Before Erdogan's eyes: Football match stopped in solidarity with 'genocide' in Gaza

A friendly football match between Turkey's Konyaspor and the 'Palestine' national team was stopped in front of Turkish President Erdogan in a display of solidarity with 'genocide' in Gaza. The lights were turned off at the 10:14 minute mark in memory of 1,014 'Palestinian sportspeople' killed, and the referee blew the final whistle a second before the end of 90 minutes, announcing that the match was postponed until 'Palestine is free'. Also present at the event was Ahmed Taha, a player from M.S. Kafr Qasim in Israel's National League.

A friendly football match between Turkey's Konyaspor and the 'Palestine' national team turned into a sharp anti-Israeli incitement display in front of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and 42,000 spectators at a stadium in Konya. The event included a large backdrop with the inscription 'Silence is meant for when children sleep, not when they are dead', and a timed blackout at the 10:14 minute mark in memory of 1,014 'Palestinian sportspeople' allegedly killed in Israeli attacks. The crowd threw toys onto the pitch. The referee blew the final whistle exactly at 89:59, one second before the end of the regulation 90 minutes, and the announcer explained that 'the match is postponed until Palestine is free'. Turkey's sports minister, the governor of Konya, and the mayor presented bouquets of flowers to the Palestinian national team players. An additional scandal concerns the identity of Ahmed Taha, a defender registered with M.S. Kafr Qasim in Israel's National League, who was included in the 'Palestine' national team squad and actively participated in the event. The article calls the event an 'anti-Israeli hate display' and 'severe anti-Israeli incitement and propaganda dissemination under the guise of a sporting event'.