Sagiv Yehezkel's goal Antaliaspor player vs Trabzonspor and the tribute to the abductees/Sport1
Turkey is not calming down from the Sagiv Yehezkel affair. As you may recall, the Israeli national team player scored on Sunday night, pointing to the inscription on his bandage, marking 100 days of the hostages held captive by Hamas, and also a "half-heart" sign - not knowing what a huge storm it would cause.
The winger was taken at night for questioning by the police, and the Turkish crowd is demanding a heavy punishment. Journalist Mamet Ali Onel, who has more than 324,45 followers on Twitter, compared Yehezkel's case to that of Yousef Attal.
Nice's Algerian defender, who was arrested and tried on suspicion of religious incitement following a post he shared at the beginning of the war calling on the Arab people to support Hamas and "make the Jews have a black day," was informed earlier this month in a Nice court that he had been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence in addition to a €45,100 fine.
"Attal was fined <>,<> euros and sentenced to eight months in prison. Sagiv Yehezkel supported the genocide that Israel has been committing for <> days," Ali Onel tweeted. "Let's see what punishment Turkey will impose on the Zionist player."
Big mess. Yehezkel/Official website, Antaliaspor
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The Algerian was convicted in a Nice court on charges of "attempting to stir up hatred and religious incitement" – in contrast to Yehezkel, who, according to the Turkish justice minister, is accused of the crime of "publicly inciting the public to hatred and hostility" – and of "supporting the massacre carried out by Israel in Gaza."
Asked to post an apology on social media, Attal said: "I'm a football player and I'm not trying to get into politics, I shared without watching and posted a sincere apology for the content I shared. I thought it was a message of peace, but looking back I understand that it was serious and that I should have watched the video until the end."
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