100 celebrities signed an open letter criticizing Israel for labeling six Palestinian human rights groups as “terror organizations” last month. Hollywood stars Richard Gere, Mark Ruffalo, Claire Foy, Tilda Swinton, and Susan Sarandon; sport legend Eric Cantona, director Ken Loach, musician Roger Waters, Jarvis Cocker, the band Massive Attack, artist Bella frued and authors Philip Pullman, Colm Tobin, and Irvine Welsh, were among the high-profile signatories.
**Full list of 116 signatories: **
Roger Waters, musician, UK
Richard Gere, actor, USA
Eric Cantona, actor, France
Susan Sarandon, actor, USA
Kevin Macdonald, film director, UK
Peter Gabriel, musician, founder, Womad Festival, UK
Mike Leigh, film director, UK
Jodie Evans, film producer, USA
Robert Wyatt, musician, UK
Alfreda Benge, artist, UK
Aki Kaurismaki, film director, Finland
Liam Cunningham, actor, Ireland
Ece Temelkuran, author, Turkey
Tilda Swinton, actor, UK
Jim Jarmusch, film director, USA
Laura Poitras, film director, USA
Simon Fisher Turner, musician, UK
Iciar Bollain, film director, Spain
Kleber Mendonça Filho, film director, Brasil
Julie Christie, actor, UK
V (formerly known as Eve Ensler), Playwright, USA
Mark Ruffalo, actor,
Bella Freud, artist, UK
Philip Pullman, author, UK
Stephen Dillane, actor, UK
Brian Eno, artist, UK
Ken Loach, film director, UK
Paul Laverty, writer, UK
Yann Martel, author, Canada
AL Kennedy, author, UK
Naomi Klein, author, Canada
Robert Guediguian, film director, France
Asif Kapadia, film director, UK
Juliet Stevenson, actor, UK
Yanis Varoufakis, author, Greece
Peter Kosminsky, screenwriter and director, UK
Titi Robin, musician, France
Etienne Balibar, philosopher, France
Harriet Walter, actor, UK
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, film director, Thailand
David Michôd, film director, Australia
Claire Foy, actor, UK
Mark Rylance, actor, UK
Alfonso Cuaron, film director, Mexico
Thurston Moore, musician, USA
Jeremy Deller, artist, UK
Kamila Shamsie, author, UK
Monica Ali, author, UK
Phil Manzanera, musician, UK
Laurie Anderson, artist, USA
Michèle Gavras, producer, France
Annemarie Jacir, film director, Palestine
Costa Gavras, film director, Greece
Juan Diego Botto, actor and playwright, Spain
Alberto San Juan, actor and playwright, Spain
Carlos Bardem, actor and writer, Spain
Residente (René Pérez), singer, artist, writer, film director, Puerto Rico
Irvine Welsh, author, UK
Tunde Adebimpe, musician, USA
David Byrne, musician, USA
Ohal Grietzer, musician, Israel
Tai Shani, visual artist, UK
Hany Abu-Assad, film director, Palestine
Simon Pegg, actor, UK
David Mitchell, author, UK
Mira Nair, film director, India
Jarvis Cocker, musician, UK
Fisher Stevens, director, USA
Leopoldo Gout, artist, USA
Julio Pérez del Campo, film director, Spain
Alain Damasio, author, France
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, choreographer, Belgium
Joe Sacco, comic book artist, journalist, USA
Mercè Sampietro, actor, Spain
Ian McEwan, author, UK
Colm Tóibín, author, Ireland
Elaine Mokhtefi, translator, USA
Madeleine Thien, author, Canada
Eliot Weinberger, author, USA
Sabrina Mahfouz, playwright and poet, UK
Joel Beinin, professor, USA
Omar Robert Hamilton, author, UK
John Oakes, publisher, USA
Mary Jane Nealon, poet, USA
Rachel Kushner, author, USA
Lina Meruane, author, Chile
Naomi Wallace, playwright, USA
Rashid Khalidi, author, Palestine
Ben Ehrenreich, author, USA
Adam Shatz, Writer, London Review of Books, USA
Farid Matuk, poet, USA
Michel Moushabeck, publisher, USA
Eileen Myles, poet, USA
Lila Abu-Lughod, Professor, USA
Natalie Diaz, poet, USA
Andrew Ross, New York University, USA
Zeina Azzam, poet, USA
Bernardine Dohrn, human rights advocate, USA
Molly Crabapple, author, USA
Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor at Columbia University, USA
Bruce Robbins, author, USA
Shuchi Saraswat, author, USA
James Schamus, screenwriter and producer, USA
Nancy Kricorian, writer, USA
Jacqueline Rose, author, UK
Andrew O’Hagan, author, UK
Hannah Khalil, playwright, Ireland
Ritu Menon, publisher, India
Janne Teller, author, Denmark
Nicholas Blincoe, author, UK
Rick Simonson, Bookseller, USA
Brigid Keenan, author, UK
Massive Attack, band, UK
Chipo Chung, actor, UK
Fredwreck, music producer,
Alicia Bay Laurel, artist, songwriter, Panama
Neveen Shalaby , Film director, Egypt
Read full statement here
https://artistsforpalestine.org.uk/.../eric-cantona.../
