{"id":18012,"date":"2025-05-27T11:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=18012"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:59:16","slug":"over-300-french-speaking-authors-call-for-ceasefire-and-sanctions-on-israel-amid-gaza-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/27\/over-300-french-speaking-authors-call-for-ceasefire-and-sanctions-on-israel-amid-gaza-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 French-Speaking Authors Call for Ceasefire and Sanctions on Israel Amid Gaza War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In a powerful and unprecedented statement published in the French newspaper Lib\u00e9ration, over 300 French-speaking writers, including Le\u00efla Slimani, Virginie Despentes, Ga\u00ebl Faye, Mona Chollet, Nicolas Mathieu, and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, voiced deep concern over the situation in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire, sanctions on Israel, and the release of Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-60\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"c77a1766-1f1a-4a31-9a60-4773de51f008\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"1330\" data-end=\"1349\">The letter reads:\u201cOur collective responsibility is at stake. Israel continues to kill Palestinian men and women relentlessly\u2014dozens every day. Among them are our colleagues: writers in Gaza. And when it doesn\u2019t kill them, it maims, displaces, or deliberately starves them. Israel has destroyed the spaces of reading and writing\u2014libraries, universities, homes, and gardens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1734\">The signatories added:\u201cWe, French-speaking writers, have waited too long to speak in one voice. At this historic moment, we can either turn away or rise to the responsibility placed upon us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1908\" data-end=\"1925\">They concluded:\u201cNow more than ever, we must demand sanctions on the State of Israel and call for an immediate ceasefire that ensures security and justice for Palestinians, facilitates the release of Israeli hostages, and the liberation of thousands of Palestinian prisoners arbitrarily detained in Israeli jails\u2014and brings an end, without delay, to this genocide that affects us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Lire ici la tribune de 300 \u00e9crivains dans <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@libe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9n3ndUBzes\">https:\/\/t.co\/9n3ndUBzes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9zNuc8p1Pl\">pic.twitter.com\/9zNuc8p1Pl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CHRIS LAVAQUERIE-KLEIN (@ChrisLavaquerie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisLavaquerie\/status\/1927253321498190065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2365\">Film Industry Joins Cultural Uprising<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2367\" data-end=\"2753\">On the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival\u2019s opening on May 13, numerous global cinema figures\u2014including Ralph Fiennes, Richard Gere, Javier Bardem, Pedro Almod\u00f3var, and Susan Sarandon\u2014also signed a statement, co-published by Lib\u00e9ration and Variety, condemning the \u201ccultural silence\u201d surrounding what they called the \u201congoing genocide in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2755\" data-end=\"3047\">Since then, over 900 figures from the film industry have added their names to the declaration, including actor Joaquin Phoenix, directors Ari Aster and Guillermo del Toro, and French actors Omar Sy and Juliette Binoche, the latter of whom chaired the 78th Cannes jury.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17099\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17099 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza humanitarian crisis\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"3054\" data-end=\"3094\">Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3096\" data-end=\"3337\">The open letter comes as Gaza continues to suffer under a near-total blockade imposed by Israel. 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