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Europe’s football governing body —UEFA — posted the picture of one of Palestine’s greatest ever player who was killed by IDF snipers, while trying to get some food, days ago.
Given the degree to which most folks have become desensitized to the relentless genocide in Gaza, the expectation was that Suleiman al-Obeid’s killing would go unnoticed by most people.
But it did not escape Ballon d’or nominee —Mohammed Salah.
Liverpool’s greatest ever player, outraged by UEFA’s duplicitousness, fired a tweet which has gone viral several million times over, demanding the cause of death of the much loved former footballer.
And silence, as expected, was the response.
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, leading sports and political figures were falling over themselves in condemnation of Vladimir Putin, wasting no time imposing economic sanctions and expelling the aggressor nation from European and global competitions.
But we have seen no such thing from FIFA, UEFA or any of the talking heads since the systematic killing of thousands of innocent women and children in Gaza.
What we have seen is Israeli football fans allowed to chant their anti-Arab songs across the…