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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

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Soccer referee Sapir Berman at an Israeli Premier League match between Beitar Jerusalem and FC Ashdod at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on January 8, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
March 17, 2025, 4:34 am
Israeli readies to be first transgender referee to officiate international soccer match
Sapir Berman voices ‘humility and excitement,’ hopes to ‘show every dream is possible’ ahead of Monday’s Women’s Under-17 Euro qualifier between Northern Ireland and Montenegro
By AFP
A sales office featuring the logo for the LAFC (Los Angeles Football Club), in downtown Los Angeles, California, February 17, 2017. (AP/Richard Vogel/File)
February 10, 2025, 10:59 pm
Part-owner of LA soccer club apologizes for reposting anti-Israel content
Malaysian businessman Ruben Gnanalingam shared posts on LinkedIn comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, calling Hezbollah a ‘resistance movement’
By AP
Emily Damari poses with a Spurs scarf, January 22, 2025. (Courtesy)
January 27, 2025, 11:07 am
Tottenham soccer fans celebrate release of hostage Emily Damari
Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal supporters set aside intense rivalry to celebrate as they cover up Damari ‘kidnapped’ posters with new stickers celebrating fellow fan’s release
By ToI Staff
Emily Damari poses with a Spurs scarf, January 22, 2025. (Courtesy)
January 22, 2025, 3:01 pm
Freed hostage Emily Damari thanks London’s Tottenham Hotspur soccer team, fans for support
Spurs fans created a chant ‘She’s one of our own,’ released hundreds of yellow balloons during games in call for dual UK citizen’s release from Hamas captivity
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Italian soccer fans giving fascist salutes to celebrate a goal scored by the great-grandson of wartime dictator Benito Mussolini, Cesena, Italy, December 23, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 24, 2024, 6:05 pm
Fascist salutes after soccer goal by Mussolini’s great-grandson to be probed
Fans of club Juve Stabia give outstretched arm gesture to celebrate winning goal by Romano Floriani Mussolini; Italian soccer federation opens investigation
By AFP and ToI Staff
Yaniv Bazini celebrates after the 2024 Division I semifinals, December 13, 2024, in Cary, North Carolina. (Anthony Sorbellini/NCAA Photos via Getty Images via JTA)
December 20, 2024, 3:52 am
University of Vermont’s Israeli soccer star sets hopes on US professional league
Yaniv Bazini is one of the top scorers nationwide, playing for the Division I champion team
By jacob gurvis
The trophy is displayed on the pitch ahead of the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, December 18, 2022. (Martin Meissner/AP)
December 11, 2024, 8:54 am
FIFA to confirm soccer 2030 World Cup hosts, award 2034 tourney to Saudi Arabia
Three-continent, six-nation bid led by Morocco, Spain and Portugal to host 2030 event, irking environmentalists over emissions; Saudi Arabia to get 2034 despite human rights record
By Reuters and ToI Staff
In this image taken from video, police detain a man near the Ajax stadium, after anti-Israel protesters marched despite a ban on demonstrations near the soccer stadium, in Amsterdam, November 7, 2024. (AP Photo InterVision)
November 26, 2024, 7:18 pm
Amsterdam bars Italian team’s fans from match, fearing repeat of antisemitic attacks
City says risk of racist incidents from Lazio Rome supporters — fined in the past for offensive behavior — is too high in aftermath of November 7 violence against Maccabi TA fans
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israel's Yarden Shua, right, celebrates after scoring his side's winning goal during the UEFA Nations League Group A2 soccer match between Israel and Belgium at the Bozsik Arena stadium in Budapest, Hungary, November 17, 2024. (Denes Erdos/AP)
November 18, 2024, 10:27 am
Last-gasp goal gives Israel 1-0 win over Belgium in Nations League soccer
Debutant Yarden Shua scores in 86th minute; national team still relegated from top tier, but victory celebrated as major achievement
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Protesters and police clash during a rally against the 'Israel is Forever' gala organized by far-right Franco-Israeli figures, in Paris, November 13, 2024, on the eve of the UEFA Nations League 2025 soccer match between France and Israel. (Louise Delmotte/AP)
November 14, 2024, 10:24 am
Paris protesters target pro-Israel, far-right linked gala ahead of tense soccer match
Demonstrators decry invitation sent to Finance Minister Smotrich; Israel-France game to be secured by thousands of police, as fans permitted to bring only each team’s national flag
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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
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
Banners reading 'Shalom, salam, peace' and showing the colors and symbol of the Hapoel Jerusalem club's fan group 'Brigade Malcha' are held by fans of SV Werder Bremen in memory of murdered Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, prior to the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between SV Werder Bremen and FC Bayern Munich in Bremen, northern Germany, September 21, 2024. (Axel Heimken/AFP)
September 21, 2024, 9:01 pm
German soccer fans honor murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin ahead of game
Crowd members at SV Werder Bremen match display banner with the Goldberg-Polin’s image reading ‘Shalom, salam, peace’ and ‘May your memory be a revolution, brother!’
By ToI Staff
Lionel Messi controls the ball during the Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season football match between Inter Miami and Philadelphia Union at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 14, 2024. (Chris ARJOON / AFP)
September 15, 2024, 9:01 pm
Lionel Messi’s yellow ribbon mistaken as hostage solidarity symbol
Soccer player’s tribute to childhood cancer awareness initially thought by some to be for Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas
By ToI Staff
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