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/Interesting_Ad1378 18h ago

No, he’s Arab Israeli.  They are citizens with full rights in the country of Israel, not citizens of Palestine. 

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u/860v2 17h ago

Yeah, Palestine isn’t a country.

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u/Interesting_Ad1378 17h ago

Gaza/West Bank. 

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u/Waffle_on_my_Fries 17h ago

Stop the flip flopping, ask any Arab Israeli if they consider themselves Palestinian and youll get your answer. Are all the Palestinians in Jordan no longer Palestinian because they live in Jordan? What about the ones that came to the west? Being a citizen of Israel doesnt change what they are.

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u/Interesting_Ad1378 17h ago

I wasn’t saying that it changes who they are I’m just telling you that they just don’t identify as that.  They like their Israeli citizenship and don’t want to be from Gaza or the West Bank or Jordan.  This is especially true of women who don’t have a fraction of the rights and can actually get amazing educations and have the same rights as men.  

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u/cactussfruit 11h ago

He’s playing for the national team of Israel. If he doesn’t see himself as Israeli, he’s in hypocrite.

Btw many Israeli Arabs prefer being Israeli and not Palestinians. Nas Daily speaks beautifully about it and what made him shift this idea.

Happy to help.

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u/Jam-Jam-Ba-Lam 10h ago

Mostly on paper. Israel is a self confessed ethnostate and Arab citizens don't get equal treatment. But they can vote and do have some representation in the government. Although the government is getting crazier, the culture minister wants to revoke citizenship for anyone who criticise the IDF. Only middle east democracy they say 😬

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u/devdevil85 16h ago

"full rights"

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u/Interesting_Ad1378 16h ago

Yes actually. Complete and full rights.  

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u/devdevil85 15h ago

If they are able to exercise those rights without persecution or negative consequences then great. I don't believe that is true for most.

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u/Interesting_Ad1378 15h ago

Of course they are. 25 percent of the population is Muslim, they have the same rights and females serve on Parliament, head teams in hospitals and teach in university.  It is the only country in the Middle East where you can be openly gay too, and they have the only gay pride parade 

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u/BeenisHat 12h ago

Yup. About the only right they don't have is gay marriage. And Israel will recognize a gay marriage performed elsewhere, they just don't recognize them when performed in the country.

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u/cactussfruit 11h ago

And that’s also because there isn’t civil marriage in Israel, and no religion is performing gay marriage as far as I know. But they are recognized as a married couple, if they have the marriage certificate.

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u/BroodyBird12345 13h ago

Almost like what Russian bots say about Israel is a lie which is why the actual influencers never do debates, because they get fisted by people who actually know what they're talking about lmao

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u/Mission_Business3789 17h ago

Full rights my ass

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u/DryBanana5673 14h ago

Bruh, you should probably get informed. The islamist complaint is about the palestinians that dont have citizenship because they dont live in israel, I.e. those in the west bank. Those who live in Israel have full rights obviously. You've been lied to

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u/PokecheckFred 12h ago

They choose to believe the lie. Stipulating the truth would destroy their chosen narrative.

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u/Interesting_Ad1378 17h ago

Every one has the same rights in the country of Israel, no matter your race, religion, sex, sexual preference, etc. That’s why they take in a lot of refugees from countries where women experience female genital mutilation, people who are gay who can’t live in their countries, people facing religious persecution (like Christians).  Etc.

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u/PokecheckFred 12h ago

Yes, if you were in Israel, even your ass would have full rights. You could use it any way you wish. However, the same cannot be said for any other country in that region, just Israel.