Football legend Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City Club, urged people to “push governments to take immediate steps concerning conflict in Gaza. 54-year-old man expresses his support for the pro-Gazan demonstration on his streets of his birth in Barcelona, held in Staurday, 4 October.
The video of its support expresses more than 6.4 million views on X (formerly Twitter).
Thousands of people marched in Barcelona and Italy in Rome 4. October on Saturday as part of the ongoing protests against the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. Demonstrations in Barcelona and Madrid were planned for weeks earlier, while the Assembly in Rome and later in Lisbon was caused by anger over the Israeli capture of the fleet of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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According to the organizers 4. October, more than 300.00 people filled the streets in Barcelona. Other demonstrations were registered in different parts of the country. Police estimates set the number at approximately 70,000.
In recent weeks, Spain has seen the rise of Palestinians support, while its left -wing government has intensified diplomatic efforts against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
What did Pep Guardiola say?
“We are witnessing a living genocide where thousands of children have already died and others may die. The Gaza strip is destroyed and people’s floods walk without hiding, food, drinking water or medicine,” she said that only organized urban civil society can save lives and pressure governments to take immediate action.
This is not the first time Guardiola shared his views on the conflict of Israel-Palestiny. In June, after receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester, he said, “It’s as painful as we see in Gaza. It hurts my whole body.
Support of Guardiola for Palestine comes at a critical moment in conflict. US President Donald Trump in October was held in Barcelona with daily protests, warned Hamas that “he would not tolerate delay” in the Peace Plan in Gaza, which he suggested. After Hamas said on Friday he was ready to release the hostages held in Gaza under the Mírov agreement designed by Donald Trump, but wanted to negotiate on details and expressions in the future of Palestinian territory.
Who is Pep Guardiola?
Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola Sala is a Catalan professional football manager and former player who has been the Premier League Club Manchester City since 2016.
Guardiola is one of two managers in history that has won twice the continental height and holds a record for the most consecutive league games winning in the La League, Bundesliga and Premier League. He is widely considered one of the largest managers of all time.
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Guardiola was a defensive backup and spent most of his career in Barcelona and was part of a team to win the first European Club Cup in 1992, and four consecutive titles of the Spanish League from 1991 to 1994.
Combining Manchester City and UAE?
Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, which competes in the Premier League, the highest flight of English football. The club was founded in 1880 as St. Mark’s A was appointed Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and in 1894 became Manchester City.
We are witnessing a living genocide where thousands of children have already died and others can still die.
Manchester City is owned by an urban football group (CFG), a holding company whose majority shareholder is Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
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The Sheikh Mansour, a member of the Ruling Family of the United Arab Emirates (SAE), acquired Manchester City in 2008 and was founded in 2014 as a parent company for various football clubs.
It’s as painful as we see in Gaza. It hurts my whole body.
Guardiol notes for Palestine also assume importance because the United Arab Emirates are one of the Israeli allies in the Muslim world.
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