Israel goes on the offensive against Lamine Yamal. The initiative of the Barcelona forward to wave a Palestinian flag during the blaugrana parade celebrating the League, last Monday through the streets of Barcelona, continues to generate reactions. On this occasion, it was the Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, who intervened in the matter by posting a strong message against the footballer on the social network X this Thursday, a message written in Spanish. “Lamine Yamal chose to incite against Israel and promote hatred while our soldiers fight the terrorist organization Hamas, an organization that massacred, raped, burned, and killed Jewish children, women, and elderly on October 7,” Katz stated. The minister did not stop there in his diatribe. “Those who support this type of message should ask themselves: Do you consider this humanitarian? Is this moral?”
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“As Minister of Defense of the State of Israel, I will not remain silent in the face of incitement against Israel and against the Jewish people”
The leader also appealed in his message to FC Barcelona to take action. “As Minister of Defense of the State of Israel, I will not remain silent in the face of incitement against Israel and against the Jewish people. I hope that a big and respected club like FC Barcelona distances itself from these statements and makes it clear, unequivocally, that there is no place for incitement or support for terrorism.”
During the Barcelona parade on Monday, Lamine saw a fan with the Palestinian flag from the bus and asked for it. He then waved it from the bus in a gesture that went around the world. Meanwhile, in Gaza, Lamine’s commitment has not gone unnoticed and Gaza residents have painted his face on flags over a mountain of ruins. Those closest to Lamine indicated that the footballer wanted to make this gesture in light of the suffering the population of Gaza, especially the children, had endured in their conflict with Israel. Applauded in one place and criticized in another, as in Israel some influencers have shown on social media how they cut up shirts with the footballer’s name with scissors.
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What is clear is that he has left no one indifferent, since even Hansi Flick did not hide that he would have preferred the footballer not to have gotten involved in these troubles. He spoke with him and made him see it but also made it clear that he is already of legal age and knows what he is doing.
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