Paramore are joining the latest round of celebrity support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza following escalating violence this week between Israel and Hamas in the southern city of Rafah.
On Instagram stories On Wednesday (May 29), the punk-rock trio released information about Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, two organizations currently providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians affected by the ongoing war. After encouraging fans to join in donating to the nonprofit, the band ended their note with a message: “We stand in solidarity with those calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.”
Elsewhere in the post, bandmates Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Zac Farro further explained their stance on the war, which has been ongoing since the Palestinian terror group Hamas killed around 1,200 Israeli civilians and took around 250 others hostage in a surprise attack on Gaza. on October 7. “Finally, we do not believe that supporting our Palestinian friends and family amounts to anti-Semitism,” they wrote. “We love our Jewish friends and family and pray for the safe return of the remaining hostages.”
The group added: “That being said, we simply cannot support a genocide.”
Paramore's post comes amid Israel's recent military push into Rafah, which on Sunday (May 26) culminated in an Israeli airstrike that sparked a deadly fire that killed 45 people who had taken refuge in a Palestinian refugee camp. Over the next two days, at least 37 more Civilians were reportedly killed in additional shelling and raids in the area, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed since the war began to over 36,000.
Israeli leaders have argued that violence in Rafah is vital to securing the return from Hamas of hostages taken in the October 7 attacks, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the refugee camp fire a “tragic accident”. But political leaders and citizens around the world are increasingly calling for an end to the violence after the latest surge in civilian deaths, including other American artists such as Kehlani and Dua Lipa — both of whom have joined Paramore in publicly calling for action against violence this week.
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