Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team
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BACKA TOPOLA, Serbia (AP) — Ireland players again wore black armbands and bowed their heads during the Israeli national anthem before the teams’ second Nations League soccer match on Sunday.
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BACKA TOPOLA, Serbia (AP) — Ireland players again wore black armbands and bowed their heads during the Israeli national anthem before the teams’ second Nations League soccer match on Sunday.
Israel's national football team wore black armbands in their Nations League clash against Ireland on Sunday to commemorate the victims of Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, after Irish players wore them to protest the war in Gaza. The simple black armbands were inscribed with the numbers "7.
Ireland’s dislike for Israel has reached the point where its national team’s soccer players literally can’t stand being on the field with Israelis. In two recent Nations League matches against the Jewish state, Ireland’s players wore black armbands in protest over the war in Gaza, bowed their heads …
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