Watch the incident: Bnei Sakhnin fans disrespect the anthem, and continue to cheer demonstratively even during the singing of "Hatikva"/Walla!
Central District Commander Avi Biton ordered today (Sunday) to open an investigation to examine the circumstances of the incident last night (Saturday) at the Netanya stadium during which Bnei Sakhnin fans disrespected the national anthem and demonstratively cursed the Hapoel Hadera player Menashe Zalka, on suspicion of violating the state's flag, emblem and national anthem law.
According to the police statement, "During the game, documentation raising suspicion of the existence of a criminal offense in the aforementioned offenses was uploaded to the network, and accordingly the district commander ordered an investigation into the circumstances. At the end of the collection of all the findings, including means of documentation, followed by the formation of an initial evidentiary infrastructure, the materials will be forwarded to the prosecutor's office for examination as required.
Criminal suspicion.
Sakhnin fans (photographers have no connection to the event)/Adrian Herbstein
It all started, as mentioned, before the opening song, when "Hatikva" was played in the stadium, and Sakhnin fans continued to sing and cheer their team in a demonstrative, defiant manner.
Then, when Zeleka came on as a substitute in the second half (63rd minute), the Sakhnin fans started chanting against him - and again, this was also done in a deliberate way, when no other player received special curses from Sakhnin fans, and only Zeleka, an IDF soldier who served in the reserves on the border The North, received chants of "Zalka's mother *Vena" and boos every time he touched the ball.
In the end, Hapoel Hadera beat Sakhnin 0:1 with a goal by Elad Madmon in the 97th minute. Zalka, in a symbolic act, celebrated on the grass while wrapped in the Israeli flag .
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