UEFA Sanctions 'Racist Chants,' Ignores Systemic Racism in Tel Aviv
The New Arab reports UEFA issued a suspended one-match fan ban and a €20,000 fine to Maccabi Tel Aviv for its fans' 'racist, anti-Arab chants' in Stuttgart. Meanwhile, the Israeli government, which bankrolls settlement expansion and enacts laws like the 2018 Nation-State Law (establishing Israel as the 'national home of the Jewish people' and Arabic as having 'special status' rather than
official), faces no such penalties from international bodies. One might wonder if the chanting is merely a symptom of a deeper, officially sanctioned posture. It's almost as if some 'racism' is punishable with a slap on the wrist, while other, far more insidious forms, especially when state-sponsored or intertwined with geopolitics and billions in 'aid,' simply vanish from the scoreboard of
international concern. The hypocrisy is, frankly, breathtaking. How many 'chants' from the state itself go unpunished?