{"id":13822,"date":"2024-01-16T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=13822"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:58:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:58:22","slug":"turkey-releases-israeli-footballer-after-charging-him-with-inciting-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/turkey-releases-israeli-footballer-after-charging-him-with-inciting-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Releases Israeli Footballer After Charging Him With &#8220;Inciting Hatred&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sagiv-jehezkel-showing-support-for-israel-during-a-recent-football-game.jpg\" alt=\"Sagiv Jehezkel showing support for Israel during a recent football game\" title=\"Turkey Releases Israeli Footballer After Charging Him With \"Inciting Hatred\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13823\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel who plays in the Turkish Super Lig was charged with inciting hatred<\/li>\n<li>Jehezkel got in trouble after he displayed a bandage on his hand supporting Israel <\/li>\n<li>Israel has asked the international community to take action against Turkey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli footballer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sagiv_jehezkel\/\">Sagiv Jehezkel<\/a><\/strong> found himself in trouble in Turkey after he decided to show support for Israel by writing \u201c<em>100 Days 7.10<\/em>\u201d on a bandage on his hand. <\/p>\n<p>This is in reference to the Oct 7 massacre in Israel carried out by Hamas. <\/p>\n<h2>Turkey Launches Investigation Against Jehezkel<\/h2>\n<p>Jehezkel plays in the Turkish Super Lig for Antalyaspor <strong>raised his hand to display his support for Israel<\/strong>. Also on the bandage was <strong>a Star of David<\/strong>. His support for Israel during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/football\">football<\/a> game did not go down well with the Turkish authorities as <strong>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/strong> has been very open with his support for Palestine and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey took action very quickly against Jehezkel and <strong>charged him for inciting hatred in the country<\/strong>. His <strong>club also immediately sacked him for showing support to Israel<\/strong> who has since retaliated by killing thousands in Palestine. The Turkish Football Federation backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antalyaspor.com.tr\/tr\">Antalyaspor<\/a>\u2019s decision to terminate Jehezkel and said it was the right decision given that his actions was unacceptable.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/apkUolWlBZc?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A local news agency said that when Jehezkel was questioned by the authorities he said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am not pro-war. I want this 100-day process to come to an end. I want the war to end.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jehezkel continued: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have never engaged in anything related to politics since my arrival. I have never disrespected anyone since the day I arrived. The point I wanted to draw attention to was [the need] for an end of the war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Israel Not Happy With Turkey\u2019s Response  <\/h2>\n<p>Israel wasn\u2019t happy to find out that Jehezkel was charged with inciting hatred during a football game and then sacked abruptly. The foreign ministry in Israel opened discussions with local authorities in Turkey and secured the release of Jehezkel who was then put on a private jet and flown back to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides worked out an agreement rather quickly as they did not want it to blow up into a big fallout. <strong>Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz<\/strong> has since called on the international sports community to take action against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/turkey\">Turkey<\/a> for their treatment of Jehezkel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel who plays in the Turkish Super Lig was charged with inciting hatred Jehezkel got in trouble after he displayed a bandage on his hand supporting Israel Israel has asked the international community to take action against Turkey Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel found himself in trouble in Turkey after he decided 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