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Wales-Israel Football Protests

Stillshooter | 21.06.2012 09:42 | Palestine | Repression | World

Around 50 members of The Palestine Solidarity Campaign organised a protest picket of the Israel – Wales Women's European Championship qualifying match in Wrexham, N. Wales today Wednesday 20 June 2012 – Outside the main entrance of Wrexham Stadium.

Its main aim was to use the protest as an opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of Palestinian Mahmoud Al Sarsak.
Mahmoud is a footballer who plays for the Palestinian national team and is now over 90 days into a hunger strike in protest at being detained by Israel for almost three years without charge or trial. Mahmoud, 25, was seized by Israel whilst travelling from Gaza to the West Bank to train, and is one of a number of Palestinian prisoners who remain on hunger strike. The demonstrators see this as another example of what they claim to be the apartheid nature of the Israeli State and the need for a sporting boycott of teams that act as virtual ambassadors for Israel.

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He hasn't been detained for being a footballer ...

21.06.2012 10:55

... but for being a member of Islamic Jihad, an Iranian proxy terrorist group, which has been at war with Israel for years and is even now firing rockets at Israeli territory from Gaza. Enemy combattant: he'll get out when the war is over or when he has been proven to be no longer a threat to the lives and security of the state of Israel and its citizens.

No charges or trial necessary

Please provide information

21.06.2012 11:07

"was seized by Israel whilst travelling from Gaza to the West Bank to train"

There are TWO ways to get between Gaza and the West Bank.

The first, not requiring permission from Israel, involves crossing into Egypt, arranging to travel from Egypt to Jordan by any of a number of intenrational routes (I beliee there is even a ferry across the Red Sea) and then into the West bank.

The second involves crossing THROUGH Israel.For that one either applies for and receives permission from the Israelis (negotiates with the Israelis for that) or one tries to illegally sneak across the borders.

Which was this?

After all, if I were to travel between Spain and Belgium, well I might do that by sea OR try to sneak through France. In the latter case, if caught, I would expect to be jailed by the French authorities (I am not a citizen of any EU country, require permissions to be in your countries).

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How many

21.06.2012 11:31

The number of people who it is said attended this protest seems to grow with every report. This one claims 50 an earlier one says 30-40 and the local news media said "about 15" A year from now I guess there will have been a million !

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Search engine broken MDN?

21.06.2012 12:11

"He had obtained a permit to travel from the Israeli authorities beforehand and yet upon arriving at the Erez Crossing in the Gaza Strip he was arrested and taken for interrogation. "
 http://www.alresalah.ps/en/index.php?act=post&id=739

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Mahmoud Al Sarsak

21.06.2012 12:48

Mahmoud was released from Israeli custody on July 10. He was back home in Gaza on July 11th.

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