⚽️El Atlético de Madrid y Apollo: cuando el capital de la ocupación israelí entra en el fútbol español

✍️ Leyla Hamed
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Kick Israel out of FIFA poster September 29, 12pm Eastern Time

List of speakers

Extremely honored to be included in this important event demanding Israel’s expulsion from international football next Monday.

Speakers include @leylahamed.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, and many other vital voices.

Register:

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I invite you to look into the athletes and artists represented by this company and help them understand who’s really behind it.
Many of them have no idea whose hands their careers and image are in.

Kehlani — also a Wasserman client — released a video dedicated to Palestine and called out celebrity silence.

The agency profits off voices like hers, while its founder supports bombing the people she defends.

Emily Austin, a well known Zionist propagandist influencer represented by Wasserman, mocks Palestine, praised Israel and co-hosted the FIFA Club World Cup.

She was given access to the Epstein file, and works for DAZN. This is who global sports platforms elevate.

Things get even darker.
This is Casey Wasserman alongside Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
He reportedly flew on Epstein’s private jet at least 10 times.

In October 2023, as Gaza was under siege, Casey Wasserman stood before the International Olympic Committee and said:
“I unequivocally stand in solidarity with Israel.”

This is who’s leading the 2028 Olympics. www.insidethegames.biz/articles/114...

These Billionaires Subsidize the Israeli Military Through a US Nonprofit A US nonprofit funnels money from billionaires like Home Depot’s co-founder to effectively subsidize Israeli troops.

Wasserman’s CEO, Casey Wasserman, donated:

$525K to Friends of the IDF
$25K to Israeli right-wing org StandWithUs
$1M to AIPAC campaigns

He chairs 2028 Olympics and moves through FIFA with ease while backing the very forces killing Palestinian athletes truthout.org/articles/the...

Wasserman is one of the biggest agencies in football.

It represents players like Fede Valverde, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Curtis Jones, and coaches like Mikel Arteta, Enzo Maresca, and many more.

But is also a machine that funds apartheid and genocide.

A thread👇🏽🧵

I can’t think of a more important episode @endofsportpod.bsky.social right now. @leylahamed.bsky.social is a such an important journalist doing the world a massive service. Check it out below:

I will try to be more active!! Thank you so much for sharing

Paris St. Germain crowd holds up sign reading "Stop Genocide A Gaza"

Ep. 164: On Athleticide

@derekcrim.bsky.social and @nkalamb.bsky.social are joined by the incredible @leylahamed.bsky.social to rage about all the ways in which sport continues to play an instrumental role in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

open.spotify.com/episode/0WGb...

As the world witnesses Israel's systematic destruction of Gaza - including stadiums - and the suffering of Palestinians & Palestinian footballers FIFA, which claims to unite the world through “the beautiful game”, remains silent, writes @leylahamed.bsky.social 🔗 www.newarab.com/opinion/dear...

Dear FIFA: Expel Israel, or stop calling it the ’beautiful game’ Football isn’t innocent while FIFA ignores Israel’s genocide in Gaza and allows it to play, says Leyla Hamed. To save the beautiful game, expel Israel now.

FIFA says football is for all.
But Palestinians footballers are killed and its stadiums destroyed.
So, which part of this is the beautiful game?
My first piece for @thenewarab.bsky.social: www.newarab.com/opinion/dear...

Here! bsky.app/profile/leyl...

Help Mark Bonnick fight against Anti-Palestinian repression here t.co/mW523dxMgi

Bonnick was abruptly dismissed on Christmas Eve 2024. His posts, which criticised Israeli apartheid and expressed horror at the genocide in Gaza, were shared during Israel’s months-long assault.

After more than 20 years of service, Arsenal fired former kit man Mark Bonnick. Not for any wrongdoing but simply for standing with Palestine.
There was no misconduct. No hate. Just solidarity.

@Arsenal must apologise, reinstate Mark, and stop silencing support for Palestine.

“Show Israel the Red Card” 🧵

A thread of different fan bases across Europe standing in solidarity with 🇵🇸 and against genocide and ethnic cleansing.

@leylahamed.bsky.social

I would really appreciate if the football community can help here, by donating or sharing.

Mohamed Mresh is a young footballer from Gaza, who played for Al-Shujaiiya club. His family are in a dire situation. Any donation, no matter if small, counts: gofund.me/90c090db

Mohamed’s family home is absolutely destroyed. They have nowhere to comeback to.
These are in the conditions his family are living in now, children included. His mother was severely injured in an Israeli attack, and can’t walk on her own.

I would really appreciate if the football community can help here, by donating or sharing.

Mohamed Mresh is a young footballer from Gaza, who played for Al-Shujaiiya club. His family are in a dire situation. Any donation, no matter if small, counts: gofund.me/90c090db

How the world has come to normalise this, justify it and even back it is beyond me.

Abominable.

What have you endured, Khaled. After they murdered the soul of your soul, after they bombed your house and your brother's house, still you walked around feeding the hungry, helping those in need.

Steadfast on your land. May Allah reunite you with your loved ones in Jannah.

From all the different posters I’ve taken to protests, this was the one people would always stop by, emotional, and ask for a picture.

Uncle Khaled was a man who touched people and made them cry from all corners of the world purely for his gentle nature and warmth.

Second part of the video:

Dina Abdeen, player of the Palestinian U20 national team, gets emotional speaking about Gaza and what it means for her to represent her country.

“When we step onto the field, we fight for our people those in Palestine and in Gaza”

How much longer will Israeli football's culture of hate remain unchecked? The rampant racism expressed by football teams and fans in Israel exposes a glaring culture of impunity. Authorities and sporting bodies like FIFA must stop looking the other way and address this trou...

My latest piece on how Israel's society and its racist football fans represent two sides of the same violent colonialism.

For TRTWorld.

www.trtworld.com/opinion/how-...

Just how Arsenal fans call themselves 😭

No room for genocidal flags in stadiums. Fans have had enough.