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U2 Share Gaza Viewpoints
U2 have shared a post on their website clarifying the band members’ individual stances on Israel and the tragedy in Gaza. The most recent Gaza war began in October ’23 and has resulted in significant casualties and a humanitarian crisis.
Adam Clayton
“The humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused by Israel’s aid blockade and bombing looks like revenge on a civilian population who are not responsible for Hamas’ murderous attack on October 7,” bassist Adam Clayton offered. “If Israel moves to colonize the Gaza Strip, it will permanently undo any possibility of lasting peace or solution for hostilities.”
“Doesn’t the technical superiority of Israel’s modern army make a boast of its precision targeting of individuals from thousands of miles away? And if so why are the IDF bombarding a civilian population from the skies indiscriminately destroying any bit of shelter and infrastructure? Preserving civilian life is a choice in this war.”
“After those attacks the total obliteration of Hamas was called for by Israel and its allies and was expected,” drummer Larry Mullen wrote. “A ground war was expected. Aerial bombardment and destruction were expected. The indiscriminate decimation of most homes and hospitals in Gaza, with a majority of those killed being women and children, was not expected. Imposing famine was not expected.”
“It’s difficult to comprehend how any civilized society can think starving children is going to further any cause and be justified as an acceptable response to another horror.”
Larry Mullen
“We are all deeply shocked and profoundly grieved by the suffering unfolding in Gaza,” noted The Edge. “What we are witnessing is not a distant tragedy—it is a test of our shared humanity. “There can be no peace without justice. No reconciliation without recognition. And no future unless we refuse to let the past be repeated.”
“Peace is made when people sit down with their opponents—when they recognise the equal dignity of all, even those they once feared or despised.”
“The road to peace is difficult. But it is never too late, or too early, to begin walking it.”
The Edge
Bono
“To witness chronic malnutrition up close would make it personal for any family, especially as it affects children,” stated Bono 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.”
“Our band stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine who truly seek a path to peace and coexistence with Israel and with their rightful and legitimate demand for statehood. We stand in solidarity with the remaining hostages and plead that someone rational negotiate their release.”
Past Gaza wars occurred in 2008-09, 2012, and 2014.
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