Irish rock band U2 sharply criticise Israeli government actions in Gaza
'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,' frontman Bono wrote.
He criticised the blockade on humanitarian aid and Israel's plans for a military takeover of Gaza City. 'We know
Hamas are using starvation as a weapon in the war, but now so too is Israel and I feel revulsion for the moral failure.'
Bono also condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 – stressing that Hamas militants should not be equated with the Palestinian people, 'who have for decades endured and continue to endure marginalisation, oppression, occupation and the systematic stealing of the land that is rightfully theirs'.
Bono and fellow bandmates Adam Clayton, David Evans who is known as The Edge, and Larry Mullen Jnr called for an immediate end to the fighting on both sides.
'Preserving civilian life is a choice in this war,' wrote Clayton.
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