Ben Pullen

Bristol

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@robsandy212 @mrluvverlufkins @user6742067420 @BristolCity Thanks Rob. Appreciate that.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@Anglianred @bristolcitylive @GaryLineker @PepTeam @BristolCity Thanks Iain. Appreciate your thoughts. I won’t ditch the club, but it changes how I approach this season. Just like when fans are not happy about SL spending etc. they decide to delay their season ticket purchasing.
this BCFC move might raise more awareness of Israel’s actions.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@ryechu @BristolCity Sometimes the mistakes made in the past help people, cities and nations to work to not allow that to happen again. Bristol is one of those cities.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@SteveBeatnik @BristolCity Thanks Roy. They are my beliefs & values.
I support Bristol city but I am not in support of the ethics & values of the decision to do biz with an Israeli club.
As you can imagine, it was quite a shock. But perhaps this BCFC move will raise more attention to what Israel is doing.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@Markrensy @MoneyMauricioBX @BristolCityFM Take a look at all of the events before October 7th. That might inform your opinion.

My values are clear. I’m not in support of any government or country killing 10s of thousands of innocent women, children & men & displacing millions of them.

That’s not war. That’s genocide.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@SteveBeatnik @BristolCity If you believe in something you speak up. That’s what I’m doing.
I have the same position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
I would have had the same position if I was alive when Nazi Germany were killing Jewish people and invading left right and centre.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@citysere @BristolCity Part of the reason the apartheid ended in South Africa, is by making it financially harder for businesses to operate.
The same thing is happening with Russia. Sanctions on Russia and trade with Russia.
Is it that much to ask?

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@RealBristolBoy @officialpepe @GaryLineker @BristolCity Agreed with you on that. It’s not about the player.

But it doesn’t sit well to see us trading with an Israeli club given all that Israel is doing right now.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@mrluvverlufkins @user6742067420 @BristolCity It’s more about @BristolCity handing over £2m to an Israeli club.
That’s the issue. Doing trade with a club that is part of a country committing a genocide.

This kind of financial pressure is what helped to end the apartheid in South Africa.
#BristolCity

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@Anglianred @bristolcitylive @GaryLineker @PepTeam It’s more about @BristolCity handing over £2m to an Israeli club.
That’s the issue. Doing trade with a club that is part of a country committing a genocide.

This kind of financial pressure is what helped to end the apartheid in South Africa.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@SteveBeatnik @BristolCity Google “how did the apartheid end in South Africa?”

That will help you better understand

Stopping trade with businesses within the offending country (Isreal in this case) is how you increase the pressure to stop genocide and extreme breach of international laws.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@mrluvverlufkins @user6742067420 @BristolCity Money should not be transferred to a club in Israel right now.

The apartheid in South Africa ended due to boycotts and embargo’s.

Sports teams and people were restricted in what they could do.

Just like Russian sports teams and people are.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@BristolCity I sincerely hope the club reflects on this decision. Until then, I don’t feel I can continue supporting Bristol City while this transfer stands. I never thought I’d be in a position to say that after more than 20 years of support.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@BristolCity As far as I’m aware, this is highly unusual. I haven’t been able to find another recent Premier League or EFL club making a direct signing from an Israeli club. That makes this decision all the more disappointing.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@mrluvverlufkins @user6742067420 @BristolCity Labelling that we shouldn’t be paying an Israeli club money which Israel is committing genocide and violations of international law.

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@mrluvverlufkins @user6742067420 @BristolCity My grandma and great grandma who fled the nazis in Austria during WWII would also have been outraged.

Genocide and the murdering and terrorising of women, children and men should not be accepted by anyone anywhere on this planet.

Would you disagree?

[Ben Pullen @Benpullenergy]

@DanCarterJourno Bristol City has been my club for over 20 years. Paying a transfer fee to Maccabi Haifa while Israel faces grave allegations of genocide and other violations of international law is a line I can’t cross. Heartbroken.
@PepTeam @GaryLineker