Nice’s Atal, Mainz’s El Ghazi suspended for Israel-Palestine conflict posts
Al JazeeraFrench club Nice’s Youcef Atal and German club Mainz’s Anwar El Ghazi have been suspended over posts in support of Palestine. Mainz suspends El Ghazi over ‘unacceptable’ post Atal’s suspension comes a day after German club Mainz 05 suspended Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi for a social media post about the conflict that the Bundesliga club felt was “unacceptable”. pic.twitter.com/44m5HjtBOn — Mainz 05 English October 17, 2023 Dutch international El Ghazi made the comments in a “since-deleted” post on social media on Sunday night, Mainz said. May God give mercy to the dead, may God heal their wounded.” Former Aston Villa winger El Ghazi, who joined Mainz in September, wrote in a separate post on X on Thursday that he had “received some negative messages around my social media posts”. Mainz’s decision has been condemned by football fans on social media, where some of them questioned the club’s action as El Ghazi did not call for “anyone to be harmed”.
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Mainz terminates El Ghazi’s contract over posts on Israel-Hamas conflict
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Mainz Terminates Contract With Anwar El Ghazi Over Pro-Palestine Posts On Social Media
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Anwar El Ghazi’s contract terminated by Mainz over Israel-Palestine posts
Al JazeeraGerman soccer club Mainz suspends player for ‘unacceptable’ social media post about Israel-Hamas war
Associated PressFrench soccer club Nice suspends Youcef Atal for sharing an antisemitic message on social media
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Algerian defender Youcef Atal suspended by OGC Nice for Israel-Hamas controversial Instagram post
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Bundesliga: El Ghazi suspended by Mainz for Israel-Hamas conflict post
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Mainz suspend Anwar El Ghazi over pro-Palestine social media post
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French football federation condemns Nice’s Atal for reportedly reposting hate speech against Jews
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