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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

Israeli soccer

Release hostages Emily Damari addressing a soccer crowd at Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, March 15, 2025. (X screenshot)
March 16, 2025, 4:16 pm
Hostages feted as they attend first soccer games since release
Emily Damari leads crowd at Bloomfield Stadium in singing of Maccabi Tel Aviv anthem; Romi Gonen invited to meet Hapoel Haifa players
By Michael Horovitz
Arab-Israeli journalist Said Hassanin in an interview with the Qudsna Palestinian television channel in 2024. (Screenshot/YouTube)
March 12, 2025, 3:29 pm
Soccer announcer charged over interview with Hamas TV, praise for terror groups
Said Hassanin, who was fired from jobs with the Bnei Sakhnin soccer team and Nas Radio, indicted after interview with Hamas’s Al Aqsa TV station in which he praised terror group
By Jeremy Sharon
Israel Football Association chairman Moshe Zuares in Jerusalem on May 24, 2023. (Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)
February 17, 2025, 5:55 pm
Israel soccer chief alleges widespread game fixing in third-tier league
Football Association calls for police intervention as some 40 players, officials and club owners are named as being involved in thrown games linked to illegal betting
By Stuart Winer
Hapoel Beit She'an FC's announcement that Ghanem Mahajna was signed to the team, December 16, 2024. (Hapoel Beit She'an FC)
December 23, 2024, 2:02 am
Israeli soccer club said to drop goalie amid anger over 2017 game for Palestinian team
Ghanem Mahajna reportedly released by Hapoel Beit She’an after fans outraged to learn he played in Palestinian league following injury that forced him to leave Maccabi Netanya
By ToI Staff
Players line up prior to the kick-off at the Europa League opening phase soccer match between Besiktas and Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the Nagyerdei Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary, November 28, 2024. (AP/Denes Erdos)
November 29, 2024, 4:22 am
Maccabi Tel Aviv beats Turkish soccer team as match passes without incident in Hungary
With no fans in the stadium and under heavy security, club plays in Europe again after widespread violence against its supporters in Amsterdam
By AP and ToI Staff
Maccabi Tel Aviv's Israeli midfielder #09 Dor David Turgeman (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Europa League, League Phase - Matchday 3, football match between Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC and Real Sociedad at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade on October 24, 2024. (Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)
November 28, 2024, 10:34 am
Maccabi Tel Aviv to face Turkish soccer team in empty Hungarian stadium
Turkey’s Besiktas asked to move match to ‘neutral ground’ over security concerns; Hungarian authorities requiring game be held behind closed doors after attacks on fans in Amsterdam
By AP and ToI Staff
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema addresses an emergency meeting of the Amsterdam city council days after the Dutch capital was rocked by violence against Israeli football fans in several areas of the city in Amsterdam, November 12, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)
November 12, 2024, 9:16 pm
Amsterdam mayor condemns the ‘antisemitism, hooliganism’ behind attacks on Israelis
City officials say 10 Israelis were arrested ahead of Thursday’s soccer match; Dutch police warn of fresh calls for rioting after anti-Israel protesters set fire to tram car Monday
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Police officers clear people away from Dam Square during an anti-Israel protest in Amsterdam on November 10, 2024. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP via JTA)
November 12, 2024, 4:24 pm
Amsterdam Jews are reeling from ongoing attacks, fear cops can’t protect them
Organized, widespread beatings of Israeli soccer fans led to a temporary ban on protests, which anti-Israel activists are ignoring, and violence is continuing
By Shira Li Bartov and ToI Staff
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans who flew on El Al rescue flight from Amsterdam arrive at Ben Gurion international airport, near Tel Aviv, November 8, 2024. (Jonathan Shaul/ Flash90)
November 10, 2024, 10:24 pm
Israel urges citizens not to attend Paris soccer game against French national team
Macron to attend Thursday’s Nations League match, for which 4,000 police officers will be deployed, a week after mass violence broke out against Israelis after game in Amsterdam
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israel supporters wave flags during the Euro 2024 qualifying play-off soccer match between Israel and Iceland, at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
November 9, 2024, 10:59 am
Amsterdam assault adds to complications faced by Israeli soccer since start of Gaza war
National team has been forced to play home games in Hungary, several countries have refused to host Israeli games and Palestinians continue to push to have Israel banned completely
By Agencies 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
Besiktas midfielder Ekrem Dag (R) vies with Maccabi Tel-Aviv's forward Roberto Colautti (L) during an UEFA Europa League Group E football match at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on December 1, 2011. (Jack Guez/AFP/File)
November 4, 2024, 10:22 pm
Turkish soccer club moves home game against Maccabi Tel Aviv to ‘neutral country’
Besiktas says seeking suitable location for match, considered high-risk given Erdogan’s attacks on Israel and its leaders since Hamas massacre in Israel and start of Gaza war
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Israeli team poses prior to the Group D soccer match between Israel and Japan, at the La Beaujoire stadium, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 30, 2024, in Nantes, France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
October 3, 2024, 8:03 pm
FIFA again defers decision on Palestinian request to suspend Israel from world soccer
World body says it will instead launch a disciplinary investigation of possible discrimination alleged by Palestinian soccer officials.
By Agencies
Friends and family attend the funeral of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin at Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem, September 2, 2024. By the grave of the slain hostage is draped the banner of the Hapoel Jerusalem soccer team. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 6, 2024, 2:04 pm
Hapoel FC unveils jersey honoring fan Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Design features slain hostage’s face, surrounded by phrases ‘may your memory be a revolution’ and ‘a child of light, love and peace’; team was loud voice calling for his return
By jacob gurvis
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