Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel arrested in Turkey for “inciting hatred”.

Rarely does celebrating a football goal lead to so many results in a matter of hours. Scorer during the Antalyaspor-Trabzonspor match (1-1) in the Turkish Super Lig this Sunday, Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel decided to flash the message on the screen around his left wrist: “100 days, 07/10”. The inscription refers to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and comes 100 days after the bloody attack launched by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil on October 7 (1,140 people were killed, according to AFP’s count), immediately prompting the 28-year-old to his club Antalyaspor. Excluded by

For the Turkish D1 club, the Israeli international (8 caps) “acted against the values ​​of our country” with this celebration. Then, according to the official Turkish press agency Anadolu and private channel NTV, Sagiv Jehezkel was arrested as part of an investigation for “public incitement to hatred”. “Antalya Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened a judicial investigation against Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel for “public incitement to hatred” for holding an abominable celebration in favor of Israel’s genocide in Gaza”, Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tun announced this Sunday. on social network X (formerly Twitter).

Turkish minister condemns ongoing “genocide” in Gaza

This short message posted by a professional player this Sunday has actually been interpreted by Turkey’s Justice Minister as evidence of support for Israeli military operations launched in retaliation for the Gaza Strip. “We will continue to support the oppressed Palestinians,” writes Yilmaz Tun, condemning the ongoing “genocide” in Gaza.

Since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a traditional ally of the Palestinian cause, has repeatedly described Israel as a “terrorist state”. He believes that while Hamas is considered a terrorist group by many countries, including the European Union and the United States, it is a “group of liberators”.