{"id":436862,"date":"2025-02-14T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T06:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=436862"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T06:11:12","slug":"tilda-swinton-mocks-donald-trumps-plan-to-take-over-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/tilda-swinton-mocks-donald-trumps-plan-to-take-over-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilda Swinton Mocks Donald Trump’s Plan to Take Over Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a powerful and poetic address at the Berlin Film Festival, Tilda Swinton used her platform to raise her voice for Palestine and take a jab at former President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial plans for Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Accepting the honorary Golden Bear for career achievement, the Oscar-winning actress didn\u2019t shy away from addressing the pressing humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Swinton began her speech by celebrating the festival as \u201ca borderless realm with no policy of exclusion, persecution, or deportation.\u201d<\/p>\n

She described cinema as \u201cthe great independent state,\u201d emphasizing its innate inclusivity and resilience against \u201coccupation, colonization, takeover, ownership, or the development of riviera property.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her remarks were a clear reference to Trump\u2019s recent comments suggesting that Gaza could be transformed into a \u201criviera of the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea, which many have criticized as tone-deaf and dismissive of the ongoing suffering of Palestinians, was met with Swinton\u2019s sharp wit and unwavering conviction.<\/p>\n

Transitioning from the celebration of cinema to the grim realities of the world, Swinton acknowledged the \u201cstate-perpetrated and internationally-enabled mass murder\u201d that is currently terrorizing various parts of the globe, specifically highlighting the plight of Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are facts. They need to be faced,\u201d she asserted, her voice steady and resolute. \u201cSo for the sake of clarity, let\u2019s name it. The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swinton\u2019s words resonated deeply, as she expressed her unwavering solidarity with those who recognize the \u201cunacceptable complacency of our greed-addicted governments who make nice with planet-wreckers and war criminals, wherever they come from.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t

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Swinton\u2019s speech comes at a critical time, as the U.S. has entered a second presidency under Trump, who has faced backlash for his handling of international relations, particularly in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Despite a recent ceasefire in the ongoing Israeli siege of Gaza, the lives of Palestinians remain precarious, with many still living under the threat of violence and displacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a powerful and poetic address at the Berlin Film Festival, Tilda Swinton used her platform to raise her voice for Palestine and take a jab at former President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial plans for Gaza. Accepting the honorary Golden Bear for career achievement, the Oscar-winning actress didn\u2019t shy away from addressing the pressing humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region. Swinton […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":436864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2537,2576,1298,2525,2199,2540,2530],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-436862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards","8":"category-celebrity-news","9":"category-culture","10":"category-event","11":"category-featured","12":"category-international","13":"category-social-issue-cause"},"wps_subtitle":"The actress called out the \u201cstate-perpetrated and internationally-enabled mass murder\u201d during the Berlin Film Festival","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tilda-swinton-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tilda-swinton.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tilda-swinton.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Awards","Celebrity News","Culture","Event","Featured","International","Social Issue\/Cause"],"title_text":"Tilda Swinton Mocks Donald Trump\u2019s Plan to Take Over Gaza","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2537,2576,1298,2525,2199,2540,2530&exclude=436862","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436862"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=436862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}