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Nasser al Qudwa, a former foreign minister and a nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, said in an interview with FRANCE 24 that it “definitely doesn’t look as if Israel is aiming at Hamas” but is actually waging a “real war of savagery” on Palestinians civilians.
(FILES)Algeria’s defender Youcef Atal .(Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
NICE: Algerian international footballer Youcef Atal goes on trial in France Monday accused of inciting hatred after posting a video in which a Palestinian preacher purportedly threatens Israel with a “black day.”Atal, who plays for Ligue 1 side Nice, shared the video on his Instagram account, which has 3.2 million followers, shortly after the attack by Hamas militants on Israel on October 7 in which 1,139 people were killed.In an extract of the footage seen by AFP, the preacher, Mahmoud Al Hasanat, at first talked about the plight of children in Gaza.Prosecutors said they also identified another extract in which he called on God to “send the Jews a black day,” and “steady the hands” of Gaza inhabitants if they should “throw stones.”The 27-year old defender, who quickly deleted the post and issued an apology, was suspended by his club while prosecutors probed the incident for suspected “justification of terrorism.”But they dropped that line of investigation after watching the video and questioning the player, instead charging him with “incitement to religious hatred.”Two associations, the International League against Racism and anti-Semitism (Licra) and the Jewish Observatory of France, have brought civil actions against the player.If found guilty, Atal could be sentenced to up to one year in prison and fined 45,000 euros ($49,000).He has been under judicial supervision with a ban on traveling abroad except to play professional football.His club quickly suspended him “until further notice” after the post, while the professional football league banned him for seven matches.Some of Atal’s Algerian team mates argued for leniency, saying he had apologized and not actually watched the video until the end before posting it.The
Hundreds of people took to the streets for the latest pro-Palestine march in Manchester. Protestors held placards and led chants as they made their way from Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield to the city centre, eventually stopping at St Peter's Square.
An apoplectic Celtic supporter made a beeline for the board to confront them as the Premiership champions suffered a lifeless 2-0 defeat to Hearts.
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LONDON: Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has vowed to challenge an International Cricket Council directive that prohibits him from wearing shoes with messages deemed “political” during the upcoming first Test against Pakistan, The Telegraph reported.