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Argentina’s top soccer body investigates ‘abhorrent acts of antisemitism’ by All Boys fans
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Argentina’s soccer governing body launches an investigation after fans of the second division All Boys soccer club after they staged anti-Israel protests and carried around a coffin draped in the Israeli flag before a match against Atlanta in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
All Boys fans displayed a coffin painted in blue and yellow — Atlanta’s colors — draped with an Israeli flag near the Malvinas Argentinas stadium before Sunday’s 0-0 draw in the 20th round of the tournament, which determines promotion to the top flight.
Some carried Palestinian and Iranian flags.
Atlanta is historically linked to Argentina’s Jewish community, located in the Villa Crespo neighborhood, where Jewish immigrants settled in the early 1900s.
During the match, a drone with the Palestinian flag flew over the field and some fans made inflammatory chants.
The Argentine Football Association issues a statement expressing “its total and absolute condemnation of the abhorrent acts of antisemitism committed by fans of the All Boys club.”
“This is not folklore,” the AFA says. “This is discrimination.”
Police in Buenos Aires police have issued infractions for inciting disorder, among other crimes, against fans of the club.
The Times of Israel Community.