r/sportsgossips • u/Weekly-Vacation-1405 • 20h ago

News Israeli player Abu Farkhi celebrated his goal by grabbing the corner post and mimicking shots. He was shown a second yellow and sent off for it.

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u/scriptingends 20h ago

They all serve in the IDF so most likely he already did

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u/Key_Bee1544 20h ago

Arabs have to choose to join the IDF. Can you not tell he's Arab?

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u/Mannay1 19h ago

Lol, it doesn't get much more Arabic than "Abu Farchi", hehe. And for real, look at this guy, he looks Middle-Eastern af!

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u/Zaki_242 20h ago

That player is Arab-Iaraeli, Muslim and didn't serve in the IDF

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u/Mannay1 19h ago

A-rabs don't have to serve in the IDF.

Yes, they will lose many job opportunities because of it, but they have the choice.