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Israel postpones matches

Dave Cohen - 1 January 2009 03:54

Action from Israel's European Championship clash against England on 24 March 2007

Israel postponed all soccer games Wednesday, two days after a missile fired by Hamas militants hit a team’s field just before practice.

Minutes before the players of the third-division team were about to begin training at Hapoel Ashkelon’s stadium Monday a rocket exploded in the penalty area. The postponement was made by Israel’s Football Association.

Israel began a military campaign against Hamas five days ago in response to rocket attacks launched at Israeli towns from the Gaza Strip. About 380 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed. One person was killed when Hamas fired a rocket on Ashkelon this week.

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Comments (29)

BesTalentScout

1 January 2009 05:21

who wants to play with a ball when you can drop bombs and missiles...............?

why don't the Hamas or Hezbollah just try to poison the Israeli's water supply ?

Noahzark

1 January 2009 05:46

Iv just been to the beach on the gold coast australia where aussies, fijians, brazilions,chinese, japanese, somalis,english,kiwis, just to name some differant cultures swam together,lunched in the park together and their kids played together.smiled at each other and wished each other happy new year.Thank god i live in australia.

ITalkSense

1 January 2009 08:46

Noahzark, try another part of Australia, where there's violence and racism galore.NO country is perfect.

phughes699

1 January 2009 09:20

I;m sure they already have something in the water supply in Singerpore.

phughes699

1 January 2009 09:20

Singapore

Ronaldo9

1 January 2009 13:59

WHAT?!!

How coward these damn Israelis are!!

All what is reported about Israeli victims is nonsense and rediculous!! These bloodsuckers killed 400 innocent people in Gaza and the whole world is watching!! No rockets in Israeli playgrounds! Rockets are only in the bedrooms, Churches, and Mosques in Gaza! Isarel ALWAYS misslead media by crying while they are war criminals! They postpone matches because they are coward and afraid from the angry Palestinian heros who are standing till now bravely against these Zionist crimes!

SoccerwayHooligan

1 January 2009 15:46

Our neighbour is an Egyptian and he doesn't like the Palestinians at all and in fact, likes the Israelis; some Palestinians have sown terror and while he may not be happy with Israel's approaches, they have a right to defend themselves!

Crusader1987

1 January 2009 20:16

This is a necessary step that the Israeli FA had to take.

It's so sad that Hamas resorts to attacking a symbol of hope like soccer, but I guess it must have been expected. Israel has declared that they are prepared to wipe Hamas out if they must. I don't like talk like this, but sometimes it is necessary to kill the villains of humanity.

Tontodonati

1 January 2009 20:30

Peace on earth to men of good will!

veljo12

1 January 2009 20:35

It is always an interesting question. Since all that land still belongs to the Palestinians, (it is just temporary occupied, right?)why to hell Palestinians would not be allowed to put a missiles where they want on theit own land?

Thru history wars at this areas usually have taken a couple centuries to settle; this one is still in a begining phase.

Crusader1987

1 January 2009 21:27

Because every missile that ends up in Palestine ends up getting shot at Israel. And Israel has every right to defend itself from threats to its existence.

And if Israel is as willing to go the distance as they appear to be, Hamas will be doomed to die within the very near future.

hollyice

2 January 2009 00:25

Tonto how you want two different cultures to make peace if me and you from Spain and Italy we cannot make peace ?

Newtonheath , everyone is coward there , not only one side.

Tontodonati

2 January 2009 11:11

hollyice, I'm not at war against anyone,lest you! I only object when you use obscene language.

Ronaldo9

2 January 2009 12:24

All those who justifty the war crimes of Israel are zionists like them! Israel is not defending itself! J

Ronaldo9

2 January 2009 12:31

ALL THOSE WHO JUSTIFY ISRAELI CRIMES JUST DONT TALK ABOUT SITUATION IN PALESTINE WHEN YOU ARE IGNORANT!!

You believe Israeli Media becvause you know noting! you are just Naiive and silly enought to believe them! And they are very happy to find silly ppl to belive them!

Hamas is defending themselves not Israel! How can we equalize between killing 422 innocentsw till now in Gaza and injuring some stupid Israelis?!!

Oh God!! Is this the logic at world today? or it's the logic of POWER only?

SoccerwayHooligan: your neighbour represent only himself! Go and see the 80 millions Egyptions in Egypt are ready to DIE for our children but their coward government (like your neighbour) preventing them and putting off their voices!! All of them are employed by America by money and power!

This is the world formula today and all the betrayers like your neighbour and other Arab government WOULDNT stop the bravery of the Palestinian revoultion against this awful zionism!

Ronaldo9

2 January 2009 12:49

Crusader1987:

Man go and read history b4 just writing!! what do u know about Palestinian revolutiond and Israeli crimes? Are you watching what's going on here in our lands? Israel has the right????!!!!

Just go and continue ur education b4 trying to discuss!!!

hollyice

2 January 2009 22:19

Ronaldo9 , you seem defending only one side and that's stupid . War must stop for sure , but both to blame not only one side. They must divide the country and not the solution what arabs want which is all israelis must leave , and Israel become Palestine . You can dream about that dude , but this wont happen .

Ronaldo9

2 January 2009 23:28

Hey hollyice:

It rediculous when u talk about stupidity when u r actually suffering from it!

How come u want me to defent other side when Palestine is MY country?!! MY homeland and parents centuries ago!!

Jewish occupied Palestine in 1948 and who doesnt know this is IGNORANT!

If u were here u will see what occupation is doing here in OURRRR LANDS!!!

When u lose ur brother, sister, firends, parent! Just u can say who attacks and who defends!

We WILL win the battle sooner or later! Consider my words nonsense now! But remember my words when our heros of revolution write the hsitroy!!!

Tontodonati

3 January 2009 04:04

Ronaldo9, I'm impartial in this conflict, however, it was England which partitioned Palestine in 1948. As soon as Israel took possession of her section of Palestine, it didn't take more than 2 days for the Arabs to attack Israel. I still remember the Radio message of Golda Meir telling the Arabs that Israel wanted to co-exist peacefully with their neighbors. In 1956, it was Nasser who again attacked Israel. Finally in 1967 Syria, Egypt and Jordan again attacked Israel. I do not really care what’s going to happen next but I know that Israel has never initiated a war against the Arabs. You as an Arab believe that you own Palestine. The Jews also believe they biblically own it. Now either you come to a peacefully agreement or you destroy yourselves off in the process.

veljo12

3 January 2009 15:42

Toto

Happy New Year

and by the way, I seriously doubt that history starts in the year 1948; I also seriously doubt that Britain have ever had any rightful property rights on any sq. inch of these area which would give them right to parcel something; (beside occupation rights which bellonged also to Persia, Arab tribes, Ottomans, England, Ottomans again etc..) The Land belonged to Palestinians, or Palestine was a land (not a country)where always lived Jews and Muslims. Right now there live Jews and Muslim caled Palestinians are refugee all over the world. As I already wrote it takes long time for anything to settle on that areas, usually a cople centuries, so right now we are witnessing some kind of foreplay. By the end of piece I seriously doubt that Israel will be there in the present shape, it will take many new years to come...

Tontodonati

3 January 2009 16:31

veljo12, I do understand your concern and your reasoning, but how far back in history can we go? Belonging to the famous Orsini family of Rome, dating back to the Roman Empire, can I now start claiming that the whole of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (Palestine included) belong to Rome and to my family? Can I now start expelling everyone from those lands or can I kill them all?

veljo12

3 January 2009 18:23

yeah, that is something close what I said.

Before Roman Empire came, some people already lived there. So technically, all that land was just temporary occupied by the Roman Empire for the few centuries and does not belong to the Roman empire, so you wouldn't be able to parcel that land and give it to me or to somebody else. It still belongs to the people who lived there

Tontodonati

3 January 2009 23:02

When the Romans had Palestine, the Jews were also living there, therefore, they may have some rights to still live there.

Ronaldo9

3 January 2009 23:47

Tontodonati

If u can always pick up form under the ground reasons for Israel to commit crimes.. All the history u say about that Arab always begin wasr in totally wrong.. Israel always interfere in every middle eastern issue and begin to occupy lands slowly and gradulayy and starts the crisis in every every situation! And before discussing who begins, WHAt the hell Israel is doing here? Israel is playing with the media and the whole world! It considers itself belngs to Europe while occupying the heart of middle east! How come this country plays with the whole world and does what it wants! Bcoz of the logic of power only!!! You are reasining Israel crimes just bcoz u dont know how we live here under occuoation, check points, insulting, killing chuldren everyday, blocking all areas, economic crisis in the arab area, poverty and illnes, all caused by occupation!!!

MAN, we have 10000000000000000000 reasons to iliminate Israel and the media knows nothing nothing nothing about our life here!!!

GOD how the world reached an extremely UNFAIR reasoning for the worst criminals in the wolrd history!!!

SoccerwayHooligan

4 January 2009 02:00

Palestinians have played and presently play for Israeli national team, Palestine police are cracking down on pro-Hamas rioters: the terrorists are the problems, lets hope Israel rids the land of the Hamas terrorist slimeballs forever. Don't give me the rabid Islamic view, where is that said? Pakistan?

GO ISRAEL!!

SoccerwayHooligan

4 January 2009 02:26

Don't know where Ronaldo's weird extremism comes from, the exact kind that needs all to be cautious of. Extremist killed Bhutto in Pakistan.

These creeps are already in the stoneage.

SoccerwayHooligan

4 January 2009 02:40

the islamic slimebag terrorist can only bomb babys, slimebags, some rabid dog like ronaldo9 has to spew their violent view

Ronaldo9

4 January 2009 19:22

SoccerwayHooligan

Your stupidity is above every limit than can be discussed! If u belong to family of dogs and bitches, or if ur mom used to sleep with dogs, this doesnt mean that other ppl are dogs. However, when I discuss they should have a certain minimum level of understanding, and u need much work on ur mental health b4 talking! Just try to count the dogs that jumped over ur mom to know whose son r u b4 tying to discuss politics...

sportfan

10 January 2009 09:29

just a small point ! THIS IS A SPORT SITE.at least that's what i thought when i joined not a political sounding board!!! insulting each other does not help!

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