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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy

Why would a generation of people “despise” Israel, as Ronay puts it? I wonder.
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Though he climbs down from the shameful position of standing in solidarity with Maccabi Tel Aviv’s hooligans, he stops short of labelling Israel’s actions a genocide. His relationship to that country remains opaque.

This weekend Barney Ronay wrote a piece ostensibly about the clear links between Man City's owners and the RSF - links that should be scrutinised - but his real focus was people who oppose the genocide in Palestine. He regards these people as a "hive mind" who baselessly "despise" Israel.

Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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I've spent my life arguing against all football fans being tarred with the same brush, but to not even acknowledge that Maccabi Tel Aviv's far-right fans posed a threat to public order, and Birmingham's Muslims in particular, is next-level racist gaslighting

A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.

Matthew Syed exists solely to flatter the intelligence of men who read fewer than five books a year, all bought at airports, with pieces expressing utterly mundane establishment attitudes neatly packaged as bold contrarian wisdom.

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Palestinian restaurants, cafés and bakeries in London to support There has never been a more important time to highlight Palestinian food

I know it might seem strange to write about Palestinian food right now but as Palestinian culture and heritage is being erased, these brilliant restaurant, café and bakery owners in London are fighting back through food. Please support them all. www.cntraveller.com/preview/stor...

Really wish I remember where he did this. Aaaaah man.

Playing loose with virtue wins no hearts, and Arsenal should know better | Jonathan LIew The club trumpet their moral creed but the lengths to which they were willing to champion one of their own demands answers

this week’s column is on arsenal and thomas partey.

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Still can’t believe Diogo Jota is gone. Life is precious and fragile man.

I want the manager asked about this in every press conference and interview all season, no matter how many times he offers no comment.

Diogo Jota came across as warm, well rounded and unpretentious. Beyond that, he was fantastic to watch. An exhilarating, multifunctional forward who could do everything and played with scary intent. His near post finishing was pretty unrivalled too. I’ll miss him.

Diogo Jota, Liverpool and Portugal footballer, dies aged 28 in car crash It is understood that Jota and his brother were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora The Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has been killed in a car accident in Spain. He was 28, a father of three young children and had married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, less than two weeks ago. The tragic news was first reported in Portuguese media. It is understood that Jota and his brother, 26-year-old André, were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora. More details soon … Continue reading...

Diogo Jota, Liverpool and Portugal footballer, dies aged 28 in car crash

Sending our love to Diogo and André's family, friends, teammates and fans.

Such devastating news.

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Inter's entire revenue (£327m) is not much over half of PSG's last reported wage bill (£564m), and it's showing...

Yes, Morgan!

what a lej

Why the double standards on ‘leadership’ when it comes to Black players? | Jonathan Liew Jordan Henderson is a great English leader. But he has been encouraged and applauded for the very same acts for which minority ethnic players are castigated and stigmatised

a column on jordan henderson, and the double standards of English football’s leadership discourse

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Star man Saka’s consistent brilliance makes him rock for England and Southgate | Jonathan Liew Played out of position against Slovakia, made to survive on his wits, the winger proved Mr Dependable once again

Another piece @jonathanliew.bsky.social wrote as his peers salivated over the idea of building the entire England team Phil Foden, a player they could all see more clearly than Bukayo Saka.

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For @tribunemagazine.bsky.social. I went to find out why, despite strong grassroots support for sanctions against Israel, and a live investigation, FIFA’s response has been muted. With input from Bassil Mikdadi and others.

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Tragic if some potential future Zarah Sultana or Faiza Shaheen read this and thought "maybe I shouldn't aspire to leadership or elected office. Maybe I should stay in the background and not cause problems for the movement"
Obviously that's not what she meant to convey here but its a plausible effect

I don't want to dunk on Ash Sarkar. What I will say, just in the spirit of constructive discussion, is that there's a tension between this paragraph in her latest article, and the subclause at the very start of the next paragraph.

so often the people in a radical space who have done the work or have the most interesting things to say are the ones least likely to be blabbing their mouth off.

There have been a few games this season where level has dropped badly, and Potter has been frustrated with his application. I love the player. When he’s at this level he could get into virtually any elite squad in Europe. He always bullies us too.

He only plays like this a handful of times a season unfortunately.

Kudus has all the ability. Gabriel was attempting to move him a little while ago and simple couldn’t. Strange he only decides to play this well three times a season.

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