“Our band sympathizes with the people of Palestine, who really seeks a way to peace and coexistence with Israel,” says vocalist Bono
THE U2 He shared a long publication on his site by clarifying the band’s individual positions about Israel and Gaza. “We are not experts in the region’s politics, but we want our audience to know what our position is,” wrote the Irish group.
Each band member – The Vocalist Bonothe guitarist The Edgethe bassist Adam Clayton and the drummer Larry Mullen Jr. – shared a statement with his reflections on the ongoing war, which drags on since the Hamas attack to Israel on October 7, 2023. Bono noted that since then “he has tried to stay away from the Middle East policy.” “It’s uncertainty in the face of obvious complexity,” he said. “In recent months, I wrote about the war in Gaza at The Atlantic and talked about it at The Observer, but I circulated the subject.”
The singer explained that he chose to speak more directly now, after seeing photos of hungry people in Gaza. “The images of hungry children in the Gaza range reminded me of a working trip to a foodstay in Ethiopia that my wife there and I did 40 years ago after U2’s participation in Live Aid 1985,” he wrote. “Another hunger caused by man. Currently witnessing chronic malnutrition would make her personal to any family, especially since she affects children. Because when the loss of lives of massive combatants seems so calculated … especially the deaths of children, so ‘evil’ is not a hyperbolic adjective … In the sacred text of Jews, Christians and Muslims, it is an evil that must be fought.”
He noted that he does not equate the Palestinians to Hamas. “Given our own historical experience of oppression and occupation, it is no wonder that so many here in Ireland have fought for decades for justice to the Palestinian people,” wrote Bono.
He added:
“We know that Hamas is using hunger as a weapon in war, but now Israel is also, and I feel revulsion for moral failure. Israel’s government is not the nation of Israel, but the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu today deserves our categorical and unambiguous condemnation. SCisjordan. ”
Bono said he wanted to make U2’s position transparent about the conflict. “As someone who has long believed in Israel’s right to exist and supports a two -state solution, I want to make it clear to anyone who cares about listening to our band’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s immoral actions and joining everyone who asked for the end of hostilities on both sides,” he wrote. “Our band sympathizes with the people of Palestine, who truly seeks a way to peace and coexistence with Israel, and with their legitimate and legitimate claim by a state. We sympathize with the remaining hostages and implore that someone rational negotiates their release.”
The artist also confirmed that U2 will make donations to help with humanitarian aid in Gaza. “The band is committed to contributing to our support by donating to Medical Aid for Palestinians,” he said.
The other three statements are shorter, but equally decisive and clear. The Edge asked three questions to the Israeli government and Netanyahu, including, “Do you really believe such devastation – inflicted so intentionally and relentlessly to the civilian population – can it happen without causing generational shame to those responsible?”
“We know, from our own experience in Ireland, that peace is not built through domination. Peace is made when people sit with their opponents – when they recognize the equal dignity of all, even those who have ever feared or despised. There can be no peace without justice. There is no reconciliation without recognition.
Mullen Jr. added: “The power to change this obscenity is in the hands of Israel. No doubt support Israel’s right to exist and I also believe that Palestinians deserve the same right and a state of their own. Silence does not serve any of us.”
In May, Bono called for the end of the war between Israel and Hamas at the 2025 Ivoer Novello Award. During the Grosvenor House award ceremony in London, he took the opportunity to criticize Hamas and Netanyahu and encourage peace. “Hamas, release the hostages. Stop the war,” he said. “May Israel be released from Benjamin Netanyahu and the extreme right fundamentalists who distort your sacred texts. You all protect our humanitarian workers, they are the best of us.”
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