Posted on 03/11/2024 8:19:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Mia Khalifa weighed in on the anti-war messaging at Sunday night's 96th Academy Awards, specifically regarding the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
The former adult film star has been a vocal supporter of Palestinians and critic of Israel amid the war in Gaza. The latest round of bloodshed erupted on October 7, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages back to Gaza. Israel's subsequent airstrikes and invasion have killed about 30,000 Palestinians in the territory, many of them women and children, according to Reuters, citing Gaza's Health ministry.
With the conflict continuing to attract divisive debate, a number of attendees at the Oscars donned pins in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. The pin was a red circle with a hand in it and a black love heart on the palm. Billie Eilish, her brother, Finneas O'Connell, Riz Ahmed, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay and Swann Arlaud were among those who added to the pins to their ensembles on the night.
There didn't appear to be any attendees wearing signs of support for Israel. About 134 of the people kidnapped are still being held by Hamas, according to Reuters.
As the Oscars aired, one viewer took to X, formerly Twitter, to bemoan the fact that no mention of the war in Gaza was made when War Is Over! emerged victorious in the Best Animated Short Film category. The film, which is set in an alternate World War I, was inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 classic hit "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," a protest song against the Vietnam War.
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