Zionist Reporters Not Welcome in World Cup

Tunisia Football Fans Raise ‘Free Palestine’ Flag to Remember Nakba

Date: 27 November 2022 - 22:12

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TUNIS (Dispatches) – Tunisian fans unfurled a “Free Palestine” flag in the 48th minute of their Qatar World Cup match against Australia, in reference to what is known by Arabs as the 1948 Nakba when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homeland by Zionist militias.
Despite Palestine not qualifying for the tournament, which is being held in the Middle East for the first time, its national flag has become a ubiquitous symbol throughout the event.
Tunisian and other Arab footbaling fans have made a point of displaying Palestinian flags and wearing Palestinian shawls over their shoulders.
Such is this positive sentiment and regional solidarity towards Palestine that in one viral video, an Egyptian fan, smiling, leans into the camera of an Israeli broadcaster and relays a simple message: “Viva Palestine.”
Social media posts in recent days show fans who, after realizing they are being interviewed by Israeli media, walk away or call for the liberation of Palestine.
Even though Qatar and the Zionist regime have no official relations, for the first time, there are direct flights between Tel Aviv and Doha, with fans and diplomatic officials being allowed.
Ahead of the World Cup in Doha, hundreds of fans gathered and waved the Palestinian flag, with reports stating that it was part of an event organized by the Qatar Youth Against Normalization group.
The Nakba, or “the catastrophe”, is the name Palestinians give to the massacres and forced expulsion they endured at the hand of Zionist militias in 1948 to make way for the occupation of their land.
Entire Palestinian villages were massacred, with Zionist gangs indiscriminately killing unarmed civilians and burying some in mass graves.
Since the beginning of the international sports extravaganza, Zionist media reporters and journalists have confessed to being boycotted and yelled at by fans, locals, and officials at the World Cup in Qatar.
Raz Shechnick, Yedioth Ahronoth’s reporter for the World Cup, wrote on his Twitter account about his experiences in Qatar regarding the anti-Zionist atmosphere for the regime’s media.
Describing the atmosphere in a string of tweets, Shechnick said, “We didn’t want to write these words, we are not the story here, but after ten days in Doha, we cannot hide what we are going through. We are feeling hated, surrounded by hostility, not welcomed.”
The Zionist reporter also recounted an incident in which he and his colleague had lied about their origin, saying they were Equadorian in order to prevent them from being harassed by fans.
Dor Hoffman, a Zionist journalist, reported that a Qatari taxi driver kicked him out of his cab after he discovered he was from the occupied territories, refusing to take his money.
Hoffman later proceeded to a restaurant on a Qataru beach, where he was escorted out of the premise of the restaurant by security, with the owner of the restaurant demanding that he delete every photo taken in his restaurant.