Manor Solomon wedding photo sparks antisemitic backlash under official Spurs post

Tottenham Hotspur’s official social media account has been hit with a wave of antisemitic and anti-Israel abuse after it included a wedding photo of Israeli footballer Manor Solomon in a post celebrating recent life milestones among the squad.

The club shared a collage on Monday morning with the caption “Big life updates from our guys”, featuring images of players with their children, new partners and recent weddings – including a picture of Solomon embracing his wife, Dana Voshina, in her wedding dress.

Dozens of hostile replies singled out Solomon, labelling him a “Zionist” and a “genocide advocate” and demanding that he be removed from the club. Several users expressed disappointment that his image had been included, with one post reading: “Had to ruin it with that last pic,” accompanied by a bin emoji. Another user wrote: “Just glad that this scum of a human didn’t get to touch our trophy. Now hoping this b*stard gets another ACL.”

Solomon, 24, joined Spurs in 2023 after spells at Fulham and Shakhtar Donetsk and was loaned to Leeds United for the 2023/24 season. Injuries sidelined him for much of the year, but he returned to international duty earlier this month, starting in Israel’s 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over Estonia. He married his long-time partner, Dana, in Tel Aviv just days later.

While many supporters responded positively to the post, the volume of antisemitic and anti-Zionist comments directed at Solomon has renewed concern over hate speech on X, and the failure of major platforms to enforce moderation policies.

In response to the backlash, Tottenham later admitted that several user accounts – including those of some fans – were manually blocked by its social media team. Following criticism, the club apologised and confirmed it had reversed the bans. “We recognise that some of these posts did not breach our content guidelines. We acknowledge a misjudgment, have restored the accounts and are reassessing our internal procedures,” it said.

A spokesperson for Tottenham Hotspur added: “Any form of abuse directed towards our players on social media is acted upon by the Club and reported to the platform. Abuse and discrimination of any kind has no place at our Club, within our game or within wider society.”