Online Desk: Scottish Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox called for a ceasefire in Gaza during the Grammy Awards on Sunday.
Lennox is one of over 300 artists, actors, and campaigners that signed a statement in late October urging the US Congress and President Joe Biden to call for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and Israel via Artists4Ceasefire.org, reports CNN.
As of January 23, additional artists who have signed the letter included America Ferrera, Jordan Peele, Gracie Abrams, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Amanda Gorman, Dua Lipa, Jon Stewart, and Drake, it said.
“We are here to lend our voices and our platforms to amplify the global call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the safe return of all hostages, and the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the civilians in Gaza,” an Artists4Ceasefire statement read. “We stand for our common humanity, and a future rooted in freedom, justice, dignity and peace for all people. We cannot be silent. Compassion must prevail.”
Singer and social media star Montana Tucker, on the red carpet at the Grammys expressed support for Israeli hostages, said the report.
“I understand what is going on right now is extremely sensitive. It doesn’t have to be political. It just has to be about humanity,” Tucker told CNN.