US-Israeli Actress Natalie Portman shared her thoughts on the momentous events in the Middle East on Monday in an on-stage conversation with Cannes head Thierry Frémaux at his Lumière Festival in Lyon.

In answer to a question on where she was from, Portman replied: “Well, I’m from Jerusalem, I’m born in Jerusalem, so today is a very, very emotional day.”

Earlier, 20 Israeli hostages returned home after more than two years of captivity in Gaza, which began when they were abducted during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Southern Israel in which 1,200 people died and 251 were kidnapped.

At the same time, more than 1,900 Palestinian detainees and prisoners were released from Israeli jails. The exchange was the first step in a Gaza peace plan brokered by U.S. President Donald Tru

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