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Pep Guardiola’s Gaza Appeal
Monday 19th October, 2026
Pep Guardiola appeared in a video made with UNRWA Spain, urging people not to reduce Gaza’s victims to numbers or “collateral damage”. The campaign’s hook is his direct, human language: naming the lives, families and hopes behind the headlines, and asking audiences to keep paying attention to the humanitarian crisis.
Why it worked: It used a globally trusted sports figure to reframe war stats into named human stakes, creating a timely, quotable counter-narrative journalists could lift whole.
The lesson: Consider pairing an unexpected, high-trust voice with verbatim, human-first language that flips prevailing jargon, and offer ready-to-quote lines plus visuals.
UNRWA Spain
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How this story spread across the media
| Publication | Headline | Date |
|---|---|---|
| ynetnews.com | Pep Guardiola accuses Israel of killing over 74,000 people in Gaza in new UNRWA appeal | Monday 19th October, 2026 |
| thenationalnews.com | Pep Guardiola urges world not to forget Gaza in UNRWA appeal | The National | Monday 19th October, 2026 |
| canal26.com | Pep Guardiola alzó la voz por Palestina y pidió que no se deje de hablar de Gaza: “El silencio es una forma de tomar partido” | canal26.com | Monday 19th October, 2026 |
| newarab.com | Pep Guardiola condemns Gaza devastation, backs UNRWA | Monday 19th October, 2026 |
| rainews.it | Pep Guardiola on Gaza: “They’re not numbers or collateral damage; they’re people” | Monday 19th October, 2026 |
| lefigaro.fr | «Ces personnes ont été assassinées» : Pep Guardiola réaffirme son soutien à la Palestine et appelle aux dons | Monday 19th October, 2026 |
| eldesmarque.com | Pep Guardiola denuncia el genocidio en Gaza y reclama justicia: "Empezamos a perder nuestra humanidad" | Tuesday 20th October, 2026 |