Top Hollywood star Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany calls for an end to the Israeli genocide on Gaza during her Walk of Fame award acceptance. In an unexpected surprise the star of She-Hulk and Orphan Black told the committee and the audience in the ceremony it’s a must for Israel to stop its genocide on Gaza and for the Canadian government to stop supporting Israel.
Her comments are trending on social media.
“It’s strange to be standing up here when we are witnessing the genocide of the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli settler colonial state,” Maslany said.
“…We watch and we do nothing and I would say with whatever platform I have that we can’t do nothing and I would demand that our government demands ceasefire, stop funding the genocide, stop being complicit in it.”
She then thanked everyone for this honor and shouted “Free Palestine”
She later spoke to the media saying what is happening in Gaza is
“is beyond, beyond comprehension,” adding “there so much action that can be taken by our government, by the US government” but “they are doing exactly the opposite.”
“And by funding the Israeli army. By supporting the genocide, we are complicit, Maslany added in reference to Canada’s pro-Israeli stances.
“And so I couldn’t stand up here as a Canadian, flanked by Mounties without speaking to that and without acknowledging it..”
More than 37,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israeli waged its war on the enclave after 7 October, 2023.
Dr Asmar is a writer based in Amman covering Middle East Affairs
