Sagiv Jehezkel, Israeli midfielder for Antalyaspor Turkish, was arrested after displaying a message on Sunday denouncing Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7 while celebrating the goal his team tied on Sunday.
The player, who had to give a statement today before the judge, was arrested for “publicly inciting hatred and hatred after the goal because of his ugly support for the Israeli massacre in Gaza,” as explained by Turkey’s Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç.
Furthermore, Antalyaspor announced that it was terminating the contract with the footballer, who it signed last year, for “showing a message that goes against the national values” of Turkey.
In his statement yesterday before the Police, the footballer assured that he did not intend to provoke anyone and assured that he was not in favor of war.
“I was always respectful to people during my stay in Turkey. I want the war to end,” he said during interrogation, according to NTV radio.
After the goal is scored, Jehezkel showed a bandage covering his hand that read “100 days” and the date October 7, the day last year when Hamas killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped about 250.
Jehezkel He was temporarily suspended for refusing to participate in an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people before the match against Gaziantep on October 21.
The Turkish Government is highly critical of Israel’s retaliatory attacks on Gaza, which have left 24,000 dead and 7,000 missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings, according to the Government of the Strip, under the control of Hamas.
Source: La Verdad
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