Israel-Palestine

[Templeton Peck]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1855065640186318999

From the reaction of our political and media class you'd be forgiven for thinking Kristallnacht occurred in Amsterdam the other day.

 

[Del Woppio]

It got more coverage and outrage on LBC than any single event has in Gaza. A few football fans acted like dicks and got a slap ffs

 

[Templeton Peck]

Almost like Israeli teams should be banned from sporting competitions.

 

[Sniffer]

Ajax have as strong links to the Jewish community than Spurs. A mate of my brothers (Ajax season ticket holder) wears a Star of David necklace and has no links to the religion at all. Strange that if it was antisemitism that none of the Ajax fans were attacked.
It was akin to Indian cricket fans marching to Edgbaston chanting death to Pakistan and being surprised if there was a reaction to it afterwards.
Im not condoning any of the violence just the narrative that the media has chosen to report.

 

[Alan]

Almost like Israeli teams should be banned from sporting competitions.

This seems... not harsh, exactly, but I've long felt this punishes the wrong people. Though I don't know how you'd enforce a ban on just Israeli supporters (can't exactly force them to wear a Star of David as identification, now, can we).

 

[Templeton Peck]

This seems... not harsh, exactly, but I've long felt this punishes the wrong people. Though I don't know how you'd enforce a ban on just Israeli supporters (can't exactly force them to wear a Star of David as identification, now, can we).

Russian teams are banned. South Africa were banned for a long time too.

 

[Alan]

Russian teams are banned. South Africa were banned for a long time too.

I know there's precedent. Doesn't mean I agree with that precedent, necessarily.

 

[Del Woppio]

This seems... not harsh, exactly, but I've long felt this punishes the wrong people. Though I don't know how you'd enforce a ban on just Israeli supporters (can't exactly force them to wear a Star of David as identification, now, can we).

Boycotts and sanctions helped rid South Africa of apartheid – is Israel next in line?

The comparison rankles supporters of Israel but the growing Palestinian Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions movement draws on the struggle to isolate racist South Africa

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tony Towner]

Sport in SA is woven into the fabric of society in a way it isn't in Israel

 

[Del Woppio]

That's true

 

[Alan]

It’s complicated! I feel ways about punishing players for that sort of thing but I understand why it is deployed.