Al -Malab newspaper – Spanish Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, was subjected to an Israeli attack, after talking about the suffering of the children of the Gaza Strip and considering that “what we are seeing in Gaza is very painful.”
“What I see hurts my body” … a historical letter to “Guardiola” about Gaza (video)
“You have a right, Pep,” said Israeli Minister of Culture and Sports, Mickey Zohar,.
As for the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, it focused on that Guardiola “did not mention a single word about the Israeli hostages in the Strip, but spoke at length about the residents of Gaza.”
Guardiola delivered – first on Monday a historic speech during a ceremony held at the University of Manchester after giving him an honorary doctorate in honor of what he presented to Manchester since 2016, whether inside or outside the field.
The Spanish coach said, “We are in complete silence in front of the scenes of the violence that we see, and I feel deeply saddened by the fall of innocent people in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza,” the Spanish coach said.
He continued, “What we are seeing in Gaza is very painful, this hurts my body … We see the death of thousands of innocent and children and the suffering of thousands of families due to violence.”
“Some people may think that we do not see the killing of children of 4 or 5 years old because of a bomb while there is no hospital in the first place to treat the injured … I say to these people think as you want, but you are the next .. your child will be the next victim.”
“I see my children in front of my eyes since the beginning of the nightmare of Gaza’s children, and I am afraid. In a world that sometimes tells us that we are very young to make a difference, it is a matter of choice, choosing to demonstrate and reject silence when necessary.”
One of the most successful coaches in the history of football continued, “It is very terrified of what is happening in Gaza. People say that we live in a far place, but it is not related to ideology but rather humanity.”
The City coach narrated a story about the ignition of a forest in the fear of all the animals, while the birds fly in the sky and sprinkle weak water on the forest to extinguish them and the snake saw the situation laughingly from the bird’s position.
He continued that “the small bird replied to him that he knows that what he was doing will not extinguish the fires, but he plays its role.”
He concluded that “this is the story of the world … they tell us that our influence is very small … but the truth is that the strength of this world is not the same force, but rather that it is the owner of a principle, and rejects silence at the time of the need to raise your voice.”
