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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

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Spectators unfurl a huge a banner reading 'Free Palestine,' depicting the entire State of Israel within the pattern of a keffiyeh in the letter 'i,' alongside Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, Lebanese flag imagery, prior to the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Atletico Madrid, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on November 6, 2024. (Reuters/Stephanie Lecocq)
November 7, 2024, 7:26 pm
Paris soccer club escapes UEFA sanctions over fans’ huge ‘Free Palestine’ banner
Ahead of Israel-France game next week, European soccer’s governing body decides not to discipline PSG over huge flag as it wasn’t deemed ‘provocative or insulting’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Spectators unfurl a huge a banner reading 'Free Palestine,' depicting the entire State of Israel within the pattern of a keffiyeh in the letter 'i,' alongside Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, Lebanese flag imagery, prior to the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Atletico Madrid, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on November 6, 2024. (Reuters/Stephanie Lecocq)
November 7, 2024, 2:14 pm
French minister calls huge ‘Free Palestine’ banner at Paris soccer match ‘unacceptable’
Interior minister says he isn’t ruling out sanctions over violation of French and European soccer rules; Jewish community leader says banner was ‘call to hatred’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Spectators unfurl a huge a banner reading 'Free Palestine,' depicting the entire State of Israel within the pattern of a keffiyeh in the letter 'i,' alongside Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, Lebanese flag imagery, prior to the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Atletico Madrid, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on November 6, 2024. (Reuters/Stephanie Lecocq)
November 7, 2024, 3:56 am
Paris soccer fans unveil huge ‘Free Palestine’ banner, days before France-Israel game
Banner, raised by fans of Qatar-owned PSG club, depicts entire State of Israel within pattern of keffiyeh in the ‘i’ of Palestine, alongside Dome of the Rock, Lebanese flag imagery
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Celtic fans waving a Palestinian flag hold smoke flares during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Celtic FC at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
October 20, 2024, 2:33 pm
Scottish soccer club fans daub graffiti cursing murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Celtic fans defaced bleachers with ‘Fuck Hersh’ graffiti after losing 7-1 to Borussia Dortmund; an Israeli player left the team in March because of anti-Israel sentiment
By ToI Staff
Police arrive to patrol outside Arsenal's Emirates Stadium ahead of the Champions League quarterfinal 1st leg soccer match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich in London, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. This week's Champions League soccer games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 9, 2024, 6:29 pm
Champions League soccer matches to go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat
France, UK and Spain bolster stadium security in major cities hosting soccer games; threats come weeks after terror group’s deadly attack on a Russian concert hall
By Agencies
Germany leaves the field after the World Cup Group E soccer game between Costa Rica and Germany at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, December 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 2, 2024, 3:04 pm
Germany redesigns soccer uniform that some say evokes Nazi insignia
Ahead of the European championship, Adidas halts sale of customizable jerseys; German federation denies resemblance to SS symbol, but intends to update uniform regardless
By AP and ToI Staff
Maccabi Haifa's Surinamese midfielder Tjaronn Chery celebrates with teammates after scoring the opener during the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Israel's Maccabi Haifa and France's Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Sammy Ofer stadium in the city of Haifa on September 14, 2022. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
August 16, 2023, 11:52 am
Maccabi Haifa soccer team advances to playoff for qualification to Champions League
Beating Slovakia’s Slovan Bratislava 5-2 on aggregate, Israeli champions to face Switzerland’s strong Young Boys next for chance to reach group stage for 2nd straight year
By Michael Bachner
Screen capture from video of Israel's U-21 team celebrating after Omri Gandelman scored the winning goal against the Czech Republic in their European Championship match, June 28, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 29, 2023, 8:44 am
In upset, Israel U-21 soccer team qualifies for European Championship quarterfinals
Squad defeats Czech Republic with goal in 82nd minute, will face Georgia in next match, as nation’s younger national teams continue unlikely streak
By ToI Staff
Fulham's Manor Solomon, left, celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Brentford and Fulham at Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford, West London, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo/David Cliff)
April 15, 2023, 7:13 am
Israeli soccer star Manor Solomon makes waves as rare Jew in English Premier League
Shining for Fulham FC, the 23-year-old is turning heads in Europe with his goal-scoring prowess, and his fellow Sabras back home are exhibiting full-on ‘Manormania’
By jacob gurvis
Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his team's fifth goal during the UEFA Champions League Group H second leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Maccabi Haifa FC at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on October 25, 2022. (Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
October 26, 2022, 2:42 am
Lights out for Maccabi Haifa as dominant PSG clobbers Israelis 7-2
Messi and Mbappe score twice for potent Paris squad in shellacking, ending Haifa soccer squad’s long-shot hopes of advancing past the Champions League group stage for first time
By Joshua Davidovich and AFP
A Rangers FC fan celebrates while holding an Israeli flag during a match against Celtic FC in 2017. (Ross MacDonald/SNS Group via Getty Images/ via JTA)
September 4, 2022, 1:16 pm
Why Scotland’s fiercest soccer rivalry features Israeli vs. Palestinian flags
While many see the display as more about Catholic-Protestant sectarianism than politics, Irish support for Palestine factors in. Either way, local Jews would like to see it stopped
By Jacob Judah
Illustrative: Maccabi Tel Aviv fans during the UEFA Champions League playoff round second leg soccer match between Switzerland's FC Basel 1893 and Maccabi Tel Aviv at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on August 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 12, 2022, 1:36 pm
15 Maccabi Tel Aviv fans arrested in Greece for possession of firecrackers, flares
Police say 5 minors among the Israelis nabbed, set to appear before prosecutor on Friday; they were caught with forbidden items before match against Aris
By AP and ToI Staff
Israel's U17 soccer players, taking part in the U17 Euro finals that begin May 16, 2022 (Courtesy Israel Football Association)
May 10, 2022, 6:18 pm
Promising young soccer players head to Israel for U17 Euro finals
More than 300 soccer players will take part in tournament at stadiums throughout central Israel
By Jessica Steinberg
Maccabi Tel-Aviv players celebrate after Stipe Perica scores the first-ever goal of the UEFA Europa Conference League (Video screenshot)
September 15, 2021, 12:45 pm
Europa Conference League kicks off with a victory for Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israeli team bests Armenians Alashkert 4-1 on first day of group stage; Maccabi Haifa draws against Dutch Feyenoord
By AFP and ToI Staff
Street artist Akse P19 repairs the mural of Manchester United striker and England player Marcus Rashford on the wall of the Coffee House Cafe on Copson Street, in Withington, Manchester, England, July 13, 2021. (AP/Jon Super)
July 14, 2021, 6:07 pm
Defaced UK soccer star mural transformed into symbol of anti-racism
Supporters repair and tape messages of support on art piece in Marcus Rashford’s hometown; ‘You will always be a hero,’ 9-year-old fan writes
By DANICA KIRKA
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