(February 16, 2026)

The letter, organised by the group Artists for Palestine and reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirmed the support of more than 100 cultural figures. Among them are actors Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem, Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux, and British musician Annie Lennox.

In the letter, the signatories said: “We offer our full support to Francesca Albanese, a defender of human rights and therefore also of the Palestinian people’s right to exist.”

The statement added: “There are infinitely more of us in every corner of the Earth who want force no longer to be the law. Who know what the word ‘law’ truly means.”