{"id":74716,"date":"2023-05-22T16:03:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=74716"},"modified":"2023-05-22T16:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:03:49","slug":"palestinian-flag-causes-tension-at-israels-first-u-20-world-cup-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/palestinian-flag-causes-tension-at-israels-first-u-20-world-cup-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian flag causes tension at Israel\u2019s first U-20 World Cup game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JUAN MELAMED<\/p>\n<p>BUENOS AIRES (JTA) \u2014 Around 4,000 Jewish Argentines showed up to cheer on Israel at their first appearance in a FIFA World Cup tournament in over 50 years, at times chanting songs in Spanish. But their festive mood changed after a Palestinian flag surfaced in the crowd \u2014 and after the Israeli team lost narrowly in the final minutes to Colombia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74717\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74717\" class=\"wp-image-74717 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup.jpeg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74717\" class=\"wp-image-74717 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-22-23-israel-world-cup.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-74717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jewish fans cheer on Israel&#8217;s under-20 soccer team at the Diego Maradona Stadium in La Plata, Argentina, May 21, 2023. (Fede Peretti\/ Israel Football Association)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, Israel lost 2-1 in the first match of the first round of the U-20 World Cup, which features the world\u2019s best soccer talent under 20 years old. When Colombia scored its first goal, in the second half of the game \u2014 after a first half that was dominated by Israel \u2014 supporters in a Colombian fan section raised a Palestinian flag.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately, nearby Israel supporters in the stands began shouting at the flag bearer, saying \u201cThis is not politics, this is soccer.\u201d Police eventually intervened and expelled the Palestinian flag holders.<\/p>\n<p>Some Israeli fans followed them on their way out of the stadium in La Plata, in Buenos Aires province.<\/p>\n<p>Israel last appeared in the general World Cup in 1970 and scored one goal in a game against Sweden. In the 56th minute of Sunday\u2019s game, Dor Turgeman scored for Israel on a penalty kick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Tenso momento en el Estadio \u00danico de La Plata, simpatizantes muestran una bandera de Palestina en pleno encuentro entre Colombia e Israel, por la Copa Mundial Sub 20 de Argentina. La polic\u00eda interviene. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxdHB0tImS\">pic.twitter.com\/cxdHB0tImS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Braian Villagra \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 (@BraianlVillagra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraianlVillagra\/status\/1660371317172862978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Colombia answered with a penalty kick score and another goal at the very end of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Israel Football Association thanked the \u201cover 4,000 fans\u201d who showed up to support the Israeli squad. The team next plays Senegal on Wednesday and Japan on Saturday; the two teams with the best results from the initial group stage will move on to the next round next week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Mundial Sub 20 FIFA.<br \/>Israel \/ Colombia.<br \/>Un provocador exhibi\u00f3 una bandera palestina en las tribunas y fu\u00e9 retirado por la polic\u00eda, luego de ser detectado por simpatizantes de Israel.<br \/>Luego de Qatar, volvi\u00f3 a estar prohibido exhibir banderas de terceros pa\u00edses en eventos FIFA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4bFpE5bB8d\">pic.twitter.com\/4bFpE5bB8d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf1 Sigol Gantiel \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@GantielSigol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GantielSigol\/status\/1660448885767041025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former host country Indonesia had objected to Israel\u2019s participation, arguing that it had agreed to host the tournament before knowing that Israel would qualify. In response, FIFA, the global soccer organization that runs the World Cup and its accompanying tournaments, stripped Indonesia of its hosting rights in March and moved the tournament to Argentina \u2014 a country home to over 200,000 Jews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came here to win the trophy,\u201d Israeli midfielder El Yam Kancepolsky told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last week.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Palestinian%20flag%20causes%20tension%20at%20Israel%E2%80%99s%20first%20U-20%20World%20Cup%20game\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":74717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[1867,8781,8790,8795,8788,4017],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74718,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74716\/revisions\/74718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}