Veteran Hollywood star Susan Sarandon on Friday praised the Spanish authorities’s assist for Gaza, saying it was “on the right side of history”.
“I think Spain is doing an incredible job,” Sarandon, her voice trembling with emotion, advised reporters in Barcelona.
She lauded Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and actors equivalent to Oscar-winner Javier Bardem for taking a robust public stand in assist of Palestine.
“When you turn on the TV and see how strong Spain is and how clear you are morally on these issues, it makes you feel less alone,” Sarandon mentioned.
The star of “Thelma and Louise” referred to as Spain’s place “so important” within the United States, which she described as “a place where you feel repression and censorship”.
Spain’s Sanchez has been probably the most outspoken critics of Israel’s battle on Gaza, turning into probably the most senior European chief to check with the battle as a “genocide”.
His leftist authorities broke with European allies in 2024 by recognising a Palestinian state, infuriating Israel.
“Whenever I have seen him, he has been on the right side of history and also said it in a very clear way.” Sarandon mentioned of Sanchez, describing him as “handsome and tall”.
Sanchez thanked Sarandon, writing on X that “it is so moving for me that someone the whole of Spain has admired and respected for years has made such a wonderful public statement about our country”.
Sarandon is in Barcelona to obtain a lifetime achievement honor at Spain’s high movie awards, the Goyas.
She gained the 1996 Best Actress Oscar for “Dead Man Walking”, the place she performed a nun who helps a person sentenced to demise.
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