Israeli football teams seem able to travel the world freely, playing fixtures. Officials in EUFA seem blind to geography, but sensitive to the racist politics of European elites and governments, when they treat Israel as a part of Europe. In Palestine, however, Israel moves to crush Palestinian sport, as it works to ethnically cleanse an entire society from the face of the earth. Kiling Palestinians while they play football is an Israeli sport.

see the video: Guardian, Thursday May 15th

Israelis challenged during UEFA match in Livorno, Italy
Livorno-Maccabi Haifa

Italy is clearly near the top of the league of human rights activists who oppose the sporting ambassadors of the apartheid state.  Faaaaaaantaaaaaaaasticooooooooo!

We are a campaign for Palestinian human rights who aim to unite people across Scotland in opposition to the crimes of the Israeli government. To that end we have in the past few days:

* publicised Israel’s crimes to supporters of Glasgow Rangers ahead of last night’s UEFA cup match against Israeli team, Haifa Maccabi.

* protested Israeli crimes outside the Glasgow Marriot Hotel against the Israeli team inside.

* distributed thousands of leaflets to fans going to last night’s game.

We are in favour of campaigns to disrupt Israeli sporting fixtures as part of the international boycott of Israel. Our Campaign, however, did NOT organise last night’s pitch invasion at Ibrox, and indeed strongly advised the young man involved AGAINST taking this course of action. His eccentric decision to wear a tee-shirt with a sectarian emblem to Ibrox is bizarre and deplorable.

We strive to prevent the Palestinian issue being mapped on to the lingering sectarian stupidity of Scotland. Especially so, when the entire Christian community of Palestine, of all denominations, Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant, are equally victims of Israel’s remorseless ethnic cleansing as much as their Muslim neighbours.

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