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Israel's judo team suffers ongoing harassment in Morocco
Oren Aharoni
Published: 25.05.15, 23:46
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1. 2 comments: a) God bless Israel's brave judo team;
Rafi ,   US   (05.26.15)
b) this is predictable fallout from Israel's right-wing zealotry, "world-be-damned" attitude featured in these Talkbacks - and demagogic implementation thereof by Bibi. You pride yourself on your defiance & isolation - now we are getting a taste of its consequences. Too bad Israel's representatives abroad have to pay the price. They deserve a hero's welcome when they return to Israel.
2. discrimination?
Jake ,   Jerusalem   (05.26.15)
Is this not discrimination? At least the International Judo Federation saw it as such and had all flags removed. Yet who else saw it as discrimination? Who reported it to the international body, the UN, as discrimination? Oh, well, I forgot that the UN is basically about anti-Semitism.
3. Still, we convince ourselves that sooner or later Islam will
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love us; in one form or another. Well the only form Islam will tolerate Israel is, as a dead corpse.
4. WTF were you expecting?
TC ,   Israel   (05.26.15)
And the shin Beth warned you about all this.
5. kick morooco out of association. better yet treat gaza socce
ralph   (05.26.15)
soccer team same way.
6. Extreme bigotry at its worst
USA   (05.26.15)
Is this the best that some Arabs freakshows can offer the world???!!!
7. ALWAYS A MISTAKE
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS ,   SAFED HONESTY   (05.26.15)
A BIG mistake for israelis to visit a hostile place such as Morocco .Nothing to be found there except hostility.
8. WILL ISRAELIS EVER LEARN ?
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (05.26.15)
Israel was meant to be : " A NATION WHO DWELLS ALONE and will NOT be reckoned amongst the nations ."
9. WHY GO TO THESE COUNTRIES?
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (05.26.15)
The outcome is OBVIOUS.....
10. Yeah - israel recognised as our home
judith ,   Israel   (05.26.15)
Yelling at the israelis to go home... that's a recognition tthat Israel is our home, no? How nice is that.
11. Penalize the Moroccan Team
Steve ,   Tel Aviv ISrael   (05.26.15)
tell me if I'm wrong but in soccer, if the home teams fans are offensive the team can be penalized. I'm not a giant fan but i know i have read this before. so i think that any points that the Moroccan team earned during the competition should be nullified and they should not be allowed to host another tournament for a set period of time. then maybe when they are allowed to host next time the people in charge will make to leave their politics at the door
12. Jealousy makes you nasty...
JtC ,   Nir Eliyahu / Jhb   (05.26.15)
If you can't compete with them on any level...resort to typical underhand tactics...typical Arab/Maghreb/Muslim response...how very very sad and pathetic... This has nothing to do with the Israeli Government's policies, this has everything to do with a culture lacking in civility, blind subservience, enslavement of the mind and violence. Maybe they are disappointed at Israel because much less arabs died due to Israel's self defence than due to other Muslim countries' barbaric massacres??
13. When will Israelis learn not to go to Arab countries?
Ralph   (05.26.15)
Although Morocco was supposedly friendly to Jews, but Arabs are Arabs and cannot change their spots.
14. And Palestinians complain to Fifa about harassment
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Clearly the interference in sport resides overwhelmingly against the Israelis in all sports around the world and particularly in Islamic countries but also in Europe (see episode in Germany last month)
15. It is not Jews such people hate. It is Elohim in the Jews
Rivkah   (05.26.15)
that people hate. If only they knew it is haSatan who causes them to hate the Jews. HaSatan hate the Jews because it is the bloodline of the Jewish Messiah Yahshua. ELS Scripture codes indicate 25% of Muslims repent of their hatred of Elohim and then Elohim reveals His Son Yahshua to them. So not all Muslims go to hell.
16. The islamic cult..
Beary White ,   Norway   (05.26.15)
They were lucky to come out alive... The members of the evil cult of islam have a tendency to torture, murder, kill everything which do not relate to evil islam. Look the the whole north Africa, ME and far East...the deadly cult is on rage..
17. israelis should learn...
ilan z ,   switzeralnd   (05.26.15)
israelis should already have realized by now that they have not the best reputation in the world. so why to go to the arabs countries ??? why to do business in arab coutries ?? israelis will always be facing hostility. so why beeing stupid and provoke it ? whats the point ? sport or not sport. the people who are using these events to show support to the "palestinan cause", dont care if its sport and not politics. so to avoid these problems, israel must start understand avoiding these coutries.
18. Why go to savage Arab Muslim countries
Jiorjio   (05.27.15)
No good can come from that
19. Sounds similar
WIZ ,   Canada   (05.26.15)
to all the sports that happen in Israel. In fact didnt a bunch of israeli soccer holigans go through an arab district and start beating on Arabs and chanting the samedisgraceful things. Sports is not politics but when your country is an aparthied state, you will never be welcomed. Make peace already
20. No surprise moroccans are so unpopular in Europe
Berk ,   Amsterdam   (05.27.15)
21. Now the Israeli Judo Team Members Know what the Palestinian
Doug ,   Rochester, USA   (05.27.15)
soccer players have to go through.
22. Morroco Judo team
abraham ,   los angeles, usa   (05.28.15)
The world is againt people that mistreat other human beings....
23. Racism in sport
The Bald Scotsman ,   Tampa, USA   (06.13.15)
Yes I think what the Moroccans did was disgusting. I do have one question though and I admit I don't have the facts about what I am going to say, only hearsay. Are Betar Yerushalayim soccer fans racist against Arabs? I have heard this, but I haven't lived in Israel for 35 years. If they are though, isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black?
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