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Maccabi Tel Aviv will host Real Madrid this evening (Tuesday, 9:30 p.m.) as part of the double game week in the Euroleague, and if the meeting with the Blancos, the European champions, will be very challenging from a professional standpoint, then the game this coming Thursday in Baskonia may be much more problematic due to the expected hostile and violent atmosphere According to the planning of the local audience.
Over the years, Baskonia fans have used almost every opportunity to echo calls for Palestine and against Israel, even on normal days when there was a tense silence between Israel and the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, and the one who is now taking things one step further is the BDS organization.
Yesterday, local activists met in the city of Vitoria, staged a demonstration of support for the Palestinians that included waving the flags of Palestine and South Africa and announced the three steps they expect the fans in Ascona to follow on Thursday.
Basconia fans against Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2019/Official website, Maccabi Tel Aviv
In light of the behavior of Baskonia's crowd on Sunday in the home victory over Oberdeiro, a game during which the team's fans chanted "Tel Aviv is not in Europe" and "Free Palestine" alongside waving Palestinian flags, it is hard to believe that they will not follow the instructions - at least partially.
According to the announcement, the crowd on Thursday against Maccabi Tel Aviv is asked "not to enter the hall until the fifth minute in protest of the death of over 26,000 Gazans, half of them children."
In addition, the fans are asked to shout "genocide" every time the Maccabi Tel Aviv players have the ball and to wave the flags of Palestine and South Africa throughout the game.
The BDS members also announced at a press conference they held that they expect full support from the authorities, arguing that their freedom of expression should be respected and they should be allowed to express their sympathy with the Gazans following the "Zionist invasion of Gaza".
If we mentioned the events of the past and perhaps also in light of the decisions of the Spanish government since the outbreak of the war with regard to Israel-Palestine relations, it can be assumed that there will be no significant obstacle to carrying out these actions, if at all.
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