Spain defends soccer star Lamine Yamal over Israel’s criticism of Palestinian flag display
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Yamal was showing solidarity with Palestine after the parade drew roughly 750,000 supporters, according to reports.
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The ForwardSpain defends soccer star Lamine Yamal over Israel’s criticism of Palestinian flag display
Spain’s government is defending soccer star Lamine Yamal after Israel’s defense minister accused Yamal of inciting “hatred” against Israel for waving a Palestinian flag during his team’s celebrations following a title win. Yamal, 18, whose father is Moroccan, is a phenom on the FC Barcelona team. He waved the Palestinian flag while riding in an open-top bus during FC Barcelona’s celebrations after winning Spain’s top professional soccer league t…
Football and politics (1)Photo: Courtesy In the celebration of the league championship, Lamine Yamal del Barcelona waved the flag of Palestine, as if it were part of his national identity and put to debate the entire political landscape of Spain, but also of world football. Spanish, of African and Muslim parents, the new Blaugrana star, continued in the line of what is now a global trend: football is everything, less sport. It is also political …
Regarding the flag of Lamine Yamal at the celebration of Barcelona, apart from the well-known opinion of the Blaugrana team technician, Hansi Flick, about the aforementioned display of the flag of Palestine by the player Lamine Yamal, I do not know if the entity presided by Joan Laporta, who is the one who pays the player, has called him to order for having waved the badge of Palestine while celebrating with his companions the achievement of the…
Aside from the well-known opinion of FC Barcelona coach Hansi Flick regarding Lamine Yamal's display of the Palestinian flag, I don't know if the club, which pays the player, has reprimanded him for waving the Palestinian flag while celebrating the league title with his teammates. However, the general coordinator of the People's Party (PP), Elías Bendodo, did criticize him for this action, arguing that football should not be mixed with other iss…
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