2023-11-24T14:53:58+00:00
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/ Today, Friday, the French police arrested the Nice club player, Youssef Attal, as a precaution, accusing him of “defending terrorism” after he published a video clip about the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after he was suspended as an athlete by his team and the federation. French ball.
Agence France-Presse quoted the public prosecutor in the city of Nice, southern France, as saying that the Algerian defender had been arrested.
Atal (27 years old) quickly deleted the post and apologized, but his club decided on October 18 to suspend him until further notice, while the French League’s disciplinary committee suspended him for 7 matches on the 26th of last month.
An investigation was opened after the Public Prosecution was notified by the municipality of Nice.
The Nice Club announced the suspension of Attal after the launch of a preliminary judicial investigation on charges of “defending terrorism” and “anti-Semitism”, against the backdrop of his publishing a video clip.
The club explained in a statement that it “chose to punish him” before the punishment that might be issued by the sporting or judicial authorities, “given the nature of the post and its seriousness.”
The French Football Federation had resorted to its Ethics Council to look into what the Nice and Algerian national team defender published, including “calls for violence” in his support for the Palestinians.
In a press statement, the President of the French Federation, Philippe Diallo, condemned the “calls for violence made by the Algerian player,” and said, “They contradict the ethics of our sport and the values that football tirelessly defends.”
On the fourth of this month, the German club Mainz announced the termination of its contract with the Dutch player of Moroccan origin, Anwar El Ghazi, after his posts on social media, and two days after the player objected to the club’s statement regarding the incident, which led to his suspension for days.
The club wrote in a statement on the “X” platform on Friday: “We have terminated the contract with Anwar Al-Ghazi immediately,” adding that the action was “in response to the player’s statements and publications on social media platforms.”
Al-Ghazi (28 years old) responded to the club’s statement with a post on Instagram, in which he said: “Stand with the truth, even if you will stand alone. Losing my source of livelihood is nothing compared to the hell that the innocent and vulnerable in Gaza are experiencing. Stop the killing.”
The German prosecution opened an investigation into Al-Ghazi’s publications related to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas (classified as terrorist in the United States).
Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people, most of them civilians, including women and children, according to the Israeli authorities. Hamas and other Palestinian factions have kidnapped about 240 hostages in the Gaza Strip since the attack.
In response, Israel launched a bombing on the Gaza Strip, killing 14,854 people, most of them civilians, including women and children, according to the Strip’s health authorities.