A number of Arab athletes face terrible pressure immediately after declaring their solidarity with Palestine and their support for its children Gazaafter the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.
Athletes received varying measures due to their commitments to participate in European and international competitions.
Club administrations, athletes’ officials, sports bodies, and even government agencies intervened to hold them accountable.
Nassir Mazraoui is facing intense anger and pressure in Germany, after declaring his supportive and sympathetic position with the people of Gaza.
Parliamentarians expressed their desire to take deterrent measures against the Moroccan international, threatening him with the termination of his contract with Bayern Munich, and the intervention of the German authorities to expel him from the country.
The German media directed their anger at the position of the Bayern Munich defender, while Bayern Munich confirmed that it supports the Israeli side, and that its management will speak to the player.
Mazraoui participated with the Moroccan national team during the past few days, before returning to Germany, but local media confirmed that he did not train with Bayern Munich, and that he is meeting with the club’s management to discuss the consequences of his statements.
The Moroccan newspaper “Al-Mukhtab” revealed that Mazraoui quickly left the meeting headquarters so as not to meet with journalists, and thus he returned this morning to train individually with sports coach Stefan Kurth. Which means that the player underwent quick medical examinations that qualified him to train individually in preparation for tomorrow’s match against Mainz.
The Bayern Munich team has not yet issued any official statement during the meeting that took place between it and Mazraoui yesterday evening, Wednesday, regarding his interactive issue regarding his blog post in support of Palestine and the brutality of the Israeli aggression that it has been exposed to and is still subject to.
Algerian right-back Youssef Atal was suspended indefinitely from the French club Nice, due to his message in support of the Palestinian side following the military escalation in Gaza, for which he later apologized.
The Nice Club confirmed in an official statement that Youssef Atal admitted during his investigation that he had made a mistake in publishing the message, and that he had retracted his position, but that would not prevent disciplinary measures from being taken against him.
The Dutch player Anwar Al-Ghazi, who decided to represent the Moroccan national team, was subjected to a suspension from the German club Mainz because of his sympathetic position with the people of Gaza.
The German club Mainz froze Anwar Al-Ghazi’s activity, and prevented him from training or participating in matches with the team, against the backdrop of the deleted message he published in support of the Palestinians.
Tunisian football player Issa Al-Aidouni faced angry campaigns from fans of the German team Union Berlin, because of their refusal to declare his sympathy with the Palestinians following the military escalation in Gaza.
Union Berlin fans demanded that the club’s management punish Issa Al-Aidouni, whether by fining him or even terminating his contract.
Aside from football, Tunisian tennis champion Anas Jaber expressed her sympathy and support for the people of Palestine, and her desire for peace to prevail in the region, which angered the Israeli Tennis Federation.
Anas’s post did not go unnoticed, and was then attacked by the Israeli Tennis Federation, which demanded that the International Tennis Federation and the Women’s Professional Association punish the Tunisian champion, accusing her of “inciting and supporting a terrorist, murderous, and Nazi organization.”
The Egyptian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the World Championships, declared his sympathy for Palestine, and the International Federation of the Game decided to delete his pictures from all its official platforms.
Sameh, the swimming champion in the 50-meter butterfly competition, revealed that he received death threats after declaring his support for the people of Palestine, and that he began to feel that his life was in danger, as he put it.
2023-10-19 13:45:29
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