Thousands gathered at Wembley Stadium in London for the “Together for Palestine” concert, where artists including Bastille, James Blake, Paloma Faith, Jamie xx, and PinkPantheress performed alongside Palestinian musicians Sama’ Abdulhadi, Saint Levant, and Elyanna. Proceeds will go to Palestinian aid groups.
Actors Florence Pugh, Nicola Coughlan, and Benedict Cumberbatch, football legend Eric Cantona, and UN Palestine Rapporteur Francesca Albanese also attended. Celebrities denounced silence over Gaza, with Riz Ahmed calling the event a “historic moment” and Mehdi Hasan praising Palestinian journalists for “showing the world that the truth cannot be destroyed by bombing.”
Cantona criticized FIFA’s stance on Israel, while Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos compared Palestinians’ struggle to his own, declaring, “Freedom is not a gift, it’s a right.”