Javier Bardem Explains Why He Spoke Up About War, Palestine at Oscars

While presenting the Oscar for Best International Film, Bardem declared , “No to war and free Palestine.” The actor was notably wearing a “No a la Guerra” patch on his lapel. At the Vanity Fair party later in the evening, Bardem explained that it’s the same patch he wore to the Goya Awards in Spain in 2003. “I’m wearing a pin that I used in 2003 with the Iraq war, which was an illegal war,” Bardem told reporters on the red carpet at the party.

“And we are here, 23 years after, with another illegal war, created by Trump and Netanyahu with another lie.” Speaking to Variety , Barden said it was important for him to speak up during the Oscars ceremony. “I think it’s important to understand, to bring awareness, that you can do both,” he said. “You can be part of the movie-making community, which is an important community, and also be a citizen that uses this huge [platform] to denounce what one thinks is injustice.

In this case it’s the genocide in Palestine that is still going...