<figure id="attachment_3292824" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3292824" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3292824" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/13789235-Susan-Sarandon.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3292824" class="wp-caption-text">Susan Sarandon is in Barcelona to receive a lifetime achievement honour at Spain&#8217;s top film awards, the Goyas. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
BARCELONA: Veteran Hollywood star Susan Sarandon on Friday praised the Spanish government&#8217;s support for Gaza, saying it was &#8220;on the right side of history&#8221;.
&#8220;I think Spain is doing an incredible job,&#8221; Sarandon, her voice trembling with emotion, told reporters in Barcelona.
She lauded Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and actors such as Oscar-winner Javier Bardem for taking a strong public stand in support of Palestine.
&#8220;When you turn on the TV and see how strong Spain is and how clear you are morally on these issues, it makes you feel less alone,&#8221; Sarandon said.
The star of &#8220;Thelma and Louise&#8221; called Spain&#8217;s position &#8220;so important&#8221; in the United States, which she described as &#8220;a place where you feel repression and censorship&#8221;.
Spain&#8217;s Sanchez has been one of the most outspoken critics of Israel&#8217;s war on Gaza, becoming the most senior European leader to refer to the conflict as a &#8220;genocide&#8221;.
His leftist government broke with European allies in 2024 by recognising a Palestinian state, infuriating Israel.
&#8220;Whenever I have seen him, he has been on the right side of history and also said it in a very clear way.&#8221; Sarandon said of Sanchez, describing him as &#8220;handsome and tall&#8221;.
Sanchez thanked Sarandon, writing on X that &#8220;it is so moving for me that someone the whole of Spain has admired and respected for years has made such a wonderful public statement about our country&#8221;.
Sarandon is in Barcelona to receive a lifetime achievement honour at Spain&#8217;s top film awards, the Goyas.
She won the 1996 Best Actress Oscar for &#8220;Dead Man Walking&#8221;, where she played a nun who supports a man sentenced to death.

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Susan Sarandon praises Spain’s stance on Gaza

The veteran Hollywood star lauded prime minister Pedro Sanchez and actors such as Oscar-winner Javier Bardem for taking a strong public stand in support of Palestine.

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