STARS at the Emmy Awards have used the prestigious ceremony to condemn Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The prestigious awards show took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night, with stars taking to the stage and the red carpet to speak out against Israel's brutal assault on Gaza, which has so far killed more than 64,500 people.
Among those were Hacks actor Hannah Einbinder, who won best supporting actress in a comedy.
She wore a red Artists4Ceasefire pin, as did White Lotus stars Aimee Lou Wood and Natasha Rothwell, as well as Ruth Negga of Presumed Innocent and Chris Perfetti from Abbott Elementary.
The pin urges the US government to call for an "immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost".
During the ceremony on Sunday, Hacks star Einbinder ended her award acceptance speech by saying: "Go birds, f*** ICE and free Palestine."
"Go Birds, F*** ICE and Free Palestine" - #Hacks star Hannah Einbinder after her #Emmys win pic.twitter.com/OIIZD31rLf
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She told the media backstage: “I have friends in Gaza who are working as frontline workers, as doctors, right now in the north of Gaza, to provide care for pregnant women, and [working] for schoolchildren to create schools in the refugee camps.
“It’s an issue that’s really close to my heart for many reasons. I feel like it is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel because our religion and our culture is such an important and longstanding … institution that is really separate to the ethno-nationalist state.”
Einbender is one of more than 4500 film industry professionals – along with Brian Cox, Paul Laverty, Miriam Margolyes, Mark Ruffalo and Tilda Swinton – who signed a pledge last week vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions .
Fellow Hacks actor Megan Stalter was also pictured on the red carpet wearing a purse with "Ceasefire!" written on it in marker.
Meanwhile, Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who was nominated for his performance in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, wore a keffiyeh to the Emmys, saying on the red carpet that he "cannot work with someone who supports the genocide".
Javier Bardem at the #Emmys : "Here I am today denouncing the genocide in Gaza... Free Palestine!" pic.twitter.com/y5LhM3ck7L
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He said: "Here I am today, denouncing the genocide in Gaza. I'm talking about the IAGS, which is the International Association of Genocide Scholars, who study thoroughly genocide, and has declared it is a genocide.
"That's why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade, also sanctions, on Israel to stop the genocide."
Bardem added: "Free Palestine."
