Kudos to Hapoel Tel Aviv
Wednesday night, Hapoel Tel Aviv, a soccer team from Israel played and won a very important game in Zaltsburg, Austria towards the group stage of the European champions league.
Excited from the win people here in Israel did not notice the yellow card drawn to Hapoel’s forward Ofer Shechter when he scored a goal and put on a yamuka and prayed.
In my eyes, this was a shaming moment to UEFA, FIFA and international Soccer. The Fifa slogan “Say No To Racism” is probably directed towards certain nations and certain nations but towards Israelis or Jewish people.
My question is why do Christians soccer players doing the crucifix sign when they enter the field, get out of the field and score goals do not get a yellow card from the referee? Why don’t Muslim players raising their hands and praying to Allah don’t get a yellow card drawn?

I guess it is an anti-Jew issue, we are used to being treated like that – especially in Europe, but this time it was during a sports event, Is it forbidden to play soccer with a yamuka? Is it wrong to thank the Jewish god after you score? I guess there is no Fifa rule against it, but for some reason, nobody is talking when Jew’s are wronged.

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