Everything is rooted in hypocrisy. This World Cup is bringing more of their hypocrisies to the foray, just as the genocide in Gaza began exposing to us about the collective West.
When Aboutrika himself showed support for Palestinians as they were being massacred, he was charged by FIFA who said players should maintain political neutrality. Meanwhile Haiti's kits are far too political symbolically for displaying a minor historical reference. Yet when it came to solidarity with Ukraine, FIFA went above and beyond to embrace and highlight the issue— taking a political stance in an ongoing conflict became completely depoliticized overnight.
So much blatant inconsistency. European footballing authorities especially, have long punished players for displaying pro-Palestinian sentiment in particular as well for other messages that don't align with their own mainstream western narratives.
For the longest time European football associations vigorously upheld the notion that football shouldn't be politicized. Celtic were regularly punished because their fans displayed support for Palestine, whilst players like Aboutrika and Freddy Kanoute were fined for the same reason.
Football has always been intertwined with nationalism especially; it's hard for it to not become politicised or be used as a political tool or for political expression because of the stage and platform it provides.
There should've never been any repression from the very beginning.
El político sionista Moshe Feiglin en el programa de noticias más visto de Israel:
"Como dijo Hitler: 'No puedo vivir si queda un solo judío', no podemos vivir aquí si queda un solo palestino en Gaza".
Lo admiten sin pudor alguno, el Sionismo es el nuevo Nazismo.
🚨 Breaking: @RoyalMail business courier service updates their form and labels Gaza as israel, going against UN and even UK recognition of Gaza as Palestinian land.
Este es el soldado australiano de la OTAN, Ben Roberts Smith, fue arrestado por brutales crímenes de guerra mientras participaba en la invasión a Afganistán, en 2009.
Roberts fusiló a un civil afgano discapacitado por diversión, después de asesinarlo, los soldados le robaron su pierna ortopédica y bebieron cerveza en él en la base militar de la OTAN.
Además está acusado de haber sido responsable de la muerte de cuatro civiles afganos más, a uno de ellos lo pateó por un acantilado y ordenó a su escuadrón que le fusilara mientras caía.
Actualmente Ben es el soldado más condecorado de Australia, hijo de un poderoso juez en Australia, consiguió que le pusieran en libertad con fianza.
Estas bestias nazis son los "demócratas" que invaden países en Oriente Medio para llevarles la "democracia".
Palestine may not have made it to the World Cup, but Bosnia and Herzegovina fans are making sure it is always present, whether in Canada, the U.S. or football stadiums everywhere.
Gen Z realizing one of the biggest shocks after college is that life no longer happens around you.
In school, friends, events, relationships, and opportunities are built into your environment.
As an adult, if you don't actively create a social life, weeks can turn into months surprisingly fast.
I don't know who wins the World Cup but all i want is USA getting eliminated from the World Cup in the most humiliating way, preferably by a Muslim nation as well.
Working five days a week is wrecking my life. I haťe squeezing my entire life into a two-day weekend because I’m too exhausted to do anything after work. I can’t believe this is even considered “normal.”
In 1290 all Jews were driven out of England. In 1306 they were expelled from France. In 1430 exiled from Germany, followed by Spain and Portugal. Boycotted in Italy, and time after time tossed out of every major European city.
After the centuries of expulsions, in 1492, Muslims (The Ottoman Empire) opened their doors for the Jewish. in the late 17th and 18th centuries, as the Ottoman Empire became less stable, Jews were finally allowed back into England after 366 years of total banishment.
After 1848, hundreds of thousands of Jews left Central Europe to escape rising nationalism and "pogroms" (anti-Jewish riots).
After WWI, Britain took control of Palestine from the Ottomans. From 1917 to 1939, Muslims (Palestine) opened their doors for the Jewish as usual.
In 2026, some Western politicians lecturing us (Muslims) on how to live peacefully with Jews!
Read some history.
Thousands of people have been arrested in the UK for holding up signs opposing genocide while white supremacists try to burn families alive in their own homes
The World Cup kicks off.
The cameras are on the stadiums.
Meanwhile, Gaza is being BOMBED.
Israel completely LEVELED the home of Jamal Al Khamisi near Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah.
The blast heavily damaged surrounding homes.