The winner of the Best International Feature Film Oscar took an opportunity during his acceptance speech to discuss the war in Gaza.
Director Jonathan Glazer won the Oscar for his film The Zone of Interest, which is a film that takes place in the home of a Nazi officer stationed next door to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. It was based off of the novel of the same name by the late Martin Amis. Glazer produced a prepared speech on a piece of paper while onstage.
“All our choices were made to reflect, and confront us in the present, not to say look what they did then, rather, look what we do now. Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst,” Glazer said. “It shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people, whether the victims of October 7 in Israel, or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this humanization. How do we resist?”
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It has been over 150 days since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel, where operatives took approximately 250 hostages and killed about 1,200 people. Israel’s resulting military operations have led to the deaths of over 30,000 people in Gaza, per the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, though that total does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
President Joe Biden went on the record in an interview aired Saturday that he is in favor of a ceasefire. The president seemed eager to see Hamas agree to terms with Israel as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is set to begin Sunday night. During that period, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
