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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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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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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.

  2. Fox News

    Israeli soccer players wear armbands to remember terror attack victims as Irish opponents pull stunt again (opens Fox News)

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    Israeli players wore black armbands marked "7.10" after UEFA approved the tribute, while Irish players once again refused handshakes in protest.

  3. Al-Monitor

    Israel wear black armbands in Ireland tie over Hamas attack (opens Al-Monitor)

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    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.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Ireland refuse handshake with Israel and don armbands in Nations League tie (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Republic of Ireland football players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel in UEFA Nations League.

  5. Aish

    The "Sinn Féin Rabbi" Ireland's Footballers Forgot (opens Aish)

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    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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