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Israelis shunned at Qatar FIFA World Cup: 'You are not welcome'
Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/27/2022

Posted on 11/27/2022 9:06:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Israeli journalists and fans are being boycotted and yelled at by fans, locals, and officials at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Multiple Israelis have claimed to have been met by an atmosphere of hostility and hatred at the World Cup in Qatar, with fans refusing to speak to Israeli journalists, waving Palestinian flags in the background of their videos and yelling at them.

Moav Vardy, KAN’s foreign affairs reporter, was yelled at by a Saudi fan who told him that “You are not welcome here. This is Qatar. This is our country. There is only Palestine; no Israel.”

Other videos from Qatar show people immediately walking away when they find out the person interviewing them is Israeli.

In one particular video, N12’s Ohad Hemo begins to interview a group of Lebanese men who then walk away when Hemo tells them he’s Israeli. One of them then turns back and asks Hemo what he’s doing there and then tells him that Israel doesn’t exist.

In other videos, people stand behind various Israeli reporters and raise Palestinian flags.

Anti-Israel sentiments

Israeli soccer legend and KAN World Cup panel member Eli Ohana also faced anti-Israel sentiments when he was on a golf cart being driven by a Qatari policeman. When Ohana said he is Israeli, the officer asked him if he was joking, and Ohana then said he was really Portuguese in order to avoid trouble.

The officer told him that if he had been Israeli, he would have turned the car around and refused to drive him.

Raz Shechnick, Yediot Ahronoth’s reporter for the World Cup, wrote on Twitter about his experiences in Qatar, describing an atmosphere of rejection and hostility from both locals and foreigners attending the games.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; chat; fifa; islam; israel; muslims; notnews; qatar; rop; soccer; soccersucks; waronterror; whataretheirfrnicks; worldcup
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1 posted on 11/27/2022 9:06:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

For that very ‘Hating of Israel’ reason, Qatar should not have been given the hosting honor. Too late now.


2 posted on 11/27/2022 9:10:02 PM PST by lee martell
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To: SeekAndFind

Pffft...

And I thought everybody watched the Disney Channel and liked each other.


3 posted on 11/27/2022 9:11:40 PM PST by jcon40 (Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Qatar cannot control the local fans on this. Hardly news. And yes, letting Qatar host because of $$$ was REALLY stupid. This is a MUCH better operation than the Olympics, and REAL international countries that like this soccer/futbol stuff would be happy to be good hosts and reap the benefits without going broke. Germany, Japan, Australia, India, England even Argentina or Chile would have been a better choice. Better for the sport, too.


4 posted on 11/27/2022 9:13:24 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: SeekAndFind

The leadership in the U. S. being what it is right now,
every nation on the planet is feeling it’s oats and doing
whatever it please knowing no repercussions will be
forthcoming.

Biden can’t remember the last time he actually used toilet
paper.

Issues with Qatar, in relation to Israel? LOL

There should be a sign on the front and side doors of
the White House. Under New... ooops, NO MANAGEMENT!


5 posted on 11/27/2022 9:13:53 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the {Const'l} REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: SeekAndFind

knuckledraggers


6 posted on 11/27/2022 9:14:07 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: SeekAndFind

Putting their beast foot forward.


7 posted on 11/27/2022 9:16:31 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: SeekAndFind

nothing new about
soccer hooligans


8 posted on 11/27/2022 9:21:08 PM PST by RockyTx
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To: DoughtyOne

I’d bet is being deliberately neglected the Biden regime, if not encouraged.


9 posted on 11/27/2022 9:25:04 PM PST by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: RockyTx

This isn’t soccer hooliganism. It’s political targeting.


10 posted on 11/27/2022 9:26:40 PM PST by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: SeekAndFind

...and what did they expect?


11 posted on 11/27/2022 9:27:29 PM PST by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: lee martell
For that very ‘Hating of Israel’ reason, Qatar should not have been given the hosting honor.

Are you kidding? FIFA received a king's ransom from Qatar.

12 posted on 11/27/2022 9:29:22 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: SeekAndFind

This whole qatari soccer experience sounds like a road trip with Hillary.


13 posted on 11/27/2022 9:50:40 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: Ken H

Well, a slap on the back of Qatar’s leadership then.

Wouldn’t surprise me.


14 posted on 11/27/2022 10:09:05 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the {Const'l} REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: lee martell

There are many many reasons why Qatar should not have been given the hosting honour.

The only reason they got it is the substantial bribes to FIFA leaders


15 posted on 11/27/2022 10:11:15 PM PST by Cronos (.)
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To: SeekAndFind
You can take the mudslum raghead out of the sh**hole, but you can't tak the sh**hole out of the raghead.

16 posted on 11/27/2022 10:13:56 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If they ever try to attack them again, I hope Israel turns them into a vast green sea of Trinity glass.


17 posted on 11/27/2022 10:15:04 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: OrangeHoof

This is why the politically correct term for the conflict: “Israel-Palestinian conflict” is incorrect. It is STILL the Arab-Israeli Conflict.


18 posted on 11/27/2022 10:20:19 PM PST by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.i)
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To: lee martell

Qatar is a major funding source for the Muslim Brotherhood IIRC. What was Fifa thinking of other than $$$. Good bribes?


19 posted on 11/28/2022 12:07:26 AM PST by Hootowl99
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To: Cronos
The only reason they got it is the substantial bribes to FIFA leaders

Check their bank accounts.

20 posted on 11/28/2022 12:35:27 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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