Artists4Ceasefire
Artists4Ceasefire is a collective of actors, filmmakers, and other artists calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza, the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians and the release of all hostages.[1][2][3] The collective was started on October 20, 2023.[4]
Formation
Pin design
The Artists4Ceasefire enamel pin depicts an orange hand with a heart inside on a red background. The hand represents the "beautiful community of people from all backgrounds", the heart represents "an invitation for us to lead with our hearts" and the red background represents "urgency of the call to save lives".[5][6]
Snopes compared the orange hand used in the design to red hand symbols including the Red Hand of Ulster (a symbol used for the Irish province of Ulster), the symbol for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and people criticizing the actions of Israel in Gaza as having "blood on its hands". The Israeli government and New York Post journalist David Kaufman said that the hand symbol represents the 2000 Ramallah lynching, which Snopes analyzed in detail and found no evidence that the design referenced the lynching.[7]
Members of the collective
People wearing pins
Several attendees of the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony wore red Artists4Ceasefire badges including Quannah Chasinghorse, Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Ramy Youssef, Riz Ahmed, Mahershala Ali, Kaouther Ben Hania and Misan Harriman.[8][9][10][11][12] In addition to the Artists4Ceasfire pins some attendees wore Palestinian flags including Milo Machado-Graner and Swann Arlaud.[13] Ramy Youssef stated in an interview at the event:[4]
