WATCH: Man City boss Pep Guardiola’s compelling speech on Gaza conflict during doctorate acceptance: ‘It’s so painful… hurts my whole body’

“We can think about that. It’s not our business. But be careful. The next one will be ours. The next four or five years old kids will be ours. Sorry, but I see my kids when I wake up every morning since the nightmare started with the infants in Gaza. And I’m so scared. Maybe this image feels far away from where we are living now. And you might ask what we can do,” he added.

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Pep Guardiola, while receiving an honorary degree from the University of Manchester, gave a powerful speech about Gaza:

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The issue between Hamas and Israel took a bitter turn when the former has attacked the latter in October 2023, killing about 1200 people according to reports at the time. “There is a story I’m reminded of. A forest is on fire. All the animals live, terrified, helpless, helpless. But the small bird flies back and forth, back and forth to the sea, back and forth, carrying drops of water in this little beak. The snake laughs and asks, why, bro? You will never put the fire out. The bird replies, yes, I know it. Then, why do you do it again and again? The snake asks once again. I’m just doing my part. The bird replies for the last time,” said Guardiola.

“That is, the bird knows it doesn’t stop the fire, but it refuses to do nothing. In a world that often tells us we are too small to make a difference, that story reminds me the power of one is not about the scale. It’s about choice. About showing up, about refusing to be silent, or still when it matters most,” he added.