia Nixon, Dua Lipa, and Mark Rylance.{{cite news |title='People are being penalised': Hollywood divided over Israel-Hamas conflict |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/02/hollywood-divide-israel-gaza-conflict-susan-sarandon-cynthia-nixon |work=The Guardian |date=2 December 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Artists4Ceasefire |url=https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Artists4Ceasefire |language=en-US |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216055552/https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac and More Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza and Israel: "Stand for Our Common Humanity" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/israel-hamas-war-andrew-garfield-oscar-isaac-more-call-for-ceasefire-joe-biden-1235623927/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 20, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Judy |title=Annie Lennox calls for Gaza cease-fire at Grammys |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4448113-annie-lennox-calls-for-gaza-ceasefire-at-grammys/ |work=The Hill |date=4 February 2024}}
In September 2024, Artists4Ceasefire joined with Oxfam America, ActionAid, and Shepard Fairey to issue a call to action titled "Stop Weapons, Save Lives".{{cite web |last1=Ritman |first1=Alex |title=Mark Ruffalo, Mahershala Ali, Cynthia Nixon and Ilana Glazer Among Stars Calling for Halt to Illegal Weapons Transfers to Israel in New Artists4Ceasefire Initiative: ‘Enough Is Enough’ |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/mark-ruffalo-mahershala-ali-cynthia-nixon-ilana-glazer-us-end-israel-arms-sales-artists4ceasefire-1236131402/ |website=Variety |access-date=14 September 2024}} Among those calling for a U.S. arms embargo on Israel are Mahershala Ali, Cynthia Nixon, Mark Ruffalo, and Ilana Glazer. "Our demand is simple—our elected leaders must enforce existing U.S. and international humanitarian laws that prohibit the use of military assistance to commit grave human rights violations", Ruffalo said.{{cite news |title=Artists4Ceasefire: Hollywood stars call for US arms embargo on Israel as Gaza attacks continue |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/hollywood-stars-call-us-arms-embargo-israel-amid-gaza-war |agency=New Arab}}
Pin design
The Artists4Ceasefire enamel pin depicts an orange hand with a black heart inside on a red background. Snopes compared the orange hand used in the design to red-hand symbols including the Red Hand of Ulster (a symbol used for the Irish province of Ulster), the symbol for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), and people criticizing Israel as having "blood on its hands" for its actions in Gaza. The Israeli government and New York Post journalist David Kaufman said that the symbol represents the 2000 Ramallah lynching, while Seth Mandel wrote in an editorial in The Free Press that it "is meant to valorize the murderers of Jews."{{cite web |title=The Meaning of Kfir Bibas |url=https://www.thefp.com/p/the-meaning-of-kfir-bibas |website=thefp.com |publisher=The Free Press |access-date=21 February 2025}} Artists4Ceasefire stressed that the hand was orange, not red, but did not comment on whether the symbol was a reference to the lynchings.{{Cite web |last=Izzo |first=Jack |date=March 12, 2024 |title=What Did the Pins Worn by Celebrities at the 2024 Oscars Mean? |url=https://www.snopes.com//news/2024/03/11/oscars-red-lapel-pins-gaza/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=Snopes |language=en |quote=Snopes spoke with representatives for Artists4Ceasefire via Zoom interview. They stressed numerous times that the hand present on the pin's design was orange, not red.}}
Members of the collective
= People wearing pins =
Several attendees of the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony wore red Artists4Ceasefire badges, including Quannah Chasinghorse, Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Ramy Youssef, Riz Ahmed, Mahershala Ali, Kaouther Ben Hania and Misan Harriman.{{Cite web |title=Oscars 2024: A night of 'Oppenheimer,' quiet protest, and Ryan Gosling just being Ken |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/10/1233163853/2024-oscar-winners-oppenheimer-emma-stone |website=npr.org |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=2024-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311040431/https://www.npr.org/2024/03/10/1233163853/2024-oscar-winners-oppenheimer-emma-stone |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Jaden |last2=Donnelly |first2=Matt |last3=Moreau |first3=Jordan |date=March 10, 2024 |title=Protesters Turn Oscars Red Carpet Into Gridlock as Show Threatens to Start With Many Empty Seats |url=https://variety.com/2024/awards/news/oscars-protest-ceasefire-pins-red-carpet-1235927210/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311020010/https://variety.com/2024/awards/news/oscars-protest-ceasefire-pins-red-carpet-1235927210/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=March 10, 2024 |title=Billie Eilish, Ramy Youssef and More Stars Wearing Artists4Ceasefire Pins on Oscars 2024 Red Carpet, Explained |url=https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/oscars-pins-2024-red-carpet-artists4ceasefire-1236256956/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=WWD|archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528161259/https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/oscars-pins-2024-red-carpet-artists4ceasefire-1236256956/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Oscars 2024: Protest pins worn on the red carpet and what they mean |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240311-oscars-2024-artists-wear-protest-pins-ceasefire-equity-trans-children |access-date=March 15, 2024 |website=BBC |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315111516/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240311-oscars-2024-artists-wear-protest-pins-ceasefire-equity-trans-children |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2024 |title=Billie Eilish, Ramy Youssef, and More Wore Artists4Ceasefire Pins at Oscars 2024 |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/billie-eilish-ramy-youssef-artists4ceasefire-pins-oscars-2024 |access-date=March 19, 2024 |website=Teen Vogue |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319213655/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/billie-eilish-ramy-youssef-artists4ceasefire-pins-oscars-2024 |url-status=live }} Some attendees also wore Palestinian flag pins, including Milo Machado-Graner and Swann Arlaud.{{Cite web |last=Torregiani |first=Isabella |date=March 11, 2024 |title=What Did Billie Eilish's Pin at the 2024 Oscars Mean? |url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/what-did-billie-eilishs-pin-at-the-2024-oscars-mean/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=J-14 |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314031449/https://www.j-14.com/posts/what-did-billie-eilishs-pin-at-the-2024-oscars-mean/ |url-status=live }} In an interview at the event, Youssef said:{{Cite web |last=Brookins |first=Laurie |date=March 10, 2024 |title=Stars Wear Red Pin in Support of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire at the 2024 Oscars |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/ceasefire-pin-celebrities-oscars-2024-explained-1235847907/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314035556/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/ceasefire-pin-celebrities-oscars-2024-explained-1235847907/ |url-status=live }}
{{blockquote|We are all calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. We are calling for the safety of everyone involved and we really want lasting justice and peace for the Palestinian people.}}
At the 2024 Grammy Awards, musician Annie Lennox finished her tribute to Sinéad O'Connor by saying, "Artists for ceasefire, peace in the world".{{Cite web |last=Garvey |first=Marianne |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Annie Lennox calls for ceasefire during Grammys performance |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/entertainment/annie-lennox-ceasefire/index.html |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=CNN |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311102411/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/entertainment/annie-lennox-ceasefire/index.html |url-status=live }} The members of Boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker) and Bo Burnham also wore Artists4Ceasefire pins.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |first4= |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Grammys feature Gaza cease-fire calls, keffiyeh & support for Israeli hostages|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/02/grammys-feature-gaza-cease-fire-calls-keffiyeh-support-israeli-hostages |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=Al-Monitor|archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314030745/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/02/grammys-feature-gaza-cease-fire-calls-keffiyeh-support-israeli-hostages |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Amatulli |first=Jenna |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Stars wear red Gaza ceasefire pins at Oscars as protest delays arrivals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/10/oscars-red-carpet-gaza-pins |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528161330/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/10/oscars-red-carpet-gaza-pins |url-status=live }}
Tony Shalhoub and Ebon Moss-Bachrach wore the pins at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
At the Directors Guild of America Awards in February 2024, Ruffalo wore the pin and said: "We’re not going to bomb our way to peace".{{Cite web |title=Actors wear red pins calling for Gaza ceasefire on Oscars red carpet |url=https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274152741/actors-wear-red-pins-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-on-oscars-red-carpet |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=Big News Network.com |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314030745/https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274152741/actors-wear-red-pins-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-on-oscars-red-carpet |url-status=live }}
Endorsements
Artists4Ceasefire's message was spread through a partnership with artist Shepard Fairey and several humanitarian organizations, including Oxfam America, ActionAid USA, and the War Child Alliance. On October 27, 2023, Oxfam US declared its support for the collective via posts and stories on its Instagram account.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/oxfamamerica/p/Cy6Mwb1OI_8/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Instagram |archive-date=2024-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518153300/https://www.instagram.com/oxfamamerica/p/Cy6Mwb1OI_8/ |url-status=live }} On November 6, 2023, ActionAid USA released a statement of its support for the collective.{{Cite web |title=ActionAid USA endorses the Artists4Ceasefire Letter|url=https://www.actionaidusa.org/news/actionaid-usa-endorses-the-artists4ceasfire-letter/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=ActionAid USA News |archive-date=2024-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528161926/https://www.actionaidusa.org/news/actionaid-usa-endorses-the-artists4ceasfire-letter/ |url-status=live }}
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External links
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