Among the speakers and presenters were actors Richard Gere, Benedict Cumberbatch and Florence Pugh.
Last night the tickets were exhausted in the Ovo Arena Wembley in London, with capacity for 12,500 people, for the concert “Together for Palestine” (together for Palestine)the biggest concert in the United Kingdom to raise funds to Loop. The event, which was broadcast live exclusively through YouTube, brought together musicians, actors and activists in order to raise funds to support Palestinian organizations that respond to the growing humanitarian crisis in the region.
Coordinated by Brian entogether with the Palestinian artist Malak Mattarwhich acted as an artistic director, funds from ticket sale, donations online and merchandise are distributed through the British chaose love love to help groups such as Taawon, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and Palestine Medical Relief Service.
How much the concert “Together for Palestine” raised
The act was announced as “a meeting of artists, musicians and people for whom silence is impossible.” The sale of tickets for the event raised about 500,000 pounds (576,600 euros), and the presenter Jameela Jamil announced that the final figure amounted to A total of 1.5 million pounds (1.7 million euros).
In the eclectic poster there were musicians like Portishead, Gorillaz, Nadine Shah, Neneh Cherry, PinkPantheress, Bastille, Jamie XX, James Blake and several Palestinian musicians like Nai Barghouti, Elyanna, Adnan Joubran, Faraj Suleiman and the rapper El Far3i.
Among the speakers and presenters were the actors Richard Gere, Benedict Cumberbatch and Florence Pugh Even the former football star Eric Cantona, Chicken Shop Date presenter, Amelia Dimoldenberg, and documentary director Louis Theroux.
In a pre -recorded video that was projected before the concert the actors appeared Cillian Murphy, Joaquin Phoenix and Brian Coxalong with other musicians such as Billie Eilish. They asked for immediate fire and urged the public to press their governments.
Benedict Cumberbatch He took the stage to read the poem ‘On this earth there are reasons to live’ by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, sharing the reading with the playwright Amer Hlehel.
Florence Pughon the other hand, he pronounced an emotional speech: “Silence in the face of so much suffering is not neutrality. It is complicity. And empathy should not be so difficult, and it should never have been so difficult.”
The UN Special Rapporteur over Human Rights in the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanesehe received great ovation. He urged people not to lose sight of the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank: “While we met here tonight celebrating life and hope, many Palestinians hold their loved ones in improvised stores, waiting for the next bomb.”
Eric Cantona He urged the UEFA to suspend Israel, and stressed a double scratch flagrant: “Four days after Russia began a war in Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA prohibited Russia. We had 716 days of what Amnesty International has described as genocide, and yet, Israel continues to continue participating.”
Source: Ambito
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