"Today we can see it, before we could not see it, It hurts me. If it was the opposite side, it would hurt me. I'm sorry, I will stand up, always I will be there. Always. Completely kill thousands of innocent people? It hurts me. It's no more complicated than that. No more."
"I cannot imagine how anybody cannot feel that, when you see the images every single day, the fathers, mothers, kids, having what happened, their lives being destroyed and the people cannot feel a little bit of being attached? I'm sorry, I cannot feel it."
"It looks like you [the media] are not allowed to do it for your work, I don't know. But there is somebody who sees the images from all around the world - the wars - who is not affected? It's not a question about right or wrong."
"He referenced conflicts in Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan and even recent shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the United States."
Pep Guardiola used his Manchester City platform to condemn the killing and injury of children and families in global conflicts and said the imagery he sees "hurts" him. He missed media duties after supporting Palestinian children at a charity concert in Barcelona and referenced violence in Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan and recent ICE shootings in the United States. He said increased visibility of war images makes the suffering impossible to ignore, vowed to stand up for victims, and questioned why the media rarely raises such humanitarian subjects during routine press duties.
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