During the Tunisian Super Cup final, fans of Esperance Sportive de Tunis @ESTuniscom unveiled a banner honouring the Palestinian resistance. And they won!
@Chavs71 @fccarlzeissjena @DixebraLlangreu @ESTuniscom Cork City, Ireland.
Cork City Brigade fans vs Galway United FC — “Carta Dearg don losrael” (Red Card Israel)
UE Cornella ultras @ultrascornella, who have been supporting Palestine throughout the season, also answered Celtic fans call to show Israel the red card.
Galatasaray @GalatasaraySK fans unveiled multiple banners in solidarity with Palestine, and thanked Celtic fans for their continued support to the Palestinian cause.
During the game between Empoli and Atalanta in the Serie A, Italian football fans responded to the “Show Israel the Red Card” call as they raised Palestinian flags.
Pisa, Italy.
Fans of Pisa vs Juve Stabia unveiled a giant banner with the famous Handala cartoon by Palestinian artist Naji al Ali, holding a red card, quoting Art. 4 of the FIFA statutes:
“Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or group of people on account of race, skin colour, ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, wealth, birth or any other status, sexual orientation or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion.”
Ultra fans @RCDeportivo Deportivo La Coruña, @RB1987Oficial Riazor Blues, join the “Show Israel the Red Card” movement as they also raised Palestinian flags.
The support for Palestine especially in North Spain is mind-blowing.
The famous @birisoficial ultras of @SevillaFC responded Celtic’s Green Brigade fans to red card Israel today during their game against Mallorca in La Liga.
Beautiful scenes.
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Among the many disturbing things in the Chomsky–Epstein emails, don’t let this one go unnoticed❗️
In 2015, they casually debated the power of sports boycotts against apartheid.
This was the same year Israel was under pressure of a ban from international football over Palestine.
For context: in 2015, the Palestinian Football Association formally asked FIFA to suspend the Israel FA for violating FIFA statutes.
Israel came closer than ever to sporting isolation, so close that FIFA’s president personally stepped in to halt the vote theguardian.com/world/2015/may…
The fact that this was even being discussed by Jeffrey Epstein, and that he insists “soccer” is where a boycott would hurt most, tells us exactly how important it is to keep fighting for justice through sport.
Israel’s propaganda machine is doing its part on the football field.
Rumours of a UEFA vote this Tuesday are false — no such meeting is scheduled (the next one is on Dec 3).
Here’s what you need to know about the smear campaign around Qatar, UEFA & calls to suspend Israel 🧵
Over the weekend, Israel Hayom claimed “Qatar is lobbying UEFA” to ban Israel after its latest attacks.
Qatar isn’t a UEFA member.
A close source described it as “a smear campaign… Blame Qatar so everyone ignores the glaring facts, so they can continue their campaign of terror”
Close sources confirm that most football associations want Israel out — which is why Israel is scrambling with disinformation.
The “Qatar is behind it” narrative is just a way to deflect from its own repeated violations of international law.
Israeli media reports Qatar is demanding Israel’s expulsion from UEFA this week.
According to Israel Hayom, UEFA meets Tuesday to decide on banning Israel’s national team and clubs. Israel’s FA is scrambling to stop the vote, where a majority is expected against them.
UEFA’s Executive Committee will gather Tuesday. If the motion passes, Israel’s national team and clubs would be barred from all European competitions.
A historic step mirroring the swift suspension of Russia in 2022.
Israel’s Football Association is working around the clock, both through sporting and diplomatic channels, to stop the motion from even reaching a vote.
If it does, insiders say a large majority of UEFA members would back Israel’s expulsion.
Wasserman is one of the biggest agencies in football.
It represents players like Fede Valverde, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Curtis Jones, and coaches like Mikel Arteta, Enzo Maresca, and many more.
But is also a machine that funds apartheid and genocide.
A thread👇🏽🧵
Wasserman’s CEO, Casey Wasserman, donated:
$525K to Friends of the IDF
$25K to Israeli right-wing org StandWithUs
$1M to AIPAC campaigns
He chairs 2028 Olympics and moves through FIFA with ease while backing the very forces killing Palestinian athletes truthout.org/articles/these…
In October 2023, as Gaza was under siege, Casey Wasserman stood before the International Olympic Committee and said:
“I unequivocally stand in solidarity with Israel.”
Wessam Abou Ali scored a perfect hat-trick for Al Ahly.
The first ever by a Palestinian in a FIFA tournament.
@FIFAcom, who celebrates every “first goal” and players’ heritage, said nothing.
Does that have anything to do with their openly pro-Israel social media manager?
FIFA’s social media lead, Jessica Furness, is also co-founder of @HerGameToo a campaign that claims to fight for inclusivity in football.
They partnered up with @kickitout, who push the IHRA definition that equates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. This is sportswashing.
@HerGameToo @kickitout Who is an ambassador to @kickitout? This man