>> People are exceptionally worried about where this is heading.
>> The violence in the Middle East worsens by
the second. >> That doesn't mean that staying in our house
makes it any less risky. Yeah, bombings are happening, we really don't know where they're
going. >> Not a soul in Gaza knows where the next
rocket may land.
>> The Senate urges an immediate ceasefire to prevent any further loss of life and further
escalation of conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
>> The tragedy is beyond words. It continues and the silence of many is deafening. In sports,
the athletes are having their say. Manchester United's Paul Pogba and Amad Diallo held the
Palestinian flag on the pitch.
We have gone over other athletes who expressed displeasure, including most notably here in
the United States, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving. Many rejected Irving's words, here
at The Young Turks we do the opposite. However, going back to the Manchester United players,
what struck me the most was the story of another soccer player who despised their move and
how, in his own mind, he got even.
There is no doubt that Benjamin Netanyahu is murdering the innocent in Palestine. Under
his failed leadership, a government has not been formed. But he has greenlit the atrocities
and human rights violations specifically those occurring in Sheikh Jarrah. Israeli forces
are not evicting. They're forcing the removal and ethnically cleansing land Muslim people
have lived on for decades so Jewish civilians can move in and take the land.
Eran Zahavi, seen here, is an Israeli footballer for PSV Eindhoven, a successful club in the
Netherlands. He hit back at Pogba and Diallo, or at least he thought he did. After seeing
the two players with the Palestinian flag, Zahavi photoshopped the Israeli flag and posted
the fake image on his Instagram to his more than 340,000 followers on the social medium.
The caption reads, thanks guys, we appreciate your support all over the world with an Israeli
flag emoji. The thing is, he wasn't done. After Leicester City won the FA Cup, Zahavi
did the same for the English side as they held up a Palestinian flag. Here's the original
photo of the Leicester players.
As SPORTbible wrote, Zahavi deleted the post from his IG account, but not before it had
been spotted by several people on social media. >> This is how Pogba got the flag on the pitch
in the first place, on his own doing. Meanwhile, Zahavi has shown his temperament. He was suspended
for a year after throwing his captain's armband to the floor at the end of the game in September
2017.
The Israel Football Association also said he could never captain the country again.
Manchester United's manager stood up for his players.
>> We have players from different backgrounds, different cultures, different countries. And
I think we need to respect their views if they differ from someone else's. And if my
players think about other things than football, that's a positive thing.
>> And guess what? He's right, all we have heard stateside is that the right wing wants
athletes to shut up and dribble. They want those who dissent from their views on life
and world politics to stay in a box which is playing a sport and not expressing themselves.
As of this taping, the numbers sit where you see on your screen. However, as each moment
passes, another life is lost. Let's make this clear.
>> Now, I happen to have read Senator Scott's resolution. And what it say's and I quote,
the senate mourns the loss of innocent life caused by Hamas's rocket attacks.
I certainly agree with that. But what about the loss of 227 Palestinian lives, including
64 children and 38 women? >> We must continually push for the innocent
lives lost, because we know where many stand even if they are blue because of their past
work. As Jacobin Mag puts it, none of this should surprise us.
However, it does not mean we do not continually call out those that have an interest with
one side, the powerful against the powerless.