By Black Star News
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Irish rock band U2, and their frontman Bono, are speaking out about the crimes now being perpetrated by the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Palestinians.
The band stated that “Everyone has long been horrified by what is unfolding in Gaza – but the blocking of humanitarian aid and now plans for a military takeover of Gaza City has taken the conflict into uncharted territory. We are not experts in the politics of the region, but we want our audience to know where we each stand.”
Bono made clear the “band’ s condemnation of Netanyahu’s immoral actions.”
“As someone who has long believed in Israel’s right to exist and supported a two-state solution, I want to make clear to anyone who cares to listen our band’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s immoral actions and join all who have called for a cessation of hostilities on both sides.”
On Netanyahu’s actions, Bono said, “The Government of Israel is not the nation of Israel, but the Government of Israel led by Benjamin Netanyahu today deserves our categorical and unequivocal condemnation. There is no justification for the brutality he and his far right government have inflicted on the Palestinian people… in Gaza… in the West Bank. And not just since October 7, well before it too… though the level of depravity and lawlessness we are seeing now feels like uncharted territory.”
Bono addressed the images of starving Palestinian children.
“The images of starving children on the Gaza Strip brought me back to a working trip to a food station in Ethiopia my wife Ali and I made 40 years ago next month following U2’s participation in Live Aid 1985. Another man-made famine.
“To witness chronic malnutrition up close would make it personal for any family, especially as it affects children.Because when the loss of non-combatant life en masse appears so calculated… especially the deaths of children, then ‘evil’ is not a hyperbolic adjective… in the sacred text of Jew, Christian, and Muslim it is an evil that must be resisted…We know Hamas are using starvation as a weapon in the war, but now so too is Israel…”
Bono spoke also of the similarities between the oppression being faced by Palestinians and the experiences the Irish people face from the British government.
“Given our own historic experience of oppression and occupation, it’s little wonder so many here in Ireland have campaigned for decades for justice for the Palestinian people.”
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