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Cate Blanchett’s recent red carpet look has got people talking (Picture: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Cate Blanchett’s latest Cannes Film Festival 2024 dress appeared to resemble the Palestinian flag.

When the Tar actress, 55, took to the red carpet for The Apprentice premiere last night, fans were convinced that her Jean Paul Gaultier dress was specifically designed to show solidarity for Palestine amid the ongoing bombardment of Gaza at the hands of Israel.

Suspicion arose when Cate waved around the skirt of her dress to expose an unusual bright green lining

Coupled with a black front and a light back against the crimson backdrop of the red carpet, fans were convinced the gown was intended to represent the colours of the Palestinian flag.

Vogue Arabia’s editor Livia Firth took to social media with a snap of the red carpet moment, and seemed to think it was indeed a pro-Palestine flag from the A-lister, as she said: ‘I LOVE U CATE 🙌 cannes #cannesfilmfestival when the carpet has meaning.’

Other fans flocked to support Cate, as @ZahiraJaser said: ‘When I grow up I want to become Cate Blanchett, and have the subtlety to think the carpet is already red, so I can just wear a black & white dress with green lining to make such a strong point.’

Sharing a photo of the look, @DrLoupis wrote: ‘Cate Blanchett at the Cannes Film Festival wearing a Palestine dress.’

Meanwhile, @D_ebotri said: ‘Cate Blanchett coordinated her outfit to look like the flag of Palestine on the red carpet in Cannes 👑 This woman.’

Fans are sure the dress – against the red carpet – symbolised the Palestinian flag (Picture: Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

She took to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of The Apprentice (Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

@ayshataryam wrote: ‘Cate Blanchett in Jean Paul Gaultier at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. It’s all in the details. Legend.’

Others weren’t so convinced though, pointing out that the back of the dress appears to be a very light baby pink as opposed to white.

In October, Cate was among 55 Hollywood stars who signed an open letter to President Joe Biden urging for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel.

‘We urge your administration, and all world leaders, to honor all of the lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay – an end to the bombing of Gaza, and the safe release of hostages,’ said the letter, also signed by Kristen Stewart, Ramy Youssef, Joaquin Phoenix, and Riz Ahmed.

A month later, Cate – who is the goodwill ambassador for UN Refugee Agency UNHCR – urged the European Parliament to challenge the ‘dangerous myth’ that every refugee is ‘headed to Europe’.

Others thought not, as the back of the dress appeared to be a very light baby pink (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)

Cate kept on waving around the skirt of her dress, as if it was a flag (Picture: Daniel Cole/Invision/AP)

The green was very vibrant against the red (Picture: Daniel Cole/Invision/AP)

‘I am not Syrian. I am not Ukrainian. I am not Yemeni. I am not Afghani. I am not from South Sudan. I am not from Israel or Palestine,’ she began.

‘I’m not a politician. I am not even a pundit. But I am a witness.

‘And having witnessed the human cost of war, violence and persecution, visiting refugees from across the globe, I cannot look away.’

The Ocean’s 8 star continued: ‘I urge each and every one of you here today to stand firm in challenging the dangerous myth pedalled far too widely and stoking far too much fear and hostility that each and every refugee is headed here to Europe.’

Cannes Film Festival comes after Eurovision 2024 saw Israel’s contestant go through to the final amid booing crowds and end up in fifth place.

Eden Golan was forced to change the lyrics and title of her song – formerly called October Rain – to Hurricane after it was believed to be a nod to the October 7 Hamas attack.

In Gaza, Israeli tanks recently rolled into the ‘lifeline’ Rafah crossing, which provided an essential escape route into Egypt for those fleeing war, and was also a crucial aid route.

Seven months since October 7, and 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza with over 1,200 in Israel.

Metro.co.uk have contacted Cate Blanchett’s representatives for comment.

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