“They Are Not Collateral Damage”; Actor Mark Ruffalo On Israeli PM’s Remark On Gaza
“They Are Not Collateral Damage”, said the American actor Mark Ruffalo through his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, on Monday. He was responding to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comment that the Palestinian civilians who are being killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza are simply “collateral damage”.
No. Sorry. They are not “collateral damage” they are human beings who happen to have been born there and live there and most of those human beings are stuck there. Have some compassion, they are Palestinians not buildings or roads or things, they are human beings and so are the…
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 13, 2023
“They are not “collateral damage” they are human beings who happen to have been born there and live there and most of those human beings are stuck there”, said Mr Ruffalo on X. He demanded to have some compassion to the Palestinians who are affected by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. “They are Palestinians not buildings or roads or things, they are human beings and so are the hostages whose lives you may also be destroying”, he wrote.
“They aren’t “collateral damage” either”, the actor added. This is not the first time Mr Ruffalo vocalises for the rights of Palestinians to live in peace. “Netanyahu…building up Hamas, which would never be a partner for peace, and tearing down the Palestinian Authority, the only possible partner for peace”, he said recently on X.
“Netanyahu and his far-right zealots have taken Israel on multiple flights of fancy in the last year: dividing the country and the army over the fraudulent judicial reform, bankrupting its future with massive investments in religious schools that teach no math and in West Bank… https://t.co/cKfVg8BHZt
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 10, 2023
