Polish soccer club fined for anti-Israel banner in the stands

Polish Soccer Fans Display Offensive Banner Saying Poland ‘Regrets Saving Jews’ During Holocaust

Worshipers wrapped in Israeli flags at a prayer service in Warsaw, Poland. Photo: Reuters/Kacper Pempel Fans of the Polish soccer team Górnik Zabrze displayed a banner that featured a hateful message referencing the Holocaust and a crossed-out Israeli flag at a match on Saturday against fellow Polish club GKS Katowice. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Górnik fans unfurled a banner that said, “Our ancestors died to save Jews. We a…

Polish soccer club fined for anti-Israel banner in the stands

Three weeks after the controversial display by Raków Częstochowa supporters during their UEFA Conference League qualifying match against Maccabi Haifa, European football’s governing body has fined the club tens of thousands of euro.