World Cup: England fan yells ‘free Palestine’ during Israeli TV interview
Reporters have repeatedly spoken out against politically motivated harassment by fans at the World Cup.
A video of an England fan shouting “free Palestine” during a live Israeli broadcast in Qatar is going viral on social media, adding to the many clips of Israeli reporters in similar situations at the World Cup.
The correspondent from KAN Public Broadcaster was interviewing a couple of England fans during a live broadcast, asking them if football was coming home after they England had beaten Senegal.
At the end of the interview, one of the young fans grabs the microphone saying “but more importantly; free Palestine.”
The story was picked up in international and British media, including Daily Mail and The Independent.
Israeli reporters who spoke to Jewish News at the beginning of the World Cup told how they had been harassed numerous times on air.
Channel 13’s sports reporter Tal Shorrer said he has been abused or verbally assaulted more than 50 times, mentioning an Argentinian fan who pushed him when he saw the Hebrew letters on Shorrer’s microphone, shouting, “you are killing babies.”
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