31/01/2026
★★ Pep Guardiola's statement for Palest!ne★★
★★On Thursday, January 29, 2026, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola delivered an emotional and highly publicized speech at the "Act x Palestine" charity concert in Barcelona.
Appearing on stage at the Palau Sant Jordi wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, he addressed a crowd of over 12,000 people. His statement focused heavily on the plight of children in Gaza and criticized global leadership for its inaction.
Guardiola opened his remarks with the greeting "Salam alaikum" and spoke about the psychological toll on children:
★Here's somenof his main statements:
* "When I see a child in these past two years with these images on social media, on television, recording himself, pleading, 'Where is my mother?' among the rubble and he still doesn't know it. I always think: 'What must they be thinking?'"
* "I think we have left them alone, abandoned. I always imagine them saying, 'Where are you? Come help us.' And even now, we haven’t done it."
* "Perhaps because those in power(world leaders) are cowards, because they basically send innocent young people to kill innocent people. That is what cowards do. They are in their homes, with heating when it’s cold and air conditioning when it’s hot."
" He concluded by framing the situation as a moral issue rather than just a political one: "This is a statement for Palestine, and it is a statement for humanity. We stand before the world to prove that we are, naturally, on the side of the weakest."
